Japanese Chess Championship

The Japanese women's chess championship has been largely dominated by Naoko Takemoto (Naoko Takahashi before she married).

## Winners

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No. | Held in | Men's Winner | Women's Winner

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1 | 1968 | Yukio Miyasaka |
2 | 1969 | Yukio Miyasaka |
3 | 1970 | Yukio Miyasaka |
4 | 1971 | Yukio Miyasaka |
5 | 1972 | Gentaro Gonda |
6 | 1973 | Gentaro Gonda |
7 | 1974 | Ken Hamada | Miyoko Watai
8 | 1975 | Gentaro Gonda | Emiko Nakagawa
9 | 1976 | Gentaro Gonda | Emiko Nakagawa
10 | 1977 | Gentaro Gonda | Miyoko Watai
11 | 1978 | Gentaro Gonda | Miyoko Watai
12 | 1979 | Gentaro Gonda | Naoko Takemoto
13 | 1980 | Koobun Oda | Naoko Takemoto
14 | 1981 | Koobun Oda | Naoko Takemoto
15 | 1982 | Hiroyuki Nishimura | Naoko Takemoto
16 | 1983 | Hiroyuki Nishimura | Naoko Takemoto
17 | 1984 | Hiroyuki Nishimura | Naoko Takemoto
18 | 1985 | Gentaro Gonda
Paul Kuroda | Naoko Takemoto
19 | 1986 | Jacques Pineau | Naoko Takemoto
20 | 1987 | Tomomichi Suzuki | Naoko Takemoto
21 | 1988 | Loren Schmidt | Naoko Takemoto
22 | 1989 | Gentaro Gonda | Naoko Takemoto
23 | 1990 | Joselito Sunga | Naoko Takemoto
24 | 1991 | Mats Andersson | Naoko Takemoto
25 | 1992 | Domingo Ramos | Naoko Takemoto
26 | 1993 | Jacques Pineau | Naoko Takemoto
27 | 1994 | Hiroyuki Nishimura | Naoko Takemoto
28 | 1995 | Domingo Ramos
Tomohiko Matsuo | not played
29 | 1996 | Gentaro Gonda | not played
30 | 1997 | Gentaro Gonda | not played
31 | 1998 | Akira Watanabe | not played
32 | 1999 | Akira Watanabe | not played
33 | 2000 | Akira Watanabe | not played
34 | 2001 | Gentaro Gonda | Miyoko Watai
Nguyen Khanh Ngoc
35 | 2002 | Simon Bibby | not played
36 | 2003 | Ryo Shiomi
Kiyotaka Sakai | Emiko Nakagawa
37 | 2004 | Kiyotaka Sakai | Melody Garcia
38 | 2005 | Shinya Kojima | Haruko Tanaka
39 | 2006 | Shinya Kojima
Masahiro Baba | Emiko Nakagawa
40 | 2007 | Shinsaku Uesugi
Shinya Kojima | Emiko Nakagawa
41 | 2008 | Shinya Kojima | Emiko Nakagawa
42 | 2009 | Sam Collins | Narumi Uchida
43 | 2010 | Ryosuke Nanjo
Shinya Kojima | Narumi Uchida
44  | 2011  | Ryuji Nakamura
Masahiro Baba | Ekaterina Egorova
45  | 2012  | Ryosuke Nanjo |
46  | 2013  | Junta Ikeda | Narumi Uchida
47  | 2014  | Ryosuke Nanjo | Narumi Uchida
48  | 2015  | Masahiro Baba | Mirai Ishizuka
49  | 2016  | Trần Thanh Tú | Mirai Ishizuka
50  | 2017  |  Koji Noguchi | Karen Hoshino
51  | 2018  | Trần Thanh Tú | Qin Ranran
52  | 2019  | Mirai Aoshima |
53  | 2020  | Trần Thanh Tú | not played
54  | 2021  | not played | not played
55  | 2022  | Mirai Aoshima | Azumi Sakai
56  | 2023  | Ryosuke Nanjo[1] | Azumi Sakai[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Japan Chess Championship 2023". May 7, 2023.
2. ^ "Japan Women's Chess Championship 2023 女子". July 30, 2023.

## External links

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* Results from the Japanese Chess Federation [1] Archived 2013-05-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
* Short biography on Akira Wanatabe [2]
* Chess in Japan [3]
* On Shinya Kojima's 2006 and 2007 victory [4] (in German)
* On the 2008 edition [5][permanent dead link]
* On the women's editions: 2002 Archived 2007-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, 2004 Archived 2007-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, 2005 Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, 2006 Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
* On the men's editions: 2004 Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, 2005 Archived 2007-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, 2006 Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, 2007 Archived 2007-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, 2008 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

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