Shinjin-O finals

The Shinjin-O tournament (新人王, King of the New Stars) is organized by Nihon Ki-in since 1976. It is a knock-out tournament for players under 7p and less than 30 years (since 2006: less than 25 years) old. The final is a match over 3 games. Here we give these finals.

Nr	Year	Winner	Opponent	Games
1	1976	Kobayashi Koichi	Nakamura Hidehito	1 2
2	1977	Kobayashi Koichi	Cho Chikun	1 2
3	1978	Ishida Akira	Kurahashi Shozo	1 2 3
4	1979	Ishida Akira	Yamashiro Hiroshi	1 2 3
5	1980	Miyazawa Goro	Kiyonari Tetsuya	1 2
6	1981	O Rissei	Hasegawa Sunao	1 2
7	1982	Kataoka Satoshi	Yoda Norimoto	1 2
8	1983	Yoda Norimoto	Miyazawa Goro	1 2
9	1984	Imamura Toshiya	Hashimoto Yujiro	1 2 3
10	1985	Miyazawa Goro	Imamura Toshiya	1 2
11	1986	Yoda Norimoto	O Rissei	1 2 3
12	1987	Yoda Norimoto	O Meien	1 2 3
13	1988	Komatsu Hideki	Narusawa Yasuichi	1 2
14	1989	Yoda Norimoto	Izumitani Hideo	1 2
15	1990	Yoda Norimoto	Yuki Satoshi	1 2 3
16	1991	Cho Sonjin	Ryu Shikun	1 2 3
17	1992	Komatsu Hideki	Michael Redmond	1 2
18	1993	Yuki Satoshi	Mimura Tomoyasu	1 2
19	1994	Mimura Tomoyasu	Yo Kagen	1 2 3
20	1995	Mimura Tomoyasu	Cho Sonjin	1 2
21	1996	Takao Shinji	Nakamura Shinya	1 2
22	1997	Yamada Kimio	Aoki Kikuyo	1 2
23	1998	Yamashita Keigo	Takao Shinji	1 2 3
24	1999	Yamashita Keigo	Hane Naoki	1 2
25	2000	Yamashita Keigo	Hane Naoki	1 2
26	2001	Yamashita Keigo	Kubo Hideo	1 2
27	2002	Cho U	Takao Shinji	1 2
28	2003	So Yokoku	Fujii Shuya	1 2
29	2004	Mizokami Tomochika	Sakai Hideyuki	1 2 3
30	2005	Kim Sujun	Iyama Yuta	1 2
31	2006	Matsumoto Takehisa	Ko Iso	1 2 3
32	2007	Iyama Yuta	Mochizuki Kenichi	1 2
33	2008	Uchida Shuhei	Ha Youngil	1 2
34	2009	Lee Ishu	Mitani Tetsuya	1 2
35	2010	Shiraishi Yuichi	Mitani Tetsuya	1 2 3
36	2011	Murakawa Daisuke	Anzai Nobuaki	1 2
37	2012	Kanazawa Makoto	Fujita Akihiko	1 2 3
38	2013	Fujita Akihiko	Yo Seiki	1 2
39	2014	Ichiriki Ryo	Shida Tatsuya	1 2 3