The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1981, it is played in November and is one of the richest tournaments in Japan, attracting some of the leading international golfers. It was held at the Ibusuki Golf Club, Kaimon Course in Ibusuki, Kagoshima from 1981 to 2004. In 2005, it moved to the Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in Geisei, Kōchi.
The event is organized by Casio, Kuroshio Kanko Kaihatsu and TV Kochi.
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up 2025 Ryuichi Oiwa 267 −21 Playoff Kosuke Sunagawa 2024 Hiroshi Iwata 274 −14 1 stroke Taisei Shimizu 2023 Taichi Nabetani 274 −14 1 stroke Song Young-han Ren Yonezawa 2022 Chan Kim 256 −32 6 strokes Aguri Iwasaki 2021 Mikumu Horikawa 269 −19 2 strokes Shugo Imahira Yūsaku Miyazato 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2019 Kim Kyung-tae 268 −20 2 strokes Shaun Norris 2018 Choi Ho-sung 273 −15 1 stroke Brendan Jones 2017 Seungsu Han 275 −13 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa Brendan Jones Kim Kyung-tae Ryuko Tokimatsu 2016 Yuta Ikeda 203 −13 1 stroke Ryuji Masaoka 2015 Hwang Jung-gon (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa 2014 Shingo Katayama 271 −17 3 strokes Satoshi Tomiyama 2013 Hideki Matsuyama 276 −12 1 stroke Yuta Ikeda 2012 Hwang Jung-gon 269 −19 3 strokes Kunihiro Kamii 2011 Tadahiro Takayama 273 −15 2 strokes Yūsaku Miyazato 2010 Michio Matsumura 275 −13 Playoff Kim Do-hoon 2009 Koumei Oda (2) 267 −21 3 strokes Ryo Ishikawa 2008 Koumei Oda 277 −11 3 strokes Kenichi Kuboya 2007 Taichi Teshima 275 −13 1 stroke Chris Campbell 2006 Jeev Milkha Singh 272 −16 2 strokes David Smail 2005 Toru Taniguchi 277 −11 2 strokes Kim Jong-duck 2004 David Smail (2) 276 −12 1 stroke Hunter Mahan 2003 Katsumune Imai 264 −24 7 strokes Brendan Jones Shingo Katayama 2002 David Smail 200 −16 2 strokes Brendan Jones 2001 Kiyoshi Murota 264 −24 2 strokes Dinesh Chand 2000 Toru Suzuki 267 −21 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki 1999 Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 274 −14 1 stroke Taichi Teshima 1998 Brian Watts 274 −14 Playoff Toshimitsu Izawa 1997 Mitsutaka Kusakabe 278 −10 1 stroke Keiichiro Fukabori Hirofumi Miyase Naomichi Ozaki 1996 Paul Stankowski 277 −11 Playoff David Ishii 1995 Seiki Okuda 274 −14 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki 1994 Robert Gamez 271 −17 4 strokes Scott Hoch 1993 Tom Lehman 274 −14 1 stroke Phil Mickelson 1992 Isao Aoki (2) 277 −11 2 strokes Chen Tze-ming 1991 Naomichi Ozaki 270 −18 2 strokes Hajime Meshiai 1990 Mike Reid 274 −14 2 strokes Yoshinori Kaneko 1989 Isao Aoki 274 −14 1 stroke Larry Mize 1988 Larry Mize 284 −4 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki 1987 David Ishii 276 −12 2 strokes Sam Torrance 1986 Scott Hoch (2) 276 −12 6 strokes José María Olazábal 1985 Hubert Green 289 +1 Playoff Wayne Grady Scott Hoch Nobumitsu Yuhara 1984 Sandy Lyle 279 −9 Playoff Gary Koch 1983 Bernhard Langer 287 −1 2 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima 1982 Scott Hoch 282 −6 1 stroke Tsuneyuki Nakajima 1981 Lee Trevino 275 −13 4 strokes Isao Aoki
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