Agon Kiriyama Cup

Agon Kiriyama Cup
Full nameAgon Kiriyama Cup
Started1994
SponsorsAgon Shu
Prize money10,000,000 Yen ($86,000)
AffiliationNihon Ki-in

The Agon Kiriyama Cup (阿含･桐山杯) is a Japanese Go competition.

Outline

The Agon Kiriyama Cup is a Go competition endorsed by the Nihon Kiin. It was started in 1994[1] by Agon Shu. The name was originally the "Acom Cup" but it changed its sponsor in 1999 and became the Agon Kiriyama Cup. It is a single knockout tournament, but unlike the big titles in Japan, the title holder does not wait for a challenger, hence the difficulty of defending the title. The prize for the winner is 10,000,000 yen, a larger prize than some of the top-seven major titles.[2]

The tournament has a counterpart in China, the Ahan Tongshan Cup; the winners of the two tournaments face off in the China-Japan Agon Cup.

Past winners

Agon Kiriyama Cup[1]
Year Winner Runner-up
1994 O Rissei Cho Chikun
1995 Kato Masao Kobayashi Satoru
1996 Yoda Norimoto
1997 Yoda Norimoto Kato Masao
1998 Kobayashi Satoru Cho Chikun
1999 Kobayashi Koichi Takao Shinji
2000 Cho Sonjin Cho Chikun
2001 O Rissei
2002 Cho Chikun Cho U
2003 Kato Masao Cho U
2004 Hane Naoki Kobayashi Koichi
2005 Iyama Yuta Kobayashi Satoru
2006 Cho U Hane Naoki
2007 Cho Chikun
2008 Takanashi Seiken
2009 Hane Naoki Cho U
2010 Yamashita Keigo Cho Chikun
2011 Iyama Yuta Yamashita Keigo
2012 Cho U Rin Shien
2013 Murakawa Daisuke Shida Tatsuya
2014 Iyama Yuta Kono Rin
2015 Kyo Kagen
2016 Kono Rin Cho Chikun
2017 Mutsuura Yuta Takao Shinji
2018[2] Ichiriki Ryo Shibano Toramaru
2019 Cho U Ichiriki Ryo
2020 Iyama Yuta Yamashita Keigo
2021 Kyo Kagen Iyama Yuta
2022[3] Hirata Tomoya Iyama Yuta
2023 Ichiriki Ryo Iyama Yuta
2024 Ichiriki Ryo Shibano Toramaru

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Nihon Ki-in, Japanese language tournament results page, retrieved on December 27, 2023
  2. ^ a b "The Power Report: Hirose wins King of New Stars; Iyama eliminated from Samsung; New tournament for non-winners; Ichiriki wins Agon Kiriyama Cup; Onishi wins again in Kisei knock-out". American Go E-Journal. 2018-10-13. Archived from the original on 2019-09-14.
  3. ^ "The Power Report: Oh wins Go Seigen Cup; Sakai wins King of the New Stars; Hirata wins Agon Kiriyama Cup; Shibano increases lead in Meijin title match, Iyama fights back". American Go E-Journal. 2022-10-23. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29.