The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour, and is one of the tour's four major championships. Founded in 1926, it is one of the oldest professional tournaments in Japan, and is played at various courses throughout the country. In 2017, the total purse was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 awarded to the winner.
Between 2009 and 2017, the tournament was title sponsored by Nissin Foods.78回目で初！日本プロ選手権が冠大会に Nikkan Sports 2009-08-07
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upVenueJapan PGA Championship Senko Group Cup 2026 Yusaku Hosono 273 −15 2 strokes Tomohiro Ishizaka Ryosuke Kinoshita Song Young-han Hiroki Tanaka Gamo Japan PGA Championship 2025 Taisei Shimizu 274 −14 Playoff Tatsunori Shogenji Fuji Country Kani 2024 Yuta Sugiura 268 −18 1 stroke Yuki Inamori Taiga Semikawa Sanko 2023 Kensei Hirata 277 −11 2 strokes Takumi Kanaya Taiga Semikawa Eniwa 2022 Mikumu Horikawa 269 −15 3 strokes Naoyuki Kataoka Grand Fields 2021 Kim Seong-hyeon 271 −13 1 stroke Yuta Ikeda Yuki Inamori Nikko 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2019 Ryo Ishikawa 269 −13 Playoff Hwang Jung-gon Ibusuki 2018 Toru Taniguchi (3) 282 −6 Playoff Yoshinori Fujimoto BosoJapan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup 2017 Yūsaku Miyazato 276 −12 3 strokes Brad Kennedy Kanehide Kise 2016 Hideto Tanihara 266 −22 Playoff Toshinori Muto Hokkaido Classic 2015 Adam Bland 268 −16 3 strokes Lee Sang-hee Taiheiyo ClubKohnan 2014 Taichi Teshima 279 −9 1 stroke Lee Kyoung-hoon Koumei Oda Golden Valley 2013 Kim Hyung-sung 279 −5 1 stroke Yoshinori Fujimoto Hiroyuki Fujita Hideki Matsuyama Sobu 2012 Toru Taniguchi (2) 284 −4 1 stroke Keiichiro Fukabori Karasuyamajo 2011 Hiroo Kawai 275 −9 2 strokes Bae Sang-moon Ono Toyo 2010 Toru Taniguchi 270 −10 1 stroke Tetsuji Hiratsuka Passage Kinkai Island 2009 Yuta Ikeda 266 −14 7 strokes Mitsuhiro Tateyama EniwaJapan PGA Championship 2008 Shingo Katayama (2) 265 −23 6 strokes Liang Wenchong Raysum 2007 Toshimitsu Izawa 283 −5 1 stroke Satoru Hirota Kise 2006 Tomohiro Kondo 278 −10 Playoff Katsuyoshi Tomori Tanigumi 2005 Hur Suk-ho 272 −10 2 strokes Hideto Tanihara Tamana 2004 Hur Suk-ho 202 −14 1 stroke Keiichiro Fukabori Kochi Kuroshio 2003 Shingo Katayama 271 −17 1 stroke Hur Suk-ho Miho 2002 Kenichi Kuboya 279 −9 Playoff Shingo Katayama Koma 2001 Dean Wilson 281 −3 4 strokes Hideki Kase Queens Hill 2000 Nobuhito Sato 280 −4 1 stroke Shigemasa Higaki Satoshi Higashi Caledonian 1999 Naomichi Ozaki 283 −5 2 strokes Masashi Ozaki Twin Fields 1998 Brandt Jobe 280 −8 Playoff Masashi Ozaki Grandage 1997 Shigeki Maruyama 272 −16 4 strokes Shusaku Sugimoto CentralWest 1996 Masashi Ozaki (6) 270 −18 8 strokes Shigeki Maruyama SanyoYoshii 1995 Hisayuki Sasaki 272 −16 4 strokes Kazuhiro Takami Natsudomari 1994 Hiroshi Gohda 279 −5 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki Lake Green1993 Masashi Ozaki (5) 278 −10 1 stroke Tsuyoshi Yoneyama Sports Shinko1992 Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 281 −7 Playoff Tsuneyuki Nakajima Shimoakima1991 Masashi Ozaki (4) 273 −15 6 strokes Tsukasa Watanabe Prestige1990 Hideki Kase 274 −14 5 strokes Saburo Fujiki Masahiro Kuramoto Amanosan1989 Masashi Ozaki (3) 278 −6 1 stroke Hideki Kase Karasuyamajo1988 Tateo Ozaki (2) 268 −20 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki Ehime1987 David Ishii 280 −8 1 stroke Brian Jones Seiichi Kanai Hamano1986 Isao Aoki (3) 272 −16 4 strokes Masashi Ozaki Nihon LineWest1985 Tateo Ozaki 288 −4 Playoff Seiichi Kanai