All Japan Student Go Federation

The All Japan Student Go Federation (Zen Nihon Gakusei Igo Renmei (全日本学生囲碁連盟)) is a Japanese student Go organization for holding university Go championships. They have branches in each region (Kanto,^[1] Kansai,^[2] Kyushu,^[3] Tohoku^[4] etc.). For similar organizations, there is the American Collegiate Go Association in the United States.^[5]

Differences with other organizations

In Japan, most Go tournaments are operated by Nihon Ki-in or Kansai Ki-in. All Japan Student Go Federation and their branches are focused for university-based tournaments. They are not under direct control but have close relationship with them.

Tournaments

They are holding various tournaments with corporate sponsors.^[6][7]

World Students Go Oza Championship

This is a tournament to determine the student world champion since 2003.^[8][9][10] Representative players from each region (including Taiwan, Europe, Oceania etc.) will compete. The expected games in 2020 have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

All Japan University Go Championship

Main article: ja:全日本大学囲碁選手権

This is a team competition by each university representatives. Teams that have cleared regional preliminaries can attend. Each team can send only five members and substitute players. The sponsor is Yomiuri Shimbun (as same as Yomiuri Giants)

Season	Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
1	1957	Chuo	Kansai Gakuin	Hokkaido	Kagoshima	Nanzan	-	-	-
2	1958	Keio	Kansai Gakuin	Kyushu	Nagoya	Hokkaido	-	-	-
3	1959	Keio	Kyushu	Hokkaido	Nagoya	Osaka Prefectural Univ.	Hiroshima	-	-
4	1960	Tokyo	Kyushu	Nagoya	Ritsumeikan	Toyama	Hokkaido	Hiroshima	-
5	1961	Chuo	Nagoya	Ritsumeikan	Akita	Kyushu	Hiroshima	Hokkaido Gakugei Univ.	Toyama
6	1962	Tokyo	Nagoya	Ritsumeikan	Hiroshima	Saga	Hokkaido	Niigata	Tohoku
7	1963	Keio	Nagoya	Kyoto	Hokkaido	Okayama	Kyushu	Tohoku	Niigata
8	1964	Meiji	Kyoto	Hokkaido	Nagoya	Okayama	Ryukyu	Yamagata	Niigata
9	1965	Hiroshima	Tokyo	Kyoto	Hokkaido	Nagoya	Tohoku	Fukuoka	Niigata
10	1966	Hokkaido	Tokyo	Osaka	Tohoku	Aichi Gakuin	Matsuyama Commercial	Kyushu	Niigata
11	1967	Kyoto	Chuo	Hokkaido	Tohoku	Aichi Gakuin	Kyushu	Kagawa	Kanazawa
12	1968	Nihon	Osaka	Hiroshima	Hokkaido	Ryukyu	Yamagata	Niigata	Aichi Gakuin
13	1969	Chuo	Kyoto	Hokkaido	Nagoya City Univ.	Yamagata	Hiroshima	North Kyushu	Kanazawa
14	1970	Waseda
15	1971	Waseda
16	1972	Waseda
17	1973	Waseda
18	1974	Kyushu
19	1975	Tokyo
20	1976	Kyushu
21	1977	Tokyo
22	1978	Keio
23	1979	Kyoto
24	1980	Keio
25	1981	Kyoto
26	1982	Tokyo
27	1983	Osaka
28	1984	Tohoku
29	1985	Tohoku
30	1986	Tohoku
31	1987	Tohoku	Tokyo	Kyoto	Shinshu	Hiroshima	Nagoya	Hokkaido	Kyushu
32	1988	Tokyo	Tohoku	Kyoto	Hiroshima	Kyushu	Shinshu	Hokkaido	Nagoya
33	1989	Tohoku	Tokyo	Hokkaido	Osaka City Univ.	Kanazawa	Nagoya	Kyushu	Hiroshima
34	1990	Tokyo	Tohoku	Hokkaido	Kyoto	Nagoya	Yamaguchi	Shinshu	Kyushu
35	1991	Tokyo	Ritsumeikan	Hokkaido	Tohoku	Nagoya	Kanazawa	Hiroshima	Kyushu
36	1992	Tokyo	Kyoto	Tohoku	Shinshu	Hokkaido	Nagoya	Kyushu	Hiroshima
37	1993	Hokkaido	Waseda	Tohoku	Ritsumeikan	Kumamoto	Shinshu	Nagoya	Okayama
38	1994	Tokyo	Tohoku	Kobe	Hokkaido	Nagoya	Okayama	Shinshu	Kumamoto
39	1995	Hokkaido	Ritsumeikan	Tokyo	Tohoku	Kumamoto	Shinshu	Okayama	Nagoya
40	1996	Waseda	Hokkaido	Ritsumeikan	Kumamoto	Tohoku	Kanazawa	Chukyo	Hiroshima
41	1997	Kyoto	Keio	Tohoku	Kumamoto	Shinshu	Hokkaido	Hiroshima	Nagoya
42	1998	Kyoto	Tokyo	Tohoku	Shinshu	Chukyo	Kyushu	Hokkaido	Okayama
43	1999	Tokyo	Tohoku	Kyoto	Nagoya	Shinshu	Okayama	Hokkaido	Kyushu
44	2000	Waseda	Kyoto	Tohoku	Kyushu	Okayama	Nagoya	Shinshu	Hokkaido
45	2001	Waseda	Kyoto	Tohoku	Nagoya	Kyushu	Okayama	Shinshu	Hokkaido
46	2002	Tokyo	Ritsumeikan	Tohoku	Nagoya	Kyushu	Hokkaido	Okayama	Kanazawa
47	2003	Tokyo	Ritsumeikan	Tohoku	Kyushu	Nagoya	Kanazawa	Hokkaido	Okayama
48	2004	Ritsumeikan	Tokyo	Kyushu	Tohoku	Kanazawa	Hokkaido	Okayama	Nagoya
49	2005	Ritsumeikan	Tohoku	Waseda	Kyushu	Hokkaido	Kanazawa	Meijo	Hiroshima
50	2006	Waseda	Ritsumeikan	Tohoku	Kyushu	Kanazawa	Hokkaido	Ehime	Meijo
51	2007	Waseda	Ritsumeikan	Tohoku	Hiroshima	Hokkaido	Kyushu	Gifu	Kanazawa
52	2008	Ritsumeikan	Keio	Tohoku	Kyushu	Hokkaido	Okayama	Nagoya	Shinshu
53	2009	Ritsumeikan	Waseda	Tohoku	Hokkaido	Kyushu	Nagoya	Shinshu	Okayama
54	2010	Waseda	Ritsumeikan	Okayama	Hokkaido	Shinshu	Gifu	Tohoku	Kyushu
55	2011	Waseda	Ritsumeikan	Okayama	Gifu	Hokkaido	Tohoku	Kyushu	Shinshu
56	2012	Ritsumeikan	Waseda	Okayama	Hokkaido	Shinshu	Tohoku	Kyushu	Gifu
57	2013	Waseda	Ritsumeikan	Okayama	Tohoku	Hokkaido	Kyushu	Kanazawa	Chukyo
58	2014	Waseda	Ritsumeikan	Okayama	Chukyo	Tohoku	Kanazawa	Hokkaido	Kyushu
59	2015	Ritsumeikan	Keio	Chukyo	Hokkaido	Okayama	Kyushu	Tohoku	Kanazawa
60	2016	Waseda	Ritsumeikan	Hokkaido	Tohoku	Kanazawa	Kyushu	Gifu	Hiroshima
61	2017	Ritsumeikan	Waseda	Tohoku	Hokkaido	Hiroshima	Gifu	Kyushu	Kanazawa
62	2018	Waseda	Ritsumeikan	Tohoku	Kyushu	Hiroshima	Kanazawa	Hokkaido	Gifu
63	2019	Ritsumeikan	Waseda	Tohoku	Hokkaido	Kyushu	Okayama	Kanazawa	Mie

