All Japan Championship (pool)

The All Japan Championship (also: Japan Championship) is an annual international pool tournament founded by Kazuo Fujima in 1967 in the current discipline of Ten-ball. However for the Women's tournament it is played in the discipline of Ten-ball. All Japan Championship is an official tournament recognized by WPA (World Pool-billiard Association) and APBU (Asian Pocket Billiard Union), and is designated for the WPA world ranking. The first 20 years only held men's competitions. It was not until the 21st competition in 1988 that the women's event was established. Most of the competition period is after the middle of November each year. This is the most famous international large-scale pool event held in Japan, and one of the oldest tournaments in pool. Takeshi Okumura is the most successful player having won the tournament six times. Akimi Kajitani, Liu Hsin-mei & Pan Xiaoting have won the women's tournament the most times, winning three times.

Tournament History

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Men
Year Winner Runner-up Discipline
1967 Kazuo Fujima N/A Rotation
1968 Not held
1969 Joe Balsis N/A Rotation &
Straight pool
1970 Kazuo Fujima (2) N/A
1971 Takashi Namie N/A
1972 Kazuo Fujima (3) N/A
1973 Mamoru Tanaka N/A
1974 Lou Butera N/A
1975 Tetsuro Kakuto N/A
1976 Kazuo Fujima (4) Koji Ota Nine-ball
1977 Jim Rempe Tsutomu Takahashi
1978 Tetsuro Kakuto (2) Jose Parica
1979 Efren Reyes Takeshi Okumura
1980 Takeshi Okumura Yasunari Itsuzaki
1981 Takeshi Okumura (2) Kazuo Fujima
1982 Jyunsake Inoue Yasunari Itsuzaki
1983 Masaru Hanatani Katsumasu Nigami
1984 Jyunsake Inoue (2) Kiminoro Takemoto
1985 Takeshi Okumura (3) Junichi Kosugi
1986 Kohagura Yasukazu Junichi Kosugi
1987 Junichi Kosugi Allen Hopkins
1988 Jose Parica Katsumasu Nigami
1989 Akikumo Toshikawa Ernesto Dominguez
1990 Efren Reyes (2) Earl Strickland
1991 Junichi Kosugi (2) Efren Reyes
1992 Akikumo Toshikawa (2) Antonio Lining
1993 Takeshi Okumura (4) Akikumo Toshikawa
1994 Chang Hao-Ping Takeshi Okumura
1995 Takeshi Okumura (5) Shuji Nagata
1996 Yang Ching-shun Francisco Bustamante
1997 Kunihiko Takahashi CJ Wiley
1998 Chang Hao-Ping (2) Takeshi Okumura
1999 Efren Reyes (3) Antonio Lining
2000 Antonio Lining Chao Fong-pang
2001 Corey Deuel Mika Immonen
2002 Francisco Bustamante Mika Immonen
2003 Efren Reyes (4) Tasuku Nishio
2004 Ralf Souquet Mika Immonen
2005 Takeshi Okumura (6) Mika Immonen
2006 Lee Van Corteza Chang Pei-Wei
2007 Wu Jia-qing Tōru Kuribayashi
2008 Mika Immonen Ronnie Alcano
2009 Francisco Bustamante (2) Antonio Lining
2010 Thorsten Hohmann Ko Ping-chung
2011 Ko Pin-yi Wu Jia-qing Ten-ball
2012 Chang Jung-lin Yang Ching-shun
2013 Ko Pin-yi (2) Chang Jung-lin
2014 Raymund Faraon Naoyuki Ōi
2015 Johann Chua Ronnie Alcano
2016 Ko Pin-yi (3) Jeffrey de Luna
2017 Johann Chua (2) Jundal Mezon
2018 Tomoo Takano Toru Kuribayashi
2019 Cheng-Chieh Liu Johann Chua
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19

