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The Women's Honinbo is the

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. The winner's purse is 5,500,000 yen.https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/match/fhoninbo/042.html

Past winners

Winners in chronological order: Winners by number of titles:

References

External links

Nihon Ki-in archive
(in Japanese)
The Female Honinbo Tournament

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