Gosei (competition)

Gosei (competition)
Full name	Gosei
Started	1976
Honorary Winners	Ōtake Hideo Kobayashi Kōichi
Sponsors	Regional Newspaper League
Prize money	7.7 million Yen ($67,000 USD)
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

For other uses, see Gosei.

The Gosei (碁聖, literally Go sage) is a Go competition in Japan or a title of the competition's winner.

Outline

Gosei is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in. It is one of the seven big titles in Japan, although it pays much less than the top three. The payout is only 7,700,000 Yen ($67,000) compared to the Kisei's payout, which is a large 42,000,000 Yen ($386,000). Gosei uses the same format as the other big seven. The winner of the knockout tournament faces the title holder in a best of five match. There is one restriction that the other titles don't have, and that is to be able to enter the Gosei tournament, you must be at least 5 dan.

The promotion rules are just like the Judan's. If the player gets to challenge the title holder, they are promoted to 7 dan. If that player wins the tournament, they are promoted to 8 dan. If they defend it for another year, they are promoted to 9 dan.

Past winners

Player	Years Held
Katō Masao	1976, 1977, 1987
Ōtake Hideo	1978, 1980 - 1985
Cho Chikun	1979, 1986
Kobayashi Kōichi	1988 - 1993, 1999, 2001, 2002
Rin Kaiho	1994
Kobayashi Satoru	1995
Yoda Norimoto	1996 - 1998, 2003 - 2005
Yamashita Keigo	2000
Cho U	2006 - 2009
Sakai Hideyuki	2010
Hane Naoki	2011

See also

• Honorary Gosei