The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. First played in 1963, it is one of the tour's four major championships. Since 1995, it has been held at the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club in Inagi, Tokyo.

History From its inception in 1963 to 1972 the field was limited to the winners of six important tournaments in Japan: Japan Open, Japan PGA Championship, Kansai Open, Kansai Pro Championship, Kanto Open and Kanto Pro Championship. In some years a player won two of these event and the field was reduced further, to five.

It has recently been one of the season-ending events on the tour with a limited field consisting of the top 30 players from the money list and that season's tournament winners.

Since 1998 the tournament has been titled the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup, under a sponsorship agreement with Japan Tobacco. It was sponsored by Hitachi from 1988 to 1997, during which time it was titled the Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup.

Prize money Since 2009 the prize money has been ¥130,000,000, with ¥40,000,000 going to the winner, except in 2011 when the event was reduced to 54 holes and prize money was reduced by 25%. In 1988 prize money was ¥50,000,000, with ¥14,000,000 for the winner, increasing to ¥60,000,000, with ¥15,000,000 winner from 1989 to 1992. From 1993 to 2008 prize money was ¥100,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 for the winner.

Tournament hosts Years Venue Location 1963 (co-hosts) Murasaki Country Club, Sumire Course Noda, Chiba 1963–90 (co-hosts), 1992, 1994 Yomiuri Country Club Nishinomiya, Hyōgo 1964–90 (co-hosts), 1991, 1993, 1995–present Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club Inagi, Tokyo

From 1963 to 1990 the event was played at two venues, one near Ozaki and another near Tokyo. The first two rounds were played at one venue and, after a travel day, the remaining two rounds were played at the second venue.

