The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1973 at the Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course). The tournament moved to the Higashi-Matsuyama Golf Club in 1979 and to the Kawana Hotel's Fuji course in 1981. The tournament has been held at the Fujizakura Country Club in Yamanashi Prefecture since 2005. The prize fund in 2019 was ¥110,000,000, with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fujisankei Classic was held without spectators in 2020, but was not cancelled, as was that year's women's tournament, the Fujisankei Ladies Classic. The 2025 Fujisankei Ladies Classic has been cancelled by the sponsor, the Fujisankei Communications Group, in the wake of the sexual harassment scandal surrounding former TV personality and idol Masahiro Nakai. The status of the upcoming men's tournament remains unclear.
Tournament hosts Years Venue Location 2005–present Fujizakura Country Club Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi 1981–2004 Kawana Hotel (Fuji Course) Itō, Shizuoka 1979–1980 Higashi Matsuyama Country Club Higashimatsuyama, Saitama 1973–1978 Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course) Higashimatsuyama, Saitama
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo ParMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upLopia Fujisankei Classic 2025 Taiga Nagano 200 −10 1 stroke Yuta Sugiura Fujisankei Classic 2024 Kensei Hirata 131 −9 2 strokes Shaun Norris 2023 Takumi Kanaya 272 −8 4 strokes Naoyuki Kataoka 2022 Kaito Onishi 273 −11 Playoff Park Sang-hyun 2021 Shugo Imahira 272 −12 4 strokes Kenshiro Ikegami Ryo Ishikawa 2020 Rikuya Hoshino 275 −9 Playoff Mikumu Horikawa 2019 Park Sang-hyun 269 −15 2 strokes Choi Ho-sung Hiroshi Iwata 2018 Rikuya Hoshino 268 −16 5 strokes Shugo Imahira 2017 Ryu Hyun-woo 281 −3 Playoff Seungsu Han Satoshi Kodaira 2016 Cho Min-gyu 277 −7 3 strokes Ryo Ishikawa Daisuke Kataoka Daisuke Maruyama Tadahiro Takayama 2015 Kim Kyung-tae (2) 275 −9 1 stroke Lee Kyoung-hoon 2014 Hiroshi Iwata 274 −10 1 stroke Hur In-hoi 2013 Hideki Matsuyama 275 −9 Playoff Park Sung-joon Hideto Tanihara 2012 Kim Kyung-tae 276 −8 1 stroke Yuta Ikeda 2011 Masatsugu Morofuji 136 −6 3 strokes Mardan Mamat 2010 Ryo Ishikawa (2) 275 −9 Playoff Shunsuke Sonoda 2009 Ryo Ishikawa 272 −12 5 strokes Daisuke Maruyama 2008 Toyokazu Fujishima 271 −13 Playoff Hiroshi Iwata 2007 Hideto Tanihara 205 −8 3 strokes Prayad Marksaeng 2006 Shingo Katayama 274 −10 3 strokes Liang Wenchong 2005 Daisuke Maruyama 271 −13 7 strokes Shingo Katayama 2004 Paul Sheehan 267 −17 4 strokes Mitsuhiro Tateyama Kaname Yokoo 2003 Todd Hamilton 267 −17 5 strokes Tetsuji Hiratsuka Shigeru Nonaka 2002 Nobuhito Sato 276 −8 Playoff Scott Laycock 2001 Frankie Miñoza 276 −8 1 stroke Tsukasa Watanabe 2000 Tateo Ozaki (2) 278 −6 1 stroke Nobuhito Sato Yeh Chang-ting 1999 Shigemasa Higaki 273 −11 2 strokes Steven Conran 1998 Carlos Franco 275 −9 1 stroke Chen Tze-chung 1997 Kenichi Kuboya 279 −5 1 stroke Yoshinori Kaneko Masashi Ozaki 1996 Brian Watts 272 −12 Playoff Todd Hamilton 1995 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 272 −12 2 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto 1994 Kiyoshi Murota 284 E 4 strokes Nobuo Serizawa 1993 Masashi Ozaki (6) 270 −14 4 strokes Todd Hamilton Tsukasa Watanabe 1992 Hiroshi Makino 281 −3 3 strokes Saburo Fujiki 1991 Saburo Fujiki 279 −5 Playoff Isao Aoki Brian Jones Hideki Kase 1990 Masashi Ozaki (5) 208 −5 1 stroke Saburo Fujiki Masanobu Kimura Tōru Nakamura Naomichi Ozaki Yoshitaka Yamamoto 1989 Masashi Ozaki (4) 282 −2 2 strokes Katsunari Takahashi 1988 Ikuo Shirahama 280 −4 2 strokes Nobumitsu Yuhara 1987 Masashi Ozaki (3) 275 −9 2 strokes Graham Marsh 1986 Masashi Ozaki (2) 279 −5 1 stroke David Ishii 1985 Mark O'Meara 273 −11 3 strokes Masashi Ozaki 1984 Tateo Ozaki 280 −4 Playoff Hsieh Min-Nan 1983 Nobumitsu Yuhara 287 +3 1 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto 1982 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 277 −7 Playoff Graham Marsh 1981 Toshiharu Kawada 276 −8 2 strokes Isao Aoki 1980 Masashi Ozaki 283 −5 1 stroke Graham Marsh Takahiro Takeyasu 1979 Shoichi Sato 283 −5 1 stroke Isao Aoki 1978 Kosaku Shimada 278 −10 3 strokes Isao Aoki 1977 Yasuhiro Miyamoto 287 −1 1 stroke Yoshitaka Yamamoto 1976 Norio Suzuki 279 −9 Playoff Lu Liang-Huan 1975 Lu Liang-Huan 280 −8 4 strokes Graham Marsh 1974 Graham Marsh (2) 276 −12 1 stroke Tōru Nakamura 1973 Graham Marsh 272 −16 1 stroke Tōru Nakamura
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External links Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site Tournament home page