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Oza
Full name	Oza
Started	1953
Honorary Winners	Masao Kato
Sponsors	Nihon Kezai
Prize money	13.5 million Yen ($118,000 USD)
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

This article is about a title in Go. For a title in shogi, see Oza (shogi).

Oza (王座, Ōza^?, Japanese for "King") is a title in Go. The association that holds this title is the Japanese Nihon-Kiin.

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Recently, the format for the tournament was changed to a best of five. The challenger is decided in a tournament of 16 players, other than the title player. The winner's purse is 13,500,000 Yen ($118,000)

[edit] Past winners

Player	Years Held
Hashimoto Utaro	1953, 1955, 1956
Takagawa Shukaku	1954
Shimamura Toshihiro	1957
Fujisawa Hosai	1958
Hashimoto Shoji	1959, 1981
Handa Dogen	1960, 1965
Sakata Eio	1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972
Miyashita Hidehiro	1962
Fujisawa Hideyuki	1967 - 1969, 1991, 1992
Rin Kaiho	1973
Ishida Yoshio	1974, 1978
Otake Hideo	1975
Cho Chikun	1976, 1994, 2001
Kudo Norio	1977
Masao Kato	1979, 1980, 1982 - 1989, 1993
Hane Yasumasa	1990
O Rissei	1995, 1998 - 2000
O Meien	2002
Cho U	2003 - 2005, 2008
Yamashita Keigo	2006, 2007

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