Updated October 23, 2003.

Current Title Holders (Japan)
Note: The dollar-yen exchange rate was $1 = 110 yen on October 21, 2003.


Major Titles

26th Kisei

Winner: Yamashita Keigo
Loser: O Rissei
Match score: 4-2
Date title decided: February 27, 2003
Winner's purse: 42,000,000 yen

26th Meijin

Winner: Yoda Norimoto
Loser: Yamashita Keigo
Match score: 4-1
Date title decided: October 23, 2003
Winner's purse: 36,000,000 yen

58th Honinbo

Winner: Cho U
Loser: Kato Masao
Match score: 4-2
Date title decided: July 11, 2003
Winner's purse: 32,000,000 yen

41st Judan

Winner: O Rissei
Loser: Takao Shinji 8-dan
Match score: 3-2
Date title decided: April 24, 2003
Winner's purse: 13,400,000 yen

28th Tengen

Winner: Hane Naoki
Loser: Cho Sonjin
Match score: 3-0
Date title decided: November 28, 2002
Winner's purse: 13,000,000 yen

51st Oza

Winner: Cho U
Loser: O Meien
Match score: 3-1
Date title decided: December 4, 2003
Winner's purse: 13,000,000 yen

26th Gosei

Winner: Yoda Norimoto
Loser: Kobayashi Koichi
Match score: 3-2
Date title decided: August 27, 2003
Winner's purse: 7,770,000 yen

Minor Titles

22nd NEC Cup

Winner: Ryu Shikun
Loser: Takao Shinji
Date title decided: March 8, 2003
Winner's purse: 15,000,000 yen

25th Kakusei

Winner: Yuki Satoshi
Loser: Hane Naoki
Date title decided: February 24, 2003
Winner's purse: 5,100,000 yen

7th AGON-Kiriyama Cup
Lightning Go Open Tournament

Winner: Cho Chikun 9-dan
Loser: Cho U 7-dan
Date title decided: October 13, 2002
Winner's purse: 7,000,000 yen
Previously called the ACOM Cup.

4th Strongest Women's Title

Winner: Okada Yumiko 5-dan
Loser: Umezawa Yukari 5-dan
Date title decided: December 16, 2002
Winner's purse: 4,500,000 yen

21st Women's Honinbo

Winner: Kobayashi Izumi 5-dan
Loser: Chinen Kaori 3-dan
Match score: 3-2
Date title decided: October 30, 2002
Winner's purse: 5,800,000 yen

6th Women's Kisei

Winner: Chinen Kaori 3-dan
Loser: Kato Keiko 4-dan
Match score: 2-1
Date title decided: February 10, 2003
Winner's purse: 3,500,000 yen

15th Women's Meijin

Winner: Kobayashi Izumi 5-dan
Loser: Aoki Kikuyo 7-dan
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: March 5, 2003
Winner's purse: 4,500,000 yen

50th NHK Cup

Winner: Mimura Tomoyasu
Loser: O Rissei
Date title decided: March 23, 2003
Winner's purse: 4,000,000 yen

35th Lightning Go Championship

Winner: Cho Chikun
Loser: Ishida Yoshio
Date title decided: August 17, 2002
Winner's purse: 4,000,000 yen

24th Women's Kakusei

Winner: Ozawa Narumi 2-dan
Loser: Umezawa Yukari 5-dan
Date title decided: February 20, 2003
Winner's purse: 3,500,000 yen

5th JT Cup

Winner: Otake Hideo
Loser: Ishida Yoshio
Date title decided: March 13, 1999
Winner's purse: 3,500,000 yen
Tournament discontinued.

12th Ryusei

Winner: Kobayashi Koichi
Loser: Hane Naoki
Date title decided: September 9. 2003
Winner's purse: 5,000,000 yen

18th NEC Shun'ei (Young Stars)

Winner: Akiyama Jiro 8-dan
Loser: Han Zenki 6-dan
Date title decided: March 8, 2003
Winner's purse: 3,000,000 yen

27th Shinjin-O (King of the New Stars)

Winner: Cho U 7-dan
Loser: Takao Shinji 7-dan
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: September 30, 2002
Winner's purse: 3,280,000 yen

43rd Okan

Winner: Hane Naoki
Loser: Yamashiro Hiroshi
Date title decided: November 24, 2002
Winner's purse: 1,300,000 yen

32nd Shin'ei (New Stars) Tournament

Winner: Mizokami Tomochika
Loser:
Date title decided: March 26, 2002
Winner's purse: 800,000 yen

Current Title Holders (Korea)
The dollar-won exchange rate was $1 = 1,245 won on March 21, 2003.
Korean names are written in the McCune-Reischauer system of romanization. Note that the player usually referred to as Lee Chang-ho is written as Yi Ch'ang-ho in this system.

