The Japan Open Golf Championship is Japan's national open golf championship. As of 2009, it is one of the five richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥200 million. It is also the tour's designated "Premier event" for the purposes of the Official World Golf Rankings, with a minimum winner's points allocation of 32 points.
Past Winners * 2009 Ryuichi Oda - Japan * 2008 Shingo Katayama - Japan * 2007 Toru Taniguchi - Japan * 2006 Paul Sheehan - Australia * 2005 Shingo Katayama - Japan * 2004 Toru Taniguchi - Japan * 2003 Keiichiro Fukabori - Japan * 2002 David Smail - New Zealand * 2001 Taichi Teshima - Japan * 2000 Naomichi Ozaki - Japan * 1999 Naomichi Ozaki - Japan * 1998 Hidemichi Tanaka - Japan * 1997 Craig Parry - Australia * 1996 Peter Teravainen - United States * 1995 Toshimitsu Izawa - Japan * 1994 Masashi Ozaki - Japan * 1993 Seiki Okuda - Japan * 1992 Masashi Ozaki - Japan * 1991 Tsuneyuki Nakajima - Japan * 1990 Tsuneyuki Nakajima - Japan * 1989 Masashi Ozaki - Japan * 1988 Masashi Ozaki - Japan * 1987 Isao Aoki - Japan * 1986 Tsuneyuki Nakajima - Japan * 1985 Tsuneyuki Nakajima - Japan * 1984 Kouichi Uehara - Japan * 1983 Isao Aoki - Japan * 1982 Akira Yabe - Japan * 1981 Yukata Hagawa - Japan * 1980 Shoji Kikuchi Japan * 1979 Kuo Chie-Hsiung * 1978 Seve Ballesteros - Spain * 1977 Seve Ballesteros - Spain * 1976 Kosaku Shimada - Japan * 1975 Takashi Murakami - Japan * 1974 Masashi Ozaki - Japan * 1973 Ben Arda - Philippines * 1972 Hon Chang Sang * 1971 Yoshiro Hayashi - Japan [1] * 1970 Mitsuhiro Kitta - Japan * 1969 Hideyo Sugimoto * 1968 Takaaki Kono * 1967 Tadashi Kitta * 1966 Seichi Sato * 1965 Tadashi Kitta * 1964 Hideyo Sugimoto * 1963 Toichiro Toda * 1962 Teruo Sugihara - Japan * 1961 Kenji Hosoishi * 1960 Haruyoshi Kobari * 1959 Chen Ching-Po * 1958 Torakichi Nakamura * 1957 Haruyoshi Kobari * 1956 Torakichi Nakamura * 1955 Koichi Ono [2] * 1954 Yoshiro Hayashi * 1953 Son Shi-Kin [2] * 1952 Torakichi Nakamura * 1951 Son Shi-Kin [2] * 1950 Yoshiro Hayashi * 1942-1949 No tournament due to World War II * 1941 Tokuharu Nobuhara * 1940 Tomekichi Miyamoto * 1939 Toichira Toda * 1938 Rin(Lin) Man-Puku * 1937 Chin Sei-Sui * 1936 Tomekichi Miyamoto * 1935 Tomekichi Miyamoto * 1934 No tournament due to flood damage * 1933 Kodekichi Nakamura * 1932 Tomekichi Miyamoto * 1931 Rokuzo Asami * 1930 Tomekichi Miyamoto * 1929 Tomekichi Miyamoto * 1928 Rokuzo Asami * 1927 Rokuro Akahoshi
