The NHK Cup is a blitz Go tournament broadcast on radio (before 1963) or TV. The thinking time is 30 seconds per move, with an additional time of 10 minutes for each player.
Here we give the finals of each year.
| Nr | Year | Winner | Opponent | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1954 | Shimamura Toshihiro | Takagawa Shukaku | B+1.5 |
| 2 | 1955 | Iwamoto Kaoru | Fujisawa Hosai | B+R |
| 3 | 1956 | Hashimoto Utarō | Sakata Eio | B+R |
| 4 | 1957 | Sakata Eio | Fujisawa Hosai | B+R |
| 5 | 1958 | Sakata Eio | Kitani Minoru | B+4.5 |
| 6 | 1959 | Sakata Eio | Takagawa Shukaku | W+R |
| 7 | 1960 | Kitani Minoru | Fujisawa Hosai | B+2.5 |
| 8 | 1961 | Sakata Eio | Kitani Minoru | W+3.5 |
| 9 | 1962 | Sakata Eio | Hashimoto Utaro | W+R |
| 10 | 1963 | Hashimoto Utarō | Fujisawa Hideyuki | W+0.5 |
| 11 | 1964 | Sakata Eio | Fujisawa Hideyuki | W+R |
| 12 | 1965 | Sakata Eio | Miyashita Hidehiro | B+6.5 |
| 13 | 1966 | Takagawa Shūkaku | Fujisawa Hideyuki | W+R |
| 14 | 1967 | Hashimoto Shōji | Fujisawa Hosai | W+ |
| 15 | 1968 | Ōtake Hideo | Hashimoto Shoji | B+R |
| 16 | 1969 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Fujisawa Hosai | W+R |
| 17 | 1970 | Rin Kaiho | Sakata Eio | B+0.5 |
| 18 | 1971 | Ōtake Hideo | Ishida Yoshio | B+R |
| 19 | 1972 | Sakata Eio | Otake Hideo | B+R |
| 20 | 1973 | Ōtake Hideo | Hashimoto Shoji | W+10.5 |
| 21 | 1974 | Rin Kaiho | Kato Masao | W+R |
| 22 | 1975 | Ōtake Hideo | Takemiya Masaki | W+R |
| 23 | 1976 | Sakata Eio | Go Seigen | W+R |
| 24 | 1977 | Sakata Eio | Takemiya Masaki | B+R |
| 25 | 1978 | Rin Kaiho | Ohira Shuzo | B+R |
| 26 | 1979 | Tōno Hiroaki | Takagi Shoichi | B+R |
| 27 | 1980 | Hashimoto Shōji | Cho Chikun | B+2.5 |
| 28 | 1981 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Takagi Shoichi | B+R |
| 29 | 1982 | Sakata Eio | Sugiuchi Masao | W+R |
| 30 | 1983 | Cho Chikun | Otake Hideo | W+0.5 |
| 31 | 1984 | Honda Kunihisa | Takemiya Masaki | W+5.5 |
| 32 | 1985 | Hashimoto Shōji | Ishida Yoshio | B+2.5 |
| 33 | 1986 | Kobayashi Kōichi | Takemiya Masaki | B+R |
| 34 | 1987 | Ishida Yoshio | Rin Kaiho | B+2.5 |
| 35 | 1988 | Katō Masao | O Rissei | B+R |
| 36 | 1989 | Takemiya Masaki | Kobayashi Satoru | B+R |
| 37 | 1990 | Ishida Yoshio | Otake Hideo | W+10.5 |
| 38 | 1991 | Yoda Norimoto | O Meien | B+R |
| 39 | 1992 | Cho Chikun | O Rissei | B+R |
| 40 | 1993 | Yoda Norimoto | Kato Masao | W+R |
| 41 | 1994 | Ōtake Hideo | Kato Masao | B+6.5 |
| 42 | 1995 | Kobayashi Satoru | Kiyonari Tetsuya | B+4.5 |
| 43 | 1996 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Satoru | B+0.5 |
| 44 | 1997 | Ō Rissei | Kobayashi Koichi | B+7.5 |
| 45 | 1998 | Yoda Norimoto | Honda Kunihisa | W+11.5 |
| 46 | 1999 | Yoda Norimoto | Tono Hiroaki | B+R |
| 47 | 2000 | Yoda Norimoto | Imamura Toshiya | W+7.5 |
| 48 | 2001 | Ishida Yoshio | Cho Chikun | B+2.5 |
| 49 | 2002 | Cho U | Hane Naoki | B+R |
| 50 | 2003 | Mimura Tomoyasu | O Rissei | W+R |
| 51 | 2004 | Kobayashi Kōichi | Cho Chikun | B+3.5 |
| 52 | 2005 | Cho U | Yoda Norimoto | W+R |
| 53 | 2006 | Hane Naoki | Imamura Toshiya | B+R |
| 54 | 2007 | Cho Chikun | Yuki Satoshi | B+3.5 |
| 55 | 2008 | Cho U | Cho Chikun | B+0.5 |
| 56 | 2009 | Yuki Satoshi | Takemiya Masaki | B+R |
| 57 | 2010 | Yuki Satoshi | Iyama Yuta | B+3.5 |
| 58 | 2011 | Yamada Kimio | Yoda Norimoto | B+6.5 |
| 59 | 2012 | Yuki Satoshi | Hane Naoki | W+5.5 |
| 60 | 2013 | Yuki Satoshi | Iyama Yuta | W+9.5 |
| 61 | 2014 | Yuki Satoshi | Kono Rin | W+R |