Fujisankei Classic

The Fujisankei Classic (フジサンケイクラシック, Fuji sankei kurashikku) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1973 at the Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course). The tournament moved to the Higashi-Matsuyama Golf Club in 1979 and to the Kawana Hotel's Fuji course in 1981. The tournament has been held at the Fujizakura Country Club in Yamanashi Prefecture since 2005. The prize fund in 2019 was ¥110,000,000, with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner.

Fujisankei Classic

Tournament information
Location	Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan
Established	1973
Course(s)	Fujizakura Country Club
Par	70
Length	7,566 yards (6,918 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥110,000,000
Month played	September
Tournament record score
Aggregate	267 Todd Hamilton (2003) 267 Paul Sheehan (2004)
To par	−17 as above
Current champion
Kensei Hirata
Location map
Fujizakura CC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Fujizakura CC Location in the Yamanashi Prefecture Show map of Yamanashi Prefecture

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Fujisankei Classic was held without spectators in 2020,^[1] but was not cancelled, as was that year's women's tournament, the Fujisankei Ladies Classic. The 2025 Fujisankei Ladies Classic has been cancelled by the sponsor, the Fujisankei Communications Group, in the wake of the sexual harassment scandal surrounding former TV personality and idol Masahiro Nakai.^[2][3] The status of the upcoming men's tournament remains unclear.

Tournament hosts

Years	Venue	Location
2005–present	Fujizakura Country Club	Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
1981–2004	Kawana Hotel (Fuji Course)	Itō, Shizuoka
1979–1980	Higashi Matsuyama Country Club	Higashimatsuyama, Saitama
1973–1978	Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course)	Higashimatsuyama, Saitama

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To Par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
2024	Kensei Hirata	131[a]	−9	2 strokes	Shaun Norris
2023	Takumi Kanaya	272	−8	4 strokes	Naoyuki Kataoka
2022	Kaito Onishi	273	−11	Playoff	Park Sang-hyun
2021	Shugo Imahira	272	−12	4 strokes	Kenshiro Ikegami Ryo Ishikawa
2020	Rikuya Hoshino	275	−9	Playoff	Mikumu Horikawa
2019	Park Sang-hyun	269	−15	2 strokes	Choi Ho-sung Hiroshi Iwata
2018	Rikuya Hoshino	268	−16	5 strokes	Shugo Imahira
2017	Ryu Hyun-woo	281	−3	Playoff	Seungsu Han Satoshi Kodaira
2016	Cho Min-gyu	277	−7	3 strokes	Ryo Ishikawa Daisuke Kataoka Daisuke Maruyama Tadahiro Takayama
2015	Kim Kyung-tae (2)	275	−9	1 stroke	Lee Kyoung-hoon
2014	Hiroshi Iwata	274	−10	1 stroke	Hur In-hoi
2013	Hideki Matsuyama	275	−9	Playoff	Park Sung-joon Hideto Tanihara
2012	Kim Kyung-tae	276	−8	1 stroke	Yuta Ikeda
2011	Masatsugu Morofuji	136[a]	−6	3 strokes	Mardan Mamat
2010	Ryo Ishikawa (2)	275	−9	Playoff	Shunsuke Sonoda
2009	Ryo Ishikawa	272	−12	5 strokes	Daisuke Maruyama
2008	Toyokazu Fujishima	271	−13	Playoff	Hiroshi Iwata
2007	Hideto Tanihara	205[b]	−8	3 strokes	Prayad Marksaeng
2006	Shingo Katayama	274	−10	3 strokes	Liang Wenchong
2005	Daisuke Maruyama	271	−13	7 strokes	Shingo Katayama
2004	Paul Sheehan	267	−17	4 strokes	Mitsuhiro Tateyama Kaname Yokoo
2003	Todd Hamilton	267	−17	5 strokes	Tetsuji Hiratsuka Shigeru Nonaka
2002	Nobuhito Sato	276	−8	Playoff	Scott Laycock
2001	Frankie Miñoza	276	−8	1 stroke	Tsukasa Watanabe
2000	Tateo Ozaki (2)	278	−6	1 stroke	Nobuhito Sato Yeh Chang-ting
1999	Shigemasa Higaki	273	−11	2 strokes	Steven Conran
1998	Carlos Franco	275	−9	1 stroke	Chen Tze-chung
1997	Kenichi Kuboya	279	−5	1 stroke	Yoshinori Kaneko Masashi Ozaki
1996	Brian Watts	272	−12	Playoff	Todd Hamilton
1995	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)	272	−12	2 strokes	Masahiro Kuramoto
1994	Kiyoshi Murota	284	E	4 strokes	Nobuo Serizawa
1993	Masashi Ozaki (6)	270	−14	4 strokes	Todd Hamilton Tsukasa Watanabe
1992	Hiroshi Makino	281	−3	3 strokes	Saburo Fujiki
1991	Saburo Fujiki	279	−5	Playoff	Isao Aoki Brian Jones Hideki Kase
1990	Masashi Ozaki (5)	208[b]	−5	1 stroke	Saburo Fujiki Masanobu Kimura Tōru Nakamura Naomichi Ozaki Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1989	Masashi Ozaki (4)	282	−2	2 strokes	Katsunari Takahashi
1988	Ikuo Shirahama	280	−4	2 strokes	Nobumitsu Yuhara
1987	Masashi Ozaki (3)	275	−9	2 strokes	Graham Marsh
1986	Masashi Ozaki (2)	279	−5	1 stroke	David Ishii
1985	Mark O'Meara	273	−11	3 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
1984	Tateo Ozaki	280	−4	Playoff	Hsieh Min-Nan
1983	Nobumitsu Yuhara	287	+3	1 stroke	Masahiro Kuramoto	[4]
1982	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	277	−7	Playoff	Graham Marsh
1981	Toshiharu Kawada	276	−8	2 strokes	Isao Aoki	[5]
1980	Masashi Ozaki	283	−5	1 stroke	Graham Marsh Takahiro Takeyasu	[6]
1979	Shoichi Sato	283	−5	1 stroke	Isao Aoki	[7]
1978	Kosaku Shimada	278	−10	3 strokes	Isao Aoki	[8]
1977	Yasuhiro Miyamoto	287	−1	1 stroke	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	[9]
1976	Norio Suzuki	279	−9	Playoff	Lu Liang-Huan
1975	Lu Liang-Huan	280	−8	4 strokes	Graham Marsh	[10]
1974	Graham Marsh (2)	276	−12	1 stroke	Tōru Nakamura	[11]
1973	Graham Marsh	272	−16	1 stroke	Tōru Nakamura	[12]

Notes

1. Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
2. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.