CentralEast1984 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) 275 −9 2 strokes Seiichi Kanai Shinsaku Maeda Tōru Nakamura MIOS Kikukawa 1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 279 −9 2 strokes Isao Aoki Yutaka Hagawa Shuun 1982 Masahiro Kuramoto 274 −14 4 strokes Hsieh Min-Nan Meishin Yokkaichi 1981 Isao Aoki (2) 277 −11 4 strokes Tōru Nakamura Sapporo Korakuen 1980 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 282 −2 1 stroke Seiichi Kanai Namio Takasu NorthernAkagi 1979 Hsieh Min-Nan 272 −16 1 stroke Teruo Sugihara Asami 1978 Fujio Kobayashi 281 −7 Playoff Tsuneyuki Nakajima Otaru 1977 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 277 −11 3 strokes Teruo Sugihara Yoshitaka Yamamoto Nihon LineWest 1976 Seiichi Kanai (2) 273 −7 Playoff Shichiro Enomoto Hsieh Min-Nan Haruo Yasuda Kuma 1975 Takashi Murakami 282 −6 Playoff Yoshitaka Yamamoto Kurashiki 1974 Masashi Ozaki (2) 274 −14 4 strokes Isao Aoki Omotezao Intl. 1973 Isao Aoki 275 −13 8 strokes Haruo Yasuda Gifu Seki1972 Seiichi Kanai 278 2 strokes Masashi Ozaki MurasakiSumire1971 Masashi Ozaki 282 1 stroke Hideyo Sugimoto Phoenix1970 Seiichi Sato 280 1 stroke Akio Kanemoto Mitsuhiro Kitta Mitsukaido1969 Hiroshi Ishii 277 5 strokes Teruo Sugihara Kasugai1968 Kosaku Shimada 282 1 stroke Teruo Suzumura Narashino1967 Shozo Miyamoto 276 1 stroke Tomoo Ishii MiyoshiWest1966 Mitsutaka Kono (2) 271 3 strokes Shigeru Uchida Sobu1965 Mitsutaka Kono 273 6 strokes Chen Ching-Po Yoshimasa Fujii Kawagoe1964 Tadashi Kitta (2) 281 2 strokes Tomoo Ishii Hirakata1963 Tadashi Kitta 285 3 strokes Tomoo Ishii Ryugasaki1962 Torakichi Nakamura (4) 285 4 strokes Takashi Kitamoto Teruo Sugihara Yokkaichi1961 Yoshiro Hayashi (4) 286 2 strokes Yoshimasa Fujii Koga1960 Ryohei Tanaami 1 hole Kenji Hosoishi Oarai 1959 Torakichi Nakamura (3) 5 & 4 Koichi Ono Ibaraki1958 Torakichi Nakamura (2) 3 & 2 Koshio Kurihara Naruo (Inagawa)1957 Torakichi Nakamura 2 holes Koshio Kurihara Hodogaya1956 Yoshiro Hayashi (3) 7 & 6 Tsunekichi Arai Nagoya1955 Koichi Ono 1 hole Yoshiro Hayashi Sagami1954 Shigeru Ishii 7 & 5 Koichi Ono Hirono1953 Chin Sei-Sui (2) 2 & 1 Yoshiro Hayashi Abiko1952 Seiji Inoue 5 & 3 Chin Sei-Sui Sagami1951 Tetsuo Ishii 3 & 1 Torakichi Nakamura Hirono 1950 Yoshiro Hayashi (2) 9 & 7 Koichi Ono Abiko1949 Yoshiro Hayashi 293 2 strokes Son Shi Kin Abiko1943–1948: No tournament due to World War II1942 Chin Sei-Sui 7 & 6 Tokuharu Nobu Koganei1941: No tournament1940 Toichiro Toda (4) 6 & 5 Taketo Fujii Fukuoka Ōho1939 Toichiro Toda (3) 3 & 2 Tomekichi Miyamoto Kawana HotelFuji1938 Toichiro Toda (2) 7 & 5 Seiji Inoue Takarazuka 1937 Iwaichi Uekata 1 hole Chin Sei-Sui Takanodai 1936 Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) 4 & 3 Jiro Morioka Nagoya1935 Toichiro Toda 7 & 5 Chin Sei-Sui Sagami1934 Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) 3 & 1 Osamu Ishii Hirono1933 Larry Montes (2) 6 & 5 Rin Man-Puku Fujisawa1932 Larry Montes 4 & 3 Jiro Morioka NaruoInagawa1931 Rokuzo Asami (2) 6 & 5 Chin Sei-Sui MusashinoFujigaya1930 Akira Muraki 304 19 strokes Masakichi Koshimichi Chin Sei-Sui Takarazuka1929 Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) 301 11 strokes Kokichi Yasuda Mutsumi1928 Rokuzo Asami 156 1 stroke Tomekichi Miyamoto Naruo1927 Kazuichi Nakagami 153 Playoff Tomekichi Miyamoto Ibaraki1926 Tomekichi Miyamoto 161 Playoff Kakuji Fukui Ibaraki
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External links
Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site Japan PGA list of winners