The All Japan Championship is an annual international pool tournament founded by Kazuo Fujima in 1967, with an all-around tournament with multiple disciplines, in the men's division up until 1990. In the Men's tournament the current discipline is ten-ball, however the Women's tournament is played in the discipline of nine-ball. The All Japan Championship is currently sanctioned by the JPBA (Japan Professional Pocket Billiard Association). The first 20 years only held men's competitions. It was not until the 21st competition in 1988 that the women's event was established. Most of the competition period is after the middle of November each year. This is the most famous international large-scale pool event held in Japan, and the oldest tournament in pool that is still held. Takeshi Okumura had won the men's tournament the most times, having won thirteen times pre 1991, when the tournament was multiple divisions. Takeshi Okumura and Ko Pin-yi have won the men's tournament the most times, three, post 1990 in the single discipline modern format. Akimi Kajitani has won the women's tournament the most times, four.
Tournament history
Men
YearWinnerRunner-upDiscipline1991 Junichi Kosugi Efren ReyesNine-ball1992 Akikumo Toshikawa Antonio Lining1993 Takeshi Okumura Akikumo Toshikawa1994 Chang Hao-Ping Takeshi Okumura1995 Takeshi Okumura Shuji Nagata1996 Yang Ching-shun Francisco Bustamante1997 Kunihiko Takahashi C.J. Wiley1998 Chang Hao-Ping Takeshi Okumura1999 Efren Reyes Antonio Lining2000 Antonio Lining Chao Fong-pang2001 Corey Deuel Mika Immonen2002 Francisco Bustamante Mika Immonen2003 Efren Reyes Tasuku Nishio2004 Ralf Souquet Mika Immonen2005 Takeshi Okumura Mika Immonen2006 Lee Vann Corteza Chang Pei-Wei2007 Wu Jia-qing Toru Kuribayashi2008 Mika Immonen Ronato Alcano2009 Francisco Bustamante Antonio Lining2010 Thorsten Hohmann Ko Ping-chung2011 Ko Pin-yi Wu Jia-qingTen-ball2012 Chang Jung-lin Yang Ching-shun2013 Ko Pin-yi Chang Jung-lin 2014 Raymund Faraon Naoyuki Ōi 2015 Johann Chua Ronato Alcano 2016 Ko Pin-yi Jeffrey de Luna2017 Johann Chua Jundel Mazon2018 Tomoo Takano Toru Kuribayashi2019 Zheng Xiaohui Dang Jinhu2023 Lu Hui-Chan Hayato Hijikata2024 Wu Kun-lin Jundel Mazon2025 Kyle Amoroto Johann Chua
Top Performers
Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals Takeshi Okumura325 Ko Pin-yi03 Johann Chua21 Efren Reyes Francisco Bustamante Chang Hao-Ping02
Active participants are shown in bold. In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
Women YearWinnerRunner-upDiscipline1988 Mieko Harada Kazuko ShimizuNine-ball1989 Zhu Yukuri Kiyoko Sano1990 LoreeJon Jones Yoko Miura1991 Mieko Harada Zhu Yukuri1992 Akimi Kajitani Mieko Harada1993 Jennifer Chen Yoko Miura1994 Makiko Takagi Zhu Yukuri1995 Zhu Yukuri Yoko kamimura1996 Allison Fisher Liu Shin-mei1997 Jennifer Chen Irene Pippin1998 Liu Shin-mei Makiko Takagi1999 Akimi Kajitani Jennifer Chen2000 Karen Corr Allison Fisher2001 Liu Shin-mei Allison Fisher2002 Pan Xiaoting Sakiki Namiki2003 Liu Shin-mei Jung Sung-hyun2004 Akimi Kajitani Lin Yuan-chun2005 Pan Xiaoting Makiko Takagi2006 Lin Yuan-chun Jasmin Ouschan2007 Chang Shu-han Akio Otani 2008 Pan Xiaoting Chou Chieh-yu2009 Han Yu Lim Yun-Mi2010 Lin Hsiao-chi Keiko Yukawa2011 Chen Siming Junko Mitsuoka2012 Chou Chieh-yu Tan Ho-yun2013 Akimi Kajitani Chihiro Kawahara2014 Wu Zhi-Ting Liu Shasha2015 Kim Ga-young Chihiro Kawahara2016 Ho Yun-chen Chihiro Kawahara2017 Chen Siming Miyuki Kuribayashi2018 Shi Tianqi Lim Yun-mi2019 Han Yu Chen Siming2023 Yuki Hiraguchi Chihiro Kawahara2024 Seo Seoa Wang Xiaotong2025 Samia Konishi Hsieh Yu Wen
Top Performers
Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals Akimi Kajitani404 Liu Shin-mei31 Pan Xiaoting03 Zhu Yukuri224 Chen Siming13 Jennifer Chen Mieko Harada Han Yu02
Active participants are shown in bold. In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
Japan Open In addition to the All Japan Championship another tournament known as the Japan Open played in the discipline of Nine-ball for men and women. However, from 2011 to present, the men's tournament was played in the discipline of Ten-ball. The event began in 1988 and the year after for women and the event has continued for over 30 years. Takeshi Okumura is the most successful player having won the tournament four times. Akimi Kajitani is the most successful player having won the women's tournament the most times, three.
