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The Kanto Pro Championship was a professional
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tournament in
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. It was first played in 1931 and was an event on the
Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after th ...
from 1973 to 1990. It was played in July at a variety of courses in Eastern Japan, mainly in the
Kantō region The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa. Slight ...
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Winners

''this list is incomplete'' *1990
Tsuneyuki Nakajima Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima ( ja, 中嶋常幸; born 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer. Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Go ...
*1989
Saburo Fujiki is a Japanese professional golfer. Fujiki was born in Mie. He won 14 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour. In his only major appearance, he finished 59th at the 1984 Open Championship. Professional wins (14) PGA of Japan Tour wins (14) ''*No ...
*1988
Tomohiro Maruyama Tomohiro Maruyama (born 7 March 1958) is a Japanese professional golfer. Maruyama played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times. Professional wins (6) PGA of Japan Tour wins (3) PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1) Japan Challeng ...
*1987
Naomichi Ozaki ) is a Japanese professional golfer. Professional career Ozaki was born in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. He turned professional in 1977 and won 32 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour between 1984 and 2005. He ranks fourth on the list of most ...
*1986
Tsuneyuki Nakajima Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima ( ja, 中嶋常幸; born 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer. Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Go ...
*1985
Tsuneyuki Nakajima Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima ( ja, 中嶋常幸; born 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer. Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Go ...
*1984 Pete Izumikawa *1983
Isao Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Career Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 19 ...
*1982
Motomasa Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. Aoki played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice. Professional wins (3) PGA of Japan Tour wins (2) ''*Note: The 1985 Pocari Sweat Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.'' Japan Challenge Tour wins ...
*1981
Seiichi Kanai is a Japanese professional golfer. Kanai was born in Niigata. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour. Professional wins (20) Japan Golf Tour wins (11) ''*Note: The 1981 Hiroshima Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.'' Japan G ...
*1980
Akira Yabe Akira Yabe (born 1 June 1946) is a Japanese professional golfer. Yabe played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times. His biggest win came in 1982 in the Japan Open Golf Championship. Professional wins Japan Golf Tour wins *1978 Kuzuha Kok ...
*1979
Isao Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Career Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 19 ...
*1978
Isao Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Career Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 19 ...
*1977
Kenji Mori Kenji may refer to: *Kenji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name, and list of people & characters with this name *Kenji (era), a Japanese era spanned from 1275 to 1278 * ''Kenji'' (manga) (拳児), a 1980s manga by Matsuda Ryuchi * "Kenji" ...
*1976
Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine arts media (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts as well as co ae ...
*1975
Hsieh Min-Nan Hsieh Min-Nan (, born 9 August 1940), also known as Tony Hsieh, is a Taiwanese professional golfer. Hsieh won 11 events on the Japan Golf Tour. He won the 1972 World Cup with teammate Lu Liang-Huan and also won the individual title. He won many ...
*1974
Isao Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Career Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 19 ...
*1973
Masashi Ozaki is a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki (ジャンボ尾崎 ''Janbo Ozaki'') on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks betw ...
*1972
Isao Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Career Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 19 ...
*1971
Isao Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Career Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 19 ...
*1970
Fujio Ishii Fujio (written: 正行, 藤雄, 藤夫, 不二夫, 富士雄, 冨士夫, 富士夫, 富士男, 希仁男 or ふじを, ふじお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Mon ...
*1969
Haruo Yasuda is a Japanese professional golfer. Yasuda played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times. He also won several pre-tour events in Japan and on the Asia Golf Circuit. In 1968 he nearly won the Thailand Open but double-bogeyed the final hole ...
*1968 Torakichi Nakamura *1967 Seiichi Sato *1966
Hideyo Sugimoto Hideyo Sugimoto (born 16 February 1938) is a Japanese professional golfer. Early life Sugimoto was born in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan in 1938. He started to play golf at the age of 17. Professional career Sugimoto turned professiona ...
*1965
Fujio Ishii Fujio (written: 正行, 藤雄, 藤夫, 不二夫, 富士雄, 冨士夫, 富士夫, 富士男, 希仁男 or ふじを, ふじお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Mon ...
*1964
Chen Ching-Po Chen Ching-Po (born 1 October 1931) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. He represented Chinese Taipei in 11 successive Canada Cup tournaments from 1956 to 1966 and won the Japan Open Golf Championship in 1959. He was described as the "Ben Hogan ...
*1963
Koichi Ono , born Son Shi-Kin in Dalian, Manchuria (now China), was a Japanese professional golfer. He was one of the leading golfers on the Japanese circuit during the 1950s, winning the Japan Open Golf Championship three times and representing Japan on fo ...
*1962
Koichi Ono , born Son Shi-Kin in Dalian, Manchuria (now China), was a Japanese professional golfer. He was one of the leading golfers on the Japanese circuit during the 1950s, winning the Japan Open Golf Championship three times and representing Japan on fo ...
*1961 Torakichi Nakamura *1960 Torakichi Nakamura *1959
Koichi Ono , born Son Shi-Kin in Dalian, Manchuria (now China), was a Japanese professional golfer. He was one of the leading golfers on the Japanese circuit during the 1950s, winning the Japan Open Golf Championship three times and representing Japan on fo ...
*1958
Koichi Ono , born Son Shi-Kin in Dalian, Manchuria (now China), was a Japanese professional golfer. He was one of the leading golfers on the Japanese circuit during the 1950s, winning the Japan Open Golf Championship three times and representing Japan on fo ...
*1957
Haruyoshi Kobari Haruyoshi (written: 治好 or 晴良) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''kugyō'' {{given name Japanese masculine given names ...
*1956
Chen Sei Sui Chen may refer to: People *Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname * Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: * ...
*1955
Haruyoshi Kobari Haruyoshi (written: 治好 or 晴良) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''kugyō'' {{given name Japanese masculine given names ...
*1954 *1953 Yoshiro Hayashi *1952 *1951
Seiji Inoue Seiji (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese politician *, Japanese film directo ...
*1950 *1949
Son Shi Kin , born Son Shi-Kin in Dalian, Manchuria (now China), was a Japanese professional golfer. He was one of the leading golfers on the Japanese circuit during the 1950s, winning the Japan Open Golf Championship three times and representing Japan on ...
*1948 Yoshiro Hayashi *1944–47 ''No championship due to World War II'' *1943 *1942 *1941 *1940 *1939 *1938 *1937 *1936 Rokuzo Asami *1935
Chin Sei Sui The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible ( mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm. Evolution The presence of a well-developed chin is considered to be one ...
*1934
Chin Sei Sui The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible ( mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm. Evolution The presence of a well-developed chin is considered to be one ...
*1933 Kanekichi Nakamura *1932 Kanekichi Nakamura *1931 Rokuzo Asami


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