The is a Japanese Go competition.
Outline The Women's Kisei is sponsored by NTT DoCoMo, and uses a hayago format, of 30 seconds per move and a 10x1 minute byo-yomi, unlike the Kisei, which uses an eight-hour thinking time format. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 yen.
Past winners
Winners in chronological order:
Year Winner Score Runner-up 1. 1998 Kobayashi Izumi 2–0 Kobayashi Chizu 2. 1999 2–1 Sugiuchi Kazuko 3. 2000 Chinen Kaori 2–0 Kobayashi Izumi 4. 2001 2–1 Kato Reiko 5. 2002 2–1 Ogawa Tomoko 6. 2003 2–1 Kato Reiko 7. 2004 Mannami Kana 2–1 Chinen Kaori 8. 2005 Chinen Kaori 2–0 Mannami Kana 9. 2006 Mannami Kana 2–1 Chinen Kaori 10. 2007 Umezawa Yukari 2–1 Mannami Kana 11. 2008 2–0 Mukai Chiaki 12. 2009 2–1 Kato Reiko 13. 2010 Xie Yimin 2–0 Umezawa Yukari 14. 2011 2–0 15. 2012 Aoki Kikuyo 2–1 Xie Yimin 16. 2013 Xie Yimin 2–0 Aoki Kikuyo 17. 2014 2–0 18. 2015 2–0 Konishi Kazuko 19. 2016 2–0 Yoshihara (nee Umezawa) Yukari 20. 2017 2–1 Nyu Eiko 21. 2018 Ueno Asami 2–0 Xie Yimin 22. 2019 2–0 Fujisawa Rina 23. 2020 Suzuki Ayumi 2–0 Ueno Asami 24. 2021 Ueno Asami 2–1 Suzuki Ayumi 25. 2022 2–0 Suzuki Ayumi 26. 2023 Nakamura Sumire 2–1 Ueno Asami 27. 2024 Ueno Risa 2–1 Nakamura Sumire 28. 2025 2–0 Mukai Chiaki 29. 2026 Ueno Asami 2–0 Ueno Risa
Winners by number of titles:
Player Titles Years Held Xie Yimin 7 2010–2011, 2013–2017 Chinen Kaori 5 2000–2003, 2005 Ueno Asami 5 2018–2019, 2021–2022, 2026 Yoshihara Yukari 3 2007–2009 Kobayashi Izumi 2 1998–1999 Mannami Kana 2 2004, 2006 Ueno Risa 2 2024–2025 Aoki Kikuyo 1 2012 Suzuki Ayumi 1 2020 Nakamura Sumire 1 2023
References
External links Nihon Ki-in archive (in Japanese)