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# Hayago Championship

The Tokyo Cup or Hayago Championship (早碁選手権戦) was a lightning go tournament played in 1968-2002. Afterwards it was merged with the Kakusei tournament (鶴聖戦) and got the name JAL Super Hayago (スーパー早碁).

The Hayago Championship is broadcast on TV on Sundays. It is a single knockout tournament. However, the 12th-18th editions used a best of three match in the final. Players were usually 8- and 9-dans. A companion tournament for 5- to 7-dans was called Shinei.

Time allotted was 10 min + 30s/move (for editions 1-16), 5 min + 30s/move + 2 x 3min (for editions 17-33), 10s/move + 10 x 1min (for editions 34-35).

# | Year | Winner | Opponent | SGF
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 1968 | Fujisawa Shuko | Fujisawa Hosai | sgf
2 | 1969 | Hashimoto Utaro | Ohira Shuzo | sgf
3 | 1970 | Miyashita Shuyo | Fujisawa Hosai | sgf
4 | 1971 | Fujisawa Hosai | Hashimoto Utaro | sgf
5 | 1972 | Kobayashi Koichi | Fujisawa Hosai | sgf
6 | 1973 | Otake Hideo | Hashimoto Shoji | sgf
7 | 1974 | Hashimoto Shoji | Otake Hideo | sgf
8 | 1975 | Rin Kaiho | Sakata Eio | sgf
9 | 1976 | Otake Hideo | Kudo Norio | sgf
10 | 1977 | Ohira Shuzo | Yamabe Toshiro | sgf
11 | 1978 | Takemiya Masaki | Fujisawa Shuko | sgf
12 | 1979 | Ishida Yoshio | Otake Hideo | 1 2 3
13 | 1980 | Sakata Eio | Kato Masao | 1 2 3
14 | 1981 | Kobayashi Koichi | Yamabe Toshiro | 1 2 3
15 | 1982 | Ishida Yoshio | Kobayashi Koichi | 1 2
16 | 1983 | Ishida Yoshio | Kobayashi Koichi | 1 2 3
17 | 1984 | Rin Kaiho | Kato Masao | 1 2
18 | 1985 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | 1 2 3
19 | 1986 | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | sgf
20 | 1987 | Rin Kaiho | Ishida Yoshio | sgf
21 | 1988 | Kato Masao | Takemiya Masaki | sgf
22 | 1989 | Takemiya Masaki | Kato Masao | sgf
23 | 1990 | Cho Chikun | Rin Kaiho | sgf
24 | 1991 | Cho Chikun | Yuki Satoshi | sgf
25 | 1992 | Cho Chikun | O Rissei | sgf
26 | 1993 | Kataoka Satoshi | Yoda Norimoto | sgf
27 | 1994 | Kato Masao | Yamada Kimio | sgf
28 | 1995 | Yuki Satoshi | Rin Kaiho | sgf
29 | 1996 | Cho Chikun | Yoda Norimoto | sgf
30 | 1997 | Kobayashi Koichi | O Rissei | sgf
31 | 1998 | Kataoka Satoshi | Kato Masao | sgf
32 | 1999 | Kato Masao | Kobayashi Satoru | sgf
33 | 2000 | Kobayashi Satoru | Kobayashi Koichi | sgf
34 | 2001 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | sgf
35 | 2002 | Cho Chikun | Ishida Yoshio | sgf