The Women's Saikyo (Strongest) is a Go competition. The tournament was discontinued in 2008. In 2016, the tournament restarted with new sponsor, SENKO Co., Ltd.
Outline The Women's Saikyo was sponsored by Tokyo Seimitsu up to 2008. The winner's purse was 4,500,000 yen ($42,000).
In 2016, the tournament got new sponsor and restarted its cycle. The official name for the new tournament is Senko Cup Female Saikyo. The winner's purse is ¥8,000,000, while the runner up gets ¥4,500,000. The thinking time was 3 hours with 5 minutes byo-yomi. Hsieh Yimin won the first edition by beating Chiaki Mukai in the final.
Past winners Player Years Held Shinkai Hiroko 1999, 2004 Kato Tomoko 2000 Aoki Kikuyo 2001 Yumiko Okada 2002 Suzuki Ayumi 2003 Kobayashi Izumi 2005 Xie Yimin 2006 Suzuki Ayumi 2007 Kato Keiko 2008
Senko Cup
+ Senko CupNo. Year Winner Runner up 1 2016 Hsieh Yimin Mukai Chiaki 2 2017 Fujisawa Rina Hsieh Yimin 3 2018 Mannami Nao Nyu Eiko 4 2019 Fujisawa Rina Hsieh Yimin 5 2020 Ueno Asami Hsieh Yimin 6 2021 Fujisawa Rina Ueno Asami 7 2022 Nyu Eiko Nakamura Sumire 8 2023 Nyu Eiko Ueno Asami 9 2024 Fujisawa Rina Ueno Asami 10 2025 Ueno Risa Fujisawa Rina
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