Year held |
Winner |
1968 |
Yukio Miyasaka |
1969 |
Yukio Miyasaka |
1970 |
Yukio Miyasaka |
1971 |
Yukio Miyasaka |
1972 |
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1973 |
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1974 |
Kenji Hamada |
1975 |
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1976 |
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1977 |
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1978 |
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1979 |
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1980 |
Oda Kobun |
1981 |
Oda Kobun |
1982 |
Hiroyuki Nishimura |
1983 |
Hiroyuki Nishimura |
1984 |
Hiroyuki Nishimura |
1985 |
kuroda paul |
1986 |
Pineau Jack |
1987 |
Suzuki Tomomichi |
1988 |
Loren Schmidt |
1989 |
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1990 |
Sunga Jose |
1991 |
anderson mack |
1992 |
Domingo Ramos |
1993 |
Pineau Jack |
1994 |
Hiroyuki Nishimura |
1995 |
Domingo Ramos Hiroshi Takemoto Tomohiko Matsuo |
1996 |
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1997 |
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1998 |
Akira Watanabe |
1999 |
Akira Watanabe |
2000 |
Akira Watanabe |
2001 |
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2002 |
Simon Bibby |
2003 |
Ryo Shiomi Sakai Kiyotaka |
2004 |
Sakai Kiyotaka |
2005 |
Shinya Kojima |
2006 |
Shinya Kojima Masahiro Baba |
2007 |
Shinsaku Uesugi Shinya Kojima |
2008 |
Shinya Kojima |
2009 |
Sam Collins |
2010 |
Ryosuke Nanjo Shinya Kojima |
2011 |
Ryuji Nakamura Masahiro Baba |
2012 |
Ryosuke Nanjo |
2013 |
Junta Ikeda |
2014 |
Ryosuke Nanjo |
2015 |
Masahiro Baba |
2016 |
Tran Thanh Tu |
2017 |
Tsuneharu Noguchi |
2018 |
Tran Thanh Tu |
2019 |
Aoshima Mirai |
2020 |
Tran Thanh Tu |
2021 |
<Not held> |
2022 |
Aoshima Mirai |
2023 |
Ryosuke Nanjo |
2024 |
Ryosuke Nanjo |
The organizer until 2018 is the Japan Chess Association (JCA).
At that time, all winners of the same points were all Japan champions.
Currently, there is only one All Japan Champion due to the tie-break.