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Asahi
"Asahi Open" - one of the most important non-title professional shogi tournaments. All professionals, two women professionals and 10 amateurs take part in the event. 32 best players by play-off system determine the winner who will play final match against the last year Asahi champion. It is necessary to win 3 games to be the Asahi champion. Time limit is 3 hours for every players. The champion get a prize in 20 millions yen.
Asahi Open was transformed from All Japan professionals tournaments in 2000.
| № | Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Japan professionals tournament | |||||||||
1 |
1982 |
Kiriyama Kiyosumi | 2-1 |
Aono Teruichi | 0 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
1983 |
Tanigawa Kouji | 2-1 |
Tanaka Torahiko | 1 |
0 |
1 |
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3 |
1984 |
Tanigawa Kouji | 2-0 |
Mori Keiji | 1 |
1 |
|||
4 |
1985 |
Tanigawa Kouji | 2-0 |
Katou Hifumi | 1 |
1 |
|||
5 |
1986 |
Ouchi Nobuyuki | 2-0 |
Nakamura Osamu | 1 |
1 |
|||
6 |
1987 |
Tanigawa Kouji | 2-0 |
Kushida Youichi | 1 |
1 |
|||
7 |
1988 |
Moriuchi Toshiyuki | 2-1 |
Tanigawa Kouji | 1 |
0 |
1 |
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8 |
1989 |
Habu Yoshiharu | 2-1 |
Tanigawa Kouji | 0 |
1 |
1 |
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9 |
1990 |
Morishita Taku | 3-1 |
Kiriyama Kiyosumi | 1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
10 |
1991 |
Habu Yoshiharu | 3-2 |
Morishita Taku | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
1992 |
Fukaura Koichi | 3-2 |
Yonenaga Kunio | 0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
1993 |
Abe Takashi | 3-2 |
Nakata Hiroki | 0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
1994 |
Tanigawa Kouji | 3-1 |
Fukaura Koichi | 1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
14 |
1995 |
Yashiki Nobuyuki | 3-0 |
Fujii Takeshi | 1 |
1 |
1 |
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15 |
1996 |
Tanigawa Kouji | 3-2 |
Morishita Taku | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
1997 |
Habu Yoshiharu | 3-0 |
Moriuchi Toshiyuki | 1 |
1 |
1 |
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17 |
1998 |
Maruyama Tadahisa | 3-0 |
Moriuchi Toshiyuki | 1 |
1 |
1 |
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18 |
1999 |
Tanigawa Kouji | 3-0 |
Okazaki Hiroshi | 1 |
1 |
1 |
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19 |
2000 |
Moriuchi Toshiyuki | 3-2 |
Tanigawa Kouji | 1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Asahi Open | |||||||||
20 |
2001 |
Horiguchi Kazushiza | 3-1 |
Sugimoto Masataka | 0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
21 |
2002 |
Fukaura Koichi | 3-1 |
Horiguchi Kazushiza | 1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
22 |
2003 |
Habu Yoshiharu | 3-2 |
Fukaura Koichi | 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
2004 |
Habu Yoshiharu | 3-0 |
Yamasaki Takayuki | 1 |
1 |
1 |
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24 |
2005 |
Habu Yoshiharu | 3-1 |
Fujii Takeshi | 1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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By materials of japanese resources
Andrei Kasperovich, 2006