OSAWA FAILS TO RETAIN
Aoki Kikuyo 7-dan overcame holder Osawa Narumi 2-dan by 3.5 points to win the 22nd Women's Kakusei title on 18 August 2000.
FINAL KNOCKOUT RESULTS 2000
Round 1: Konishi Kazuko 6d 1-0 Kin En 2d; Chinen Kaori 3d 1-0 Mito Yukari 2d; Osawa Narumi 2d 1-0 Shiraishi Kyoko 3d; Inori Yoko 5d 1-0 Shinkai Hiroko ; Nakazawa Ayako 4d 1-0 Sugiuchi Kazuko 8d; Yoshida Mika 6d 1-0 Hara Sachiko 4d; Aoki Kikuyo 7d 1-0 Makihata Taeko 1d; Kato Tomoko 4d 1-0 Kobayashi Izumi 4d.
Quarter-final: Yoshida 1-0 Nakazawa; Aoki 1-0 Kato; Osawa 1-0 Inori; Chinen 1-0 Konishi
Semi-final: Aoki 1-0 Yoshida; Osawa 1-0 Chinen
WOMEN'S KAKUSEI ARCHIVES
HOW DOES THE WOMEN'S KAKUSEI TOURNAMENT WORK?
The original sponsors were Japan Airlines (JAL) but they have since
been joined by Tokio Fire & Marine Insurance. The winner's prize money is 3.5 million
yen.
Women players from both the Nihon Ki-in and the Kansai Ki-in are eligible. Nowadays, title
holders and players of 6-dan and above are seeded into the final knockout, which comprises
16 players, but in the early years a league was held.
The final nowadays is played in the Tokio Fire & Marine Building in Marunouchi, Tokyo,
in August.
Time limits are 60 minutes each in the final and semi-finals, otherwise 10 minutes each, with 30 seconds per move overtime. Komi has always been 5.5 points.
The title is a made-up word meaning crane sage. The crane is an allusion to the Japan
Airlines logo, and the sage is a go title. There is also the open Kakusei tournament,
which is effectively a men's event.
WOMEN'S KAKUSEI FINALISTS
Term 1 was exceptionally a best-of-three final.
| Year |
Term |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
| 1979 |
1 |
Ito Tomoe 5d |
2-1 |
Kusunoki Teruko 5d |
| 1980 |
2 |
Suzuki Tsuna 3d |
1-0 |
Sugiuchi Kazuko 7d |
| 1981 |
3 |
Kobayashi Reiko 6d |
1-0 |
Kusunoki Teruko 6d |
| 1982 |
4 |
Kobayashi Reiko 6d |
1-0 |
Kusunoki Teruko 6d |
| 1983 |
5 |
Sugiuchi Kazuko 8d |
1-0 |
Honda Sachiko 6d |
| 1984 |
6 |
Kusunoki Teruko 7d |
1-0 |
Honda Sachiko 6d |
| 1985 |
7 |
Kusunoki Teruko 7d |
1-0 |
Ashida Isoko 6d |
| 1986 |
8 |
Sugiuchi Kazuko 8d |
1-0 |
Kobayashi Reiko 6d |
| 1987 |
9 |
Ogawa Tomoko 4d |
1-0 |
Sugiuchi Kazuko 8d |
| 1988 |
10 |
Miyazaki Shimako 2d |
1-0 |
Ogawa Tomoko 4d |
| 1989 |
11 |
Kobayashi Chizu 5d |
1-0 |
Ogawa Tomoko 4d |
| 1990 |
12 |
Sakakibara Fumiko 2d |
1-0 |
Sugiuchi Kazuko 8d |
| 1991 |
13 |
Aoki Kikuyo 4d |
1-0 |
Miyazaki Shimako 2d |
| 1992 |
14 |
Aoki Kikuyo 4d |
1-0 |
Yoshida Mika 5d |
| 1993 |
15 |
Kobayashi Chizu 5d |
1-0 |
Yoshida Mika 5d |
| 1994 |
16 |
Aoki Kikuyo 6d |
1-0 |
Kusunoki Teruko 7d |
| 1995 |
17 |
Nakazawa Ayako 3d |
1-0 |
Kobayashi Chizu 5d |
| 1996 |
18 |
Nakazawa Ayako 4d |
1-0 |
Kobayashi Izumi 1d |
| 1997 |
19 |
Kobayashi Chizu 5d |
1-0 |
Konishi Kazuko 6d |
| 1998 |
20 |
Yoshida Mika 6d |
1-0 |
Kusunoki Teruko 7d |
| 1999 |
21 |
Osawa Narumi 1d |
1-0 |
Kobayashi Izumi 4d |
| 2000 |
22 |
Aoki Kikuyo 7d |
1-0 |
Osawa Narumi 2d |