1st KT Masters Tournament

Winner: Cho Hun-hyeon 9-dan
Loser: Ch'oe Ch'eol-han 3-dan
Match score: 2-1
Date title decided: March 7, 2002
Winner's purse: 45,000,000 won

6th LG Petroleum Cup

Winner: Yi Ch'ang-ho 9-dan
Loser: Ch'oe Myeong-hun 7-dan
Match score: 3-0
Date title decided: October 30, 2001
Total prize money: 250,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 35,000,000 won
Formerly known as the Techron Cup

36th Wangwi (The Crown) Title

Winner: Yi Ch'ang-ho 9-dan
Loser: Yi Se-tol 3-dan
Match score: 3-2
Date title decided: August 13, 2002
Total prize money: 230,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 30,000,000 won

8th Pae-dal Wang Title

Winner: Yi Se-tol 3-dan
Loser: Yu Ch'ang-hyeok 9-dan
Match score: 3-2
Date title decided: December 20, 2000
Total prize money: 200,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 30,000,000 won
Discontinued and replaced by the KTF Cup

1st KTF Cup Title

Winner: Yi Se-tol 3-dan
Loser: Yu Ch'ang-hyeok 9-dan
Match score: 2-1
Date title decided: June 24, 2002
Total prize money: 200,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 30,000,000 won
Discontinued and replaced by the KTF Cup

33rd Myeong-in (The Grand Master) Title

Winner: Yi Ch'ang-ho 9-dan
Loser: An Cho-yeong 7-dan
Match score: 3-1
Date title decided: October 2, 2002
Total prize money: 200,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 30,000,000 won

3rd Women's Myeong-in (The Grand Master) Title

Winner: Rui Naiwei 9-dan
Loser: Hyeon Mi-chin 2-dan
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: January 22, 2002
Total prize money: 35,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 8,000,000 won

13th Kiseong (The Paduk Saint) Title

Winner:Yi Ch'ang-ho 9-dan
Loser: Mok Chin-seok 6-dan
Match score: 3-2
Date title decided: March 28, 2002
Total prize money: 200,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 22,000,000 won

46th Kuksu (The Royal Master)

Winner: Yi Ch'ang-ho 9-dan
Loser: Cho Han-seung 5-dan
Match score: 3-0
Date title decided: February 6, 2003
Total prize money: 180,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 20,000,000 won

7th Women's Kuksu:

Winner: Rui Naiwei 9-dan
Loser: Ch'o hye-yeon 2-dan
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: October 26, 2002
Total prize money: 35,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 900,000 won

7th Bacchus Cup: Chun Weon (Tengen) Title

Winner: Cho Hun-hyeon 9-dan
Loser: Song T'ae-kon 3-dan
Match score: 3-2
Date title decided: January 6, 2003
Total prize money: 120,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 11,000,000 won

36th P'ae Wang Title (The Conqueror)

Winner: Yi Ch'ang-ho 9-dan
Loser: An Cho-yeong 6-dan
Match score: 3-0
Date title decided: May 24, 2002
Total prize money: 130,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 12,000,000 won

20th KBS TV Lightning Go Tournament
King of Baduk

Winner: Yi Ch'ang-ho 9-dan
Loser:Yi Se-tol 3-dan
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: November 23, 2002
Total prize money: 89,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 11,000,000 won

20th Kiwang (Go King) Title

Winner: Cho Hoon-hyeon 9-dan
Loser:Yi Ch'ang-ho
Match score: 3-2
Date title decided: June 10, 1996
Total prize money: 130,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 12,000,000 won
Discontinued. Changed to the International LG Cup

12th BC Card Cup (The New King)

Winner: Yi Se-tol 3-dan
Loser: Kim Myeong-wan 6-dan
Match score: 2-1
Date title decided: May 4, 2002
Total prize money: 130,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 8,000,000 won

The 5th SK Gas New Stars Best Ten Tournament
(for young low-dan players)

Winner:Kang-Chi-seong 4-dan
Loser: Paek Tae-hyon 4-dan
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: October 4, 2001
Total prize money: 80,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 11,000,000

4th Maxim Cup

Winner:Jiang Zhujiu 9-dan
Loser: Rui Naiwei 9-dan
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: January 12, 2003
Total prize money: 66,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 10,000,000 won

1st Ch'eongpung Kongki Ch'eongcheongki Cup

Winner: Seo Pong-su 9-dan
Loser: Hong T'ae-seon 8-dan
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: March 27, 2000
Total prize money: 45,000,000 won
Winner's purse: 10,000,000 won

Current Title Holders (China)
The dollar-won exchange rate was $1 = 8.2781 yuan on March 21, 2003.
Chinese names are written in the pinyin system of romanization.

