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Female Meijin

The Women's Meijin is a Go competition. The Women's Meijin is the female version of the Meijin title. This title is sponsored by Fuji Evening Newspaper and Nippon Life Insurance. The winner's purse is 5,100,000 Yen ($48,000).

Past winners

Player Years Held
Miyazaki Shimako 1989
Aoki Kikuyo 1990, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006
Sugiuchi Kazuko 1991 - 1994
Kato Tomoko 1995
Koyama Terumi 1996 - 1998, 2005
Kobayashi Izumi 2001, 2003, 2004
Keiko Kato 2007
Xie Yimin 2008 - 2011 
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