All Japan Female Student Honinbo

Main article: ja:全日本女子学生本因坊決定戦

This is the only one tournament that limits participants by gender. The sponsor is Mainichi Shinbun. Some winners have eventually obtained professional status, or became top amateur players.

Season	Year	Winner
32	1997	Tomomi Hoshino (Waseda)
33	1998	Fu Hong Mei (Dokkyo)[11]
34-35	1999-2000	Mizuyo Kamasaki (Hiroshima)
37 and 40	2002 and 2005	Miki Aragaki (Waseda)[12][13]
38	2003	Marie Unegawa (Waseda)
39	2004	Kozue Takakura (Chuo)[14][15]
41	2006	Risa Sasago (Waseda)[16][17]
42	2006	Wang Jing Yi (Hosei)[18]
43	2007	Yin Shanchun (尹善渶, Keio)
44-46	2008-2010	Reiko Sekine (Taisho)[19]
47	2011	Noriko Horimoto (Ritsumeikan)
48	2012	Go Risa (Ritsumeikan)
49	2013	Yuka Kimoto (Hoso)[20]
50-51	2014-2015	Karin Tsukada (Ritsumeikan)
52-54	2016-2018	Akiko Fujiwara (Waseda)[21][22][23]
55	2019	Moeka Tsuji (Keio)

All Japan Student Go Best 10

Main article: ja:全日本学生囲碁十傑戦

This is the only one university championship that allows the attendance of high school and graduate students. It is held since 1964. The sponsor is The Asahi Shimbun.