Fujisankei Ladies Classic

The Fujisankei Ladies Classic (Japanese: フジサンケイレディスクラシック) is an annual golf tournament on the LPGA of Japan Tour. First held in 1982, the tournament was established as an alternative to the mens' league's Fujisankei Classic. The tournament was initially held at the Five Hundred Club in Shizuoka from 1982 to 1995, before transitioning to the Fujizakura Country Club, where it was held from 1996 to 2003. In 2004, the event was held at the Fuji Lakeside Country Club, and in 2005 the event was again moved, this time to the Kawana Hotel's Fuji golf course, where it has been held every year since with two exceptions.

Fujisankei Ladies Classic

Tournament information
Location	Itō, Shizuoka
Established	1982
Course(s)	Kawana Hotel, Fuji Course
Par	72
Length	6,367 yards (5,822 m)
Tour(s)	LPGA of Japan Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥80 million
Month played	April
Current champion
Rio Takeda (2024)

The 24th Fujisankei Ladies Classic, 1st hole, Ayako Okamoto's tee shot (photographed on April 23, 2005)

Cancellation

In 2020, the event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resumed the following year.^[1] Five years later, in 2025, the event was cancelled by the tournament sponsor, the Fujisankei Communications Group, resulting from the sexual assault allegations controversy surrounding former television personality and idol Masahiro Nakai.^[1][2]

2025 would have marked the 43rd iteration of the Fujisankei Ladies Classic tournament. The 42nd tournament in 2024 brought upwards of six thousand visitors to the Izu peninsula. The abrupt cancellation of the event has had a negative affect on the local economy,^[3] with the general producer of the event, Masaru Tobari reporting one thousand cancellations of accommodations at local hotels.^[2]

Prize money

The prize fund in 2023 was ¥80,000,000, with ¥14,400,000 going to the winner.^[4]

Winners

Iteration	Year	Date	Winner	To par	Course
−	2025	Cancelled[5]
42	2024	21 Apr	Rio Takeda	−12[6]	Kawana Hotel Golf Course
41	2023	23 Apr	Sora Kamiya	−4[4]
40	2022	24 Apr	Sayaka Takahashi	−12[7]
39	2021	25 Apr	Mone Inami	−12[8]
−	2020	Cancelled[9]
38	2019	28 Apr	Jiyai Shin	−8[10]	Kawana Hotel Golf Course
37	2018	22 Apr	Saki Nagamine	−10[11]
36	2017	23 Apr	Yumiko Yoshida	−12[12]
35	2016	24 Apr	Shiho Oyama	−11[13]
34	2015	26 Apr	Hikari Fujita	−7[14]
33	2014	27 Apr	Phoebe Yao	−9[15]
32	2013	28 Apr	Miki Saiki	−14[16]
31	2012	22 Apr	Kaori Ohe	−9[17]
30	2011	24 Apr	Kumiko Kaneda	−5[18]
29	2010	25 Apr	Mayu Hattori	−7[19]
28	2009	26 Apr	Tamie Durdin	−7[20]
27	2008	27 Apr	Ayako Uehara	−8[21]
26	2007	22 Apr	Miki Saiki	−6[22]
25	2006	23 Apr	Shiho Oyama	−1[23]
24	2005	24 Apr	Kasumi Fujii	−3[24]
23	2004	5 Sep		−5[25]	Fuji Lakeside Country Club
22	2003	7 Sep	Ikuyo Shiotani	−11[26]	Fujizakura Country Club
21	2002	8 Sep	Ku Ok-hee	−7[27]
20	2001	2 Sep	Miyuki Shimabukuro	+1[28]
19	2000	3 Sep	Mayumi Hirase	−8[29]
18	1999	5 Sep	Midori Yoneyama	−6[30]
17	1998	6 Sep	Masako Ishihara	0[31]
16	1997	7 Sep	Aki Takamura	−2[32]
15	1996	1 Sep	Ayako Okamoto	−6[33]
14	1995	3 Sep	Junko Yasui	−4[34]	Five Hundred Club
13	1994	4 Sep	Yueh-chyn Huang	−6[35]
12	1993	5 Sep	Sheree Smail	−2[36]
11	1992	6 Sep	Ayako Okamoto	−9[37]
10	1991	8 Sep	Norimi Teresawa	−6[38]
9	1990	2 Sep	Mayumi Hirase	−8[39]
8	1989	3 Sep	Erika Nakajima	−2[40]
7	1988	4 Sep	Junko Yasui	−9[41]
6	1987	6 Sep	Cindy Rarick	−3[42]
5	1986	17 Aug	Atsuko Hikage	−7[43]
4	1985	18 Aug	Tu Ai-yu	−9[44]
3	1984	19 Aug	Hiromi Takamura	−8[45]
2	1983	21 Aug	Tatsuko Ohsako	−8[46]
1	1982	15 Aug	Yoko Kobayashi	−8[47]