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The women's championship has been largely dominated by Naoko Takemoto (Naoko Takahashi before she married)

Winners

NO.	Held in	Winner	Women's Winner
1	1968	Yukio Miyasaka
2	1969	Yukio Miyasaka
3	1970	Yukio Miyasaka
4	1971	Yukio Miyasaka
5	1972	Gentaro Gonda
6	1973	Gentaro Gonda
7	1974	Ken Hamada	Miyoko Watai Miyoko Watai is a Japanese women's chess champion, and the general secretary of the Japan Chess Association. She is a Woman International Master. She lives in the old Kamata ward, which is now part of Ōta, Tokyo....
8	1975	Gentaro Gonda	Emiko Nakagawa
9	1976	Gentaro Gonda	Emiko Nakagawa
10	1977	Gentaro Gonda	Miyoko Watai Miyoko Watai is a Japanese women's chess champion, and the general secretary of the Japan Chess Association. She is a Woman International Master. She lives in the old Kamata ward, which is now part of Ōta, Tokyo....
11	1978	Gentaro Gonda	Miyoko Watai Miyoko Watai is a Japanese women's chess champion, and the general secretary of the Japan Chess Association. She is a Woman International Master. She lives in the old Kamata ward, which is now part of Ōta, Tokyo....
12	1979	Gentaro Gonda	Naoko Takemoto
13	1980	Koobun Oda	Naoko Takemoto
14	1981	Koobun Oda	Naoko Takemoto
15	1982	Hiroyuki Nishimura	Naoko Takemoto
16	1983	Hiroyuki Nishimura	Naoko Takemoto
17	1984	Hiroyuki Nishimura	Naoko Takemoto
18	1985	Gentaro Gonda Paul Kuroda	Naoko Takemoto
19	1986	Jacques Pineau	Naoko Takemoto
20	1987	Tomomichi Suzuki	Naoko Takemoto
21	1988	Loren Schmidt	Naoko Takemoto
22	1989	Gentaro Gonda	Naoko Takemoto
23	1990	Joselito Sunga	Naoko Takemoto
24	1991	Mats Andersson	Naoko Takemoto
25	1992	Domingo Ramos	Naoko Takemoto
26	1993	Jacques Pineau	Naoko Takemoto
27	1994	Hiroyuki Nishimura	Naoko Takemoto
28	1995	Domingo Ramos Tomohiko Matsuo	not played
29	1996	Gentaro Gonda	not played
30	1997	Gentaro Gonda	not played
31	1998	Akira Watanabe	not played
32	1999	Akira Watanabe	not played
33	2000	Akira Watanabe	not played
34	2001	Gentaro Gonda	Miyoko Watai Miyoko Watai is a Japanese women's chess champion, and the general secretary of the Japan Chess Association. She is a Woman International Master. She lives in the old Kamata ward, which is now part of Ōta, Tokyo.... Kang Guen Guoko
35	2002	Simon Bibby	not played
36	2003	Ryo Shiomi Kiyotaka Sakai	Emiko Nakagawa
37	2004	Kiyotaka Sakai	Melody Garcia
38	2005	Shinya Kojima	Haruko Tanaka
39	2006	Shinya Kojima Masahiro Baba	Emiko Nakagawa
40	2007	Shinsaku Uesugi Shinsaku Uesugi is a FIDE Master of Japan and played for Japan at the 38th Chess Olympic in Dresden, Germany in November 2008. He won the 40th Japan National Chess Championship in May 2007 and became youngest ever National Champion . He also became Co-Champion of the U.S... Shinya Kojima	Emiko Nakagawa
41	2008	Shinya Kojima	Emiko Nakagawa
42	2009	Sam Collins	Narumi Uchida
43	2010	Ryosuke Nanjo Shinya Kojima	Narumi Uchida
NO.	Held in	Winner	Women's Winner

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