Tengen

Founded in 1975 as the successor to the Nihon Ki-in Championship, the Tengen ("Origin of Heaven") takes its name from the center point of the Go board -- the intersection at the very heart of the 19x19 grid. Sponsored by the Sankei Shimbun group, it offers a winner's prize of approximately 12 million yen. The format is a single-elimination preliminary followed by a best-of-five title match. Rin Kaiho (Lin Haifeng), a Taiwanese-born player who dominated Japanese Go in the 1960s-80s, set the first dynasty with five consecutive titles and earned the rank of Honorary Tengen. Iyama Yuta later surpassed that record, winning the title eight times.

Country Japan Type Title Match Format Knockout Title Cycle 1y Komi 6.5 Editions 53

2024 · Edition #50

Champion: Ichiriki Ryo · Runner-up: Shibano Toramaru

Final 4 games

Oct 7 Shibano Toramaru W+0.5 Ichiriki Ryo Oct 18 Ichiriki Ryo W+R Shibano Toramaru Nov 9 Shibano Toramaru W+R Ichiriki Ryo Nov 28 Ichiriki Ryo B+R Shibano Toramaru

A Preliminary, Group Final 18 games

Sep 13 Kiyonari Tetsuya B+T Watanabe Yu Nov 30 Hirose Yuichi W+R Ryu Shikun Nov 30 Oomote Takuto W+R Yokotsuka Riki Dec 4 Muramatsu Hiroki B+R Tsuruta Kazushi Dec 7 Hoshiai Shiho W+R Oba Junya Dec 11 Kono Rin B+R Kato Atsushi Dec 14 Rin Shien B+3.5 Mukai Chiaki Dec 21 Imamura Yoshiaki B+R Hikosaka Naoto Dec 21 Obuchi Kotaro B+1.5 Cho U Dec 25 Motoki Katsuya B+R Rin Kanketsu Jan 10 Takashima Yugo B+R Kurahashi Masayuki Jan 10 Murakawa Daisuke B+R Taniguchi Toru Jan 10 Yuki Satoshi W+R Hatanaka Hoshinobu Jan 11 Hane Naoki W+R Shida Tatsuya Jan 11 Kato Chie W+0.5 Muramoto Wataru Jan 11 Sakai Yuki B+1.5 Suzuki Shinji Jan 15 Koike Yoshihiro B+0.5 Fukuoka Kotaro Jan 29 Takao Shinji W+R Yamashita Keigo

Challengers' Final 1 game

Sep 2 Kyo Kagen W+R Shibano Toramaru

Semi-final 2 games

Jul 29 Kyo Kagen B+R Shida Tatsuya Aug 12 Shibano Toramaru B+R Murakawa Daisuke

Quarterfinals 4 games

May 30 Kyo Kagen B+0.5 Motoki Katsuya Jun 20 Sakai Yuki W+R Shida Tatsuya Jun 24 Ida Atsushi W+0.5 Murakawa Daisuke Jun 27 Sada Atsushi W+R Shibano Toramaru

Round of 16 8 games

Apr 8 Yokotsuka Riki W+R Motoki Katsuya Apr 22 Koike Yoshihiro W+R Ida Atsushi Apr 25 Seki Kotaro W+R Kyo Kagen May 2 Takashima Yugo W+R Murakawa Daisuke May 2 Ueno Asami W+R Shibano Toramaru May 6 Yamashita Keigo W+R Shida Tatsuya May 9 Kiyonari Tetsuya W+R Sakai Yuki May 20 Sada Atsushi B+R Iyama Yuta

Round 1, extra game 1 game

Feb 5 Otake Yu W+R Motoki Katsuya

Round of 32 16 games

Feb 5 Oba Junya W+R Iyama Yuta Feb 15 Shibano Toramaru B+11.5 Muramoto Wataru Feb 22 Koike Yoshihiro B+R Yao Zhiteng Feb 26 Imamura Yoshiaki W+R Kyo Kagen Feb 29 Motoki Katsuya B+R Muramatsu Hiroki Mar 4 Rin Shien W+R Yamashita Keigo Mar 7 Okawa Takuya W+R Ida Atsushi Mar 7 Murakawa Daisuke B+7.5 Matsumoto Takehisa Mar 7 Tanaka Koyu W+R Seki Kotaro Mar 11 Fujita Akihiko W+1.5 Yokotsuka Riki Mar 21 Kiyonari Tetsuya B+R Obuchi Kotaro Mar 21 Kono Rin W+R Ueno Asami Mar 25 Numadate Sakiya W+1.5 Sada Atsushi Mar 28 Hatanaka Hoshinobu W+R Sakai Yuki Apr 4 Ogata Masaki W+0.5 Takashima Yugo Apr 8 Ryu Shikun W+R Shida Tatsuya

Preliminaries 20 games

May 29 Sugiuchi Kazuko W+R Yu Ho Jul 27 Miyazawa Goro B+9.5 Ishida Yoshio Aug 7 Takemiya Masaki W+11.5 Oba Junya Sep 27 Fujita Reo B+R Aragaki Shun Oct 4 Yo Seiki B+R Abe Yoshiki Oct 5 Nyu Eiko W+R Ryu Shikun Oct 5 Fukuoka Kotaro B+R Miura Taro Oct 18 Fujita Reo B+R Maeda Ryo Oct 26 Uchida Shuhei W+R Fujisawa Rina Nov 20 Cho Chikun W+0.5 Sakai Yuki Nov 22 Utsumi Koki W+R Imamura Toshiya Nov 29 Imabun Taro B+1.5 Sekiyama Toshimichi Nov 29 Watanabe Koki B+2.5 Hoshikawa Koyo Dec 6 Kiyonari Tetsuya B+R Fujita Reo Jan 15 Aoki Hirotaka W+R Ueno Asami Jan 22 Fujisawa Rina W+0.5 Numadate Sakiya Jan 24 Tsuji Shigehito W+R Sada Atsushi Jan 24 Imamura Toshiya W+R Tanaka Koyu Jan 29 Yo Seiki W+R Kiyonari Tetsuo Feb 1 Okawa Takuya B+0.5 Hon Akiyoshi

C Preliminary 1 game

Apr 24 Kuwabara Shun B+R Nakamura Sumire

A Preliminary 15 games

Sep 6 Murakawa Daisuke B+R Katsuma Shiro Sep 14 Sato Yuta W+R Yuki Satoshi Sep 21 Seto Taiki B+R Watanabe Kandai Sep 27 Murakawa Daisuke B+R Fujii Shuya Oct 12 Mimura Tomoyasu B+R Onishi Ryuhei Oct 12 Yamashita Keigo B+R Kimu Sujun Oct 19 Shimojima Yohei W+R Shida Tatsuya Nov 9 Tsuruta Kazushi B+R Mutsuura Yuta Nov 13 Yamada Kimio B+R Mito Shuhei Nov 13 Hikosaka Naoto B+R Kawada Kohei Nov 16 I Ryo W+R Takao Shinji Nov 16 Sotoyanagi Sebun W+R Cho U Nov 30 Sada Atsushi B+10.5 Yata Naoki Dec 4 Yamashiro Hiroshi W+R Muramoto Wataru Dec 18 Sakai Kentaro W+R Tanaka Koyu

Round 0 1 game

Feb 5 Mimura Tomoyasu W+R Kono Rin