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Japanese Chess Championship

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

Winners

NO. Held in Men's Winner Women's Winner
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
Kang Guen Guoko
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
NO. Held in Winner Women's Winner
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