History of Topics 2014

  Hsieh Yi Min defends Women's Kisei title, defeating the challenger, Aoki Kikuyo 8p by 2-0. The second game of the 17th Women's Kisei title match (best of three games) was held at Ryusei Studio in the Nihon Ki-in on 30th January 2014. Taking black, Hsieh defeated Aoki after 139 moves.
  Aoki could not win the Women's Kisei title.

The full results of the series are given as follows:
 - Game 1 (23 Jan.): Hsieh (W) won by resignation
 - Game 2 (30 Jan.): Hsieh (B) won by resignation

  The Shusai prize is given to the most outstanding player in Japan. The award is a tribute to 21th Honinbo Shusai Meijn.
  The winner of the 51st Shusai prize is Iyama Yuta since he gets six crowns (Kisei, Honinbo, Tengen, Oza, Gosei and Judan) at age 24. The prize winner was nominated by the selection committee of Shusai Prize on 21 January 2014 and got approval from the board meeting of the Nihon Ki-in on 4 February 2014. The members of the selection committee are Saito Juuro (Ex-president of the House of Councilors), Miyoshi Toru (writer), Wada Norio (Chair of The Nihon Ki-in), Zyagawa Tadaaki (Vice Chair of The Nihon Ki-in), Yamashiro Hiroshi 9p (Vice Chair of The Nihon Ki-in), Ohbuchi Morito 9p (Descendant of Honinbo Shusai) and Ishida Yoshio (24th Honinbo).

  The Okura prize is awarded by the Nihon Ki-in in recognition for contributions to the spreading and growth of the game of go. The award is a tribute to Baron Okura Kishichiro who was the founding patrons of The Nihon Ki-in.
  The 43th Okura Prize is awarded to the following three persons:

- Mr. Inamine Keiichi (age: 80)
  Senior Advisor of Okinawa Go Association
- Mr. Mitome Kiyoshi (age: 75)
  President of Ryuseki Go Club
- Mr. Oikawa Shoichi (age: 72)
  Supreme advisor of Yomiuri Newspaper Group

  The prize winners were nominated by the selection committee of Okura Prize on 4 February 2014 and got approval from the board meeting of the Nihon Ki-in on 18 February 2014.
  The award ceremony of the Okura prize will be held at The Nihon Ki-in from 11am on 1st April 2014.

  The following six players get certified as shodan professional of The Nihon Ki-in in 2014.

Name	Age	Country	Teacher	Affiliation
Koyama Kuya	17	Japan	Koyama Ryugo 6p	The Nihon Ki-in Tokyo
Sotoyanagi Sebun	19	Japan	Takabayashi Takuji 6p	The Nihon Ki-in Tokyo
Cho Zuiketsu	15	Taiwan	Takabayashi Takuji 6p	The Nihon Ki-in Tokyo
Mutsuura Yuta	14	Japan	Hane Yasumasa 9p	The Nihon Ki-in Chubu
Ohtani Naoki	21	Japan	None	The Nihon Ki-in Kansai
Kaneko Maki	18	Japan	None	The Nihon Ki-in Tokyo ( from Women Pro Exam )

  The following promotions were made based on the prize money ranking list in 2013.