Winners Japan Golf Tour (Japan major) 2000– Japan Golf Tour (Regular) 1974–1999 Pre-Japan Golf Tour 1963–1973 #YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upGolf Nippon Series JT Cup62nd 2025 Takashi Ogiso 267 −13 2 strokes Yusaku Hosono61st 2024 Shaun Norris 268 −12 2 strokes Naoyuki Kataoka60th 2023 Taiga Semikawa 265 −15 1 stroke Takumi Kanaya Keita Nakajima 59th 2022 Hideto Tanihara (2) 268 −12 1 stroke Hiroshi Iwata Daijiro Izumida Chan Kim58th 2021 Hideto Tanihara 268 −12 2 strokes Yūsaku Miyazato57th 2020 Chan Kim 272 −8 1 stroke Hiroshi Iwata Tomoharu Otsuki Hideto Tanihara56th 2019 Ryo Ishikawa (2) 272 −8 Playoff Brad Kennedy55th 2018 Satoshi Kodaira 272 −8 Playoff Hwang Jung-gon Ryo Ishikawa54th 2017 Yūsaku Miyazato (2) 265 −15 6 strokes Shaun Norris53rd 2016 Park Sang-hyun 267 −13 1 stroke Yuta Ikeda Kim Kyung-tae Satoshi Kodaira52nd 2015 Ryo Ishikawa 266 −14 5 strokes Yoshinori Fujimoto Koumei Oda51st 2014 Katsumasa Miyamoto (3) 271 −9 1 stroke Prayad Marksaeng50th 2013 Yūsaku Miyazato 267 −13 3 strokes Wu Ashun49th 2012 Hiroyuki Fujita (3) 262 −18 5 strokes Han Lee Toshinori Muto48th 2011 Hiroyuki Fujita (2) 200 −10 Playoff Toru Taniguchi47th 2010 Hiroyuki Fujita 265 −15 1 stroke Toru Taniguchi46th 2009 Shigeki Maruyama (2) 271 −9 Playoff Kim Kyung-tae45th 2008 Jeev Milkha Singh (2) 268 −12 2 strokes Brendan Jones David Smail Taichi Teshima44th 2007 Brendan Jones 269 −11 1 stroke Toru Taniguchi43rd 2006 Jeev Milkha Singh 269 −11 1 stroke Nobuhiro Masuda42nd 2005 Yasuharu Imano 269 −11 2 strokes Shinichi Yokota41st 2004 Paul Sheehan 266 −14 4 strokes Katsumasa Miyamoto Yang Yong-eun40th 2003 Tetsuji Hiratsuka 264 −16 3 strokes Toshimitsu Izawa39th 2002 Shingo Katayama (2) 261 −19 9 strokes David Smail38th 2001 Katsumasa Miyamoto (2) 268 −12 1 stroke Toshimitsu Izawa Tsuneyuki Nakajima37th 2000 Shingo Katayama 271 −9 3 strokes Hirofumi Miyase36th 1999 Kazuhiko Hosokawa 270 −10 2 strokes Toshimitsu Izawa35th 1998 Katsumasa Miyamoto 275 −5 Playoff Masashi OzakiGolf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup34th 1997 Shigeki Maruyama 268 −16 2 strokes Tateo Ozaki33rd 1996 Masashi Ozaki (7) 262 −26 4 strokes Shigeki Maruyama32nd 1995 Masashi Ozaki (6) 272 −16 2 strokes Shigenori Mori Tsuneyuki Nakajima31st 1994 Hisayuki Sasaki 270 −14 1 stroke Naomichi Ozaki30th 1993 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 270 −18 3 strokes Shigeki Maruyama29th 1992 Chen Tze-ming 280 −8 1 stroke Todd Hamilton28th 1991 Naomichi Ozaki (3) 268 −20 8 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima Nobumitsu Yuhara27th 1990 Naomichi Ozaki (2) 275 −13 Playoff Tsuneyuki Nakajima26th 1989 Akiyoshi Ohmachi 278 −10 2 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima Katsuyoshi Tomori25th 1988 Naomichi Ozaki 275 −13 5 strokes Isao AokiGolf Nippon Series24th 1987 Isao Aoki (4) David Ishii 138 −7 Title shared23rd 1986 Tōru Nakamura (2) 275 −15 2 strokes Isao Aoki22nd 1985 Tateo Ozaki 279 −11 2 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto21st 1984 Tōru Nakamura 267 −23 7 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto20th 1983 Isao Aoki (3) 281 −9 1 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto19th 1982 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 283 −7 2 strokes Fujio Kobayashi18th 1981 Yutaka Hagawa 135 −9 Playoff Isao Aoki17th 1980 Masashi Ozaki (5) 283 −7 2 strokes Isao Aoki16th 1979 Isao Aoki (2) 276 −14 13 strokes Kikuo Arai Tōru Nakamura15th 1978 Isao Aoki 282 −8 1 stroke Haruo Yasuda14th 1977 Masashi Ozaki (4) 275 −15 4 strokes Isao Aoki13th 1976 Shinsaku Maeda 285 −5 3 strokes Haruo Yasuda12th 1975 Takashi Murakami 283 −7 1 stroke Seiichi Kanai Kosaku Shimada11th 1974 Masashi Ozaki (3) 280 −10 4 strokes Takashi Murakami10th 1973 Teruo Sugihara (3) 276 −14 2 strokes Haruo Yasuda9th 1972 Masashi Ozaki (2) 280 −10 Playoff Teruo Sugihara8th 1971 Masashi Ozaki 284 −6 1 stroke Teruo Sugihara7th 1970 Teruo Sugihara (2) 284 −6 3 strokes Kosaku Shimada6th 1969 Hideyo Sugimoto 291 +1 1 stroke Shigeru Uchida Haruo Yasuda5th 1968 Takaaki Kono (2) 283 −7 3 strokes Shiro Matsuda4th 1967 Takaaki Kono 281 −9 11 strokes Tadashi Kitta Seiichi Sato1966: No tournament3rd 1965 Teruo Sugihara 284 −6 11 strokes Tadashi Kitta2nd 1964 Chen Ching-Po 284 −6 2 strokes Hideyo Sugimoto1st 1963 Tomoo Ishii 288 −2 8 strokes Koichi Ono Sources:

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Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site