The Nihon Ki-in Hall of Fame was created in 2004 as part of the Nihon Ki-in's 80th anniversary celebrations, and housed in the basement of its headquarters in Ichigaya.
Inductees are selected by the eight-member Go Hall of Fame Awards Committee, of which Otake Hideo, the Nihon Ki-in chairman, and Rin Kaiho, the Professional Go Players Association chairman, are both members. According to the Nihon Ki-in, those inducted need not be the most renowned players, since even "non-professionals who have contributed to the development of Go will also be honoured."
Inductees
Listed in reverse chronological order. 2024 Yasuro Kikuchi Rin Kaiho Otake Hideo
2023 Nakamura Dōseki Makino Nobuaki Kato Masao
2022 Yasunari Kawabata
2021 Takagawa Kaku
2020 Hideyuki Fujisawa
2019 Eio Sakata Cho Nam-chul
2018 Matsutarō Shōriki
2017 Masaoka Shiki
2016 Kanren () Inoue Gennan Inseki
2015 Go Seigen
2014 Utaro Hashimoto
2013 Kita Fumiko
2012 Yasui Santetsu Chen Yi
2011 Iwamoto Kaoru
2010 Kitani Minoru
2009 Segoe Kensaku
2008 Honinbo Shuei Honinbo Shusai
2007 Honinbo Shuho
2006 Honinbo Shuwa Baron Okura Kishichiro
2005 Honinbo Jowa
2004 Honinbo Sansa Honinbo Dosaku Honinbo Shusaku Tokugawa Ieyasu
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