Men YearWinnerRunner-upDiscipline1988 Takeshi Okumura Hideo ShiraishiNine-ball1989 Zhang Xiao-yuan Jose Parica1990 Ismael Páez Ernesto Dominguez1991 Syuji Nagata Akikumo Toshikawa1992 Francisco Bustamante Tomoki Mekari1993 Akikumo Toshikawa Masao Tachibana1994 Takeshi Okumura Akikumo Toshikawa1995 Takeshi Okumura Yoshihiro Kitatani1996 Kunihiko Takahashi Syuji Nagata1997 Roel Esquillo Akikumo Toshikawa1998 Elvis Perez Hisanao Kataoka1999 Takeshi Okumura Akikumo Toshikawa2000 Satoshi Kawabata Johnny Archer2001 Mitsuaki Itsuno Chao Fong-pang2002 Francisco Bustamante Ralf Souquet2003 Daisaku Nishijima Ramil Gallego2004 Xia Wei-kui Rodolfo Luat2005 Efren Reyes Rodolfo Luat2006 Antonio Lining Dante Rasalan2007 Alex Pagulayan Lo Li-wen2008 Dennis Orcollo Ryoji Aoki2009 Ramil Gallego Lo Li-wen2010 Francisco Bustamante Efren Reyes2011 Chang Jung-lin Efren ReyesTen-ball2012 Warren Kiamco Satoshi Kawabata2013 Hayato Hijikata Lee Vann Corteza 2014 Antonio Lining Rodney Morris2015 Carlo Biado Toru Kuribayashi2016 Hayato Hijikata Toru Kuribayashi2017 Chang Jung-lin Naoyuki Ōi2018 Lee Vann Corteza Naoyuki Ōi2019 Naoyuki Ōi Norio Ogawa2022 Tomoya Iima Kenichi Uchigaki2023 Tomoya Iima Dennis Orcollo2024 Jeffrey Ignacio Tsung Han-lin2025 Komiya Shounosuke Nakano Masayuki
Top Performers
Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals Takeshi Okumura401 Francisco Bustamante33 Antonio Lining22 Chang Jung-lin Hayato Hijikata Tomoya Iima
Active participants are shown in bold. In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
Women YearWinnerRunner-upDiscipline1989 Yoko Miura Iso MasakoNine-ball1990 Shigemi Watanabe Yukiko Sada1991 Rie Oriuchi Kiyoko Sano1992 Mieko Harada Setsuko Kubota1993 Makiko Takagi Keitko Nishimura1994 Makiko Takagi Keitko Nishimura1995 Yoko Miura Setsuko Kubota1996 Yoko Miura Setsuko Kubota1997 Akimi Kajitani Makiko Takagi1998 Kyoko Sone Mika Muneta1999 Akimi Kajitani Kimiko Yamauchi2000 Akimi Kajitani Kyoko Sone2001 Akimi Kajitani Kyoko Sone2002 Keiko Yukawa Teruko Sekikawa2003 Makiko Takagi Yukiko Hamanishi2004 Kao Shi-Pin Chang Shu-Han2005 Zhou Meng-Meng Miyuki Kuribayashi2006 Su Yi-Yun Yukiko Hamanishi2007 Miyuki Kuribayashi Chihiro Kawahara2008 Miyuki Kuribayashi Akimi Kajitani2009 Tan Ho-yun Keiko Yukawa2010 Chou Chieh-Yu Jia Li2011 Wei Tzu-Chien Chihiro Kawahara2012 Akimi Kajitani Chihiro Kawahara2013 Chihiro Kawahara Tsai Pei-Chun2014 Wu Zhi-Ting Jia Li2015 Chihiro Kawahara Kyoko Sone2016 Miyuki Kuribayashi Amber Chen2017 Fan Yu-Hsuan Yuki Hiraguchi2018 Kuo Szu-Ting Akimi Kajitani2019 Amber Chen Rubilen Amit2022 Asako Satou Yuki Hiraguchi 2023 Tomoe Aoki Akimi Kajitani2024 Wang Wan-Ling Liu Shin-mei2025 Chie Aoki Chen Chia-Hua
Top Performers
Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals Akimi Kajitani538 Makiko Takagi314 Miyuki Kuribayashi Yoko Miura03 Chihiro Kawahara235
Active participants are shown in bold. In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
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