2nd Qisheng (Kisei) Title

Winner: Zhou Heyang 8-dan
Loser: Chang Hao 9-dan
Match score: 4-0
Date title decided: May 22, 2000
Total prize money: 300,000 yuan
Winner's purse: 80,000 yuan

14th CCTV Lightning Go Cup

Winner: Ma Xiaochun 9-dan
Loser: Ding Wei 8-dan
Date title decided: April 23, 2002
Winner's purse: 300,000 yuan
Loser: 128,000 yuan

2nd Agon-Kiriyama Cup

Winner: Zhou Heyang 9-dan
Loser: Shao Weigang 9-dan
Date title decided: October 14, 2000
Winner's purse: 150,000 yuan
Loser: 50,000 yuan

5th Lebaishi (Robust) Cup

Winner: Chang Hao 9-dan
Loser: Yu Bin 6-dan
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: December 8, 2003
Total prize money: 128,000 yuan
Winner's purse: 32,000 yuan

14th Ming-ren (Meijin) Title

Winner: Zhou Heyang 9-dan
Loser: Ma Xiaochun 9-dan
Match score: 3-1
Date title decided: January 27, 2003
Winner's purse: 32,000 yuan

1st Women's Ming-ren (Meijin) Title

Winner: Zhang Xuan 8-dan
Loser: Yang Hui 8-dan
Date title decided: January 5, 2001

15th Tianyuan (Tengen) Title

Winner: Huang Yizhong 5-dan
Loser: Chang Hao 9-dan
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: March 3, 2002
Winner's purse: 10,000 yuan

8th NEC Cup

Winner: Wang Lei 8-dan
Loser: Zhou Heyang 9-dan
Date title decided: January 17, 2003
Total prize money: 120,000 yuan
Winner's purse: 40,000 yuan

4th NEC Xinxiu (New Stars) Cup

Winner:Dong Yan 7-dan
Loser:Kong Jie 5-dan
Date title decided: January 20, 2001
Winner's purse: 30,000 yuan

9th King of the New Stars

Winner: Peng Quan 4-dan
Loser: Qiu Jun 6-dan
Match Score: 2-1
Date title decided: February 27, 2002
Winner's purse: 10,000 yuan
Loser: 5,000 yuan

8th Qiwang Go King Title

Winner: Yu Bin 9-dan
Loser: Kong Jiue 6-dan
Date title decided: January 17, 2002
Winner's purse: 5,000 yuan

All-China Individual Championship (Men)

Winner: Xie He 5-dan
Second place: Shao Weigang 9-dan
Date title decided: September 27, 2002

All-China Individual Championship (Women)

Winner: Xu Ying 3-dan
Second place: Cui Zhu 1-dan
Date title decided: September 25, 2000

International Title Holders

1st Toyota & Denso Cup

Winner: Yi Ch'ang-ho (Korea)
Loser: Chang Hao(China)
Date title decided: January 29, 2003
Winner's purse: 30,000,000 yen

7th Samsung Cup

Winner: Cho Hun-hyeon (Korea)
Loser: Wang Lei 8-dan(China)
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: January 14, 2003
Winner's purse: 130,000,000 won
Loser: 20,000,000 won

3rd Ing Cup

Winner: Yi Ch'ang-ho (Korea)
Loser: Chang Hao (China)
Match score: 3-1
Date title decided: Febuary 17, 2000 1996
Winner's purse: $400,000. Held every four years.

7th LG Cup

Winner: Yi Se-tol (Korea)
Loser: Yi Ch'ang-ho (Korea)
Match score: 3-1
Date title decided: March 27, 2003
Winner's purse: 110,000,000 won
Loser: 20,000,000 won

15th Fujitsu Cup

Winner: Yi Se-tol (Korea)
Loser: Song T'ae-kon (Korea)
3rd Place: Yi Ch'ang-ho (Korea)
4th Place: Yoda Norimoto (Japan)
Date title decided: July 7, 2003
Winner's purse: 20,000,000 yen

9th Tong Yang Securities Cup

Winner: Yi Ch'ang-ho (Korea) Loser: Yu Ch'ang-hyeok (Korea)
Date title decided: May 13, 1998
Winner's purse: 120,000,000 won
Tournament Discontinued

3rd Chunlan (Spring Orchid) Cup

Winner: Yi Ch'ang-ho (Korea)
Loser: Hane Naoki (Japan)
Match score: 2-0
Date title decided: March 18, 2003
Winner's purse: $150,000
Second place: $50,000

5th Jinro Cup

Winner: Seo Pong-su won the title for Korea on February 23, 1997, with nine straight wins against China and Japan.
Winning team's purse: $200,000
Cup discontinued and replaced by the Nong Shim Cup from 2000.

4th Nong Shim Cup

Winner: Korea -- 6 games won

Second: Japan -- 5 games won

Third: China -- 2 games won
Winning team's purse: 120,000,000 won

14th Asia TV Go Championship

Winner: Zhou Heyang (China)
Loser: Mimira Tomoyasu (Japan)
Date title decided: September 7, 2003

13th Japan-China Tengen Playoff

Winner: Kobayashi Koichi (Japan)
Loser: Chang Hao (China)
Match score: 2-1
Date title decided: May 13, 2000

15th Japan-China Super NEC Cup

Cho Chikun (Japan) defeated Shao Weigang 9-dan (China) 2-0
Xu Shuxiang 5-dan (China) defeated Takao Shinji 6-dan (Japan) 2-1
Li Chunhua 4-dan (China) defeated Chinen Kaori 3-dan (Japan) 2-1
Games were play from May 16 to May 18, 2000.