Women
Year Winner Runner-up Discipline
1988 Mieko Harada Kazuko Shimizu Nine-ball
1989 Zhu Yukuri Kiyoko Sano
1990 Loree Jon Jones Yoko Miura
1991 Mieko Harada (2) Zhu Yukuri
1992 Akimi Kajitani Mieko Harada
1993 Jennifer Chen Yoko Miura
1994 Makiko Takagi Zhu Yukuri
1995 Zhu Yukuri (2) Yoko kamimura
1996 Allison Fisher Liu Hsin-mei
1997 Jennifer Chen (2) Irene Pippin
1998 Liu Hsin-mei Makiko Takagi
1999 Akimi Kajitani (2) Jennifer Chen
2000 Karen Corr Allison Fisher
2001 Liu Hsin-mei (2) Allison Fisher
2002 Pan Xiaoting Sakiki Namiki
2003 Liu Hsin-mei (3) Jung Sung-Hyun
2004 Akimi Kajitani (3) Lin Yuan-chun
2005 Pan Xiaoting (2) Makiko Takagi
2006 Lin Yuan-chun Jasmin Ouschan
2007 Chang Shu-han Akio Otani
2008 Pan Xiaoting (3) Chou Chieh-yu
2009 Han Yu Yun-Mi Lim
2010 Lin Hsiao-chi Keiko Yukawa
2011 Chen Siming Junko Mitsuoka
2012 Chou Chieh-yu Chen Ho-yun
2013 Akimi Kajitani (2) Chihiro Kawahara
2014 Wu Zhi-ting Liu Shasha
2015 Kim Ga-young Chihiro Kawahara
2016 Chen Ho-yun Chihiro Kawahara
2017 Chen Siming (2) Miyuki Kuribayashi
2018 Tian Qi Shi Yun Mi Lim
2019 Han Yu (2) Chen Siming
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19

Japan Open

In addition to the All Japan Championship another tournament known as the Japan Open played in the discipline of Nine-ball. However, from 2011 to present, the men's tournament was played in the discipline of Ten-ball. The event began in 1988 and has continued for over 30 years. Takeshi Okumura is the most successful player having won the tournament four times.[2][3]

Men
Year Winner Runner-up Discipline
1988 Takeshi Okumura Hideo Shiraishi Nine-ball
1989 Zhang Xiaoyuan Jose Parica
1990 Ismael Páez Ernesto Dominguez
1991 Syuji Nagata Akikumo Toshikawa
1992 Francisco Bustamante Tomoki Mekari
1993 Akikumo Toshikawa Masao Tachibana
1994 Takeshi Okumura (2) Akikumo Toshikawa
1995 Takeshi Okumura (3) Yoshihiro Kitatani
1996 Kunihiko Takahashi Syuji Nagata
1997 Roel Esquillo Akikumo Toshikawa
1998 Elvis Perez Hisanao Kataoka
1999 Takeshi Okumura (4) Akikumo Toshikawa
2000 Satoshi Kawabata Johnny Archer
2001 Mitsuaki Itsuno Chao Fong-pang
2002 Francisco Bustamante (2) Ralf Souquet
2003 Daisaku Nishijima Ramil Gallego
2004 Xia Wei-Kui Rodolfo Luat
2005 Efren Reyes Rodolfo Luat
2006 Antonio Lining Dante Rasalan
2007 Alex Pagulayan Lo Li-Wen
2008 Dennis Orcollo Ryoji Aoki
2009 Ramil Gallego Lo Li-Wen
2010 Francisco Bustamante (3) Efren Reyes
2011 Chang Jung-lin Efren Reyes Ten-ball
2012 Warren Kiamco Satoshi Kawabata
2013 Hayato Hijikata Lee Van Corteza
2014 Antonio Lining (2) Rodney Morris
2015 Carlo Biado Toru Kuribayashi
2016 Hayato Hijikata (2) Toru Kuribayashi
2017 Chang Jung-lin (2) Naoyuki Ōi
2018 Lee Van Corteza Naoyuki Ōi
2019 Naoyuki Ōi Norio Ogawa
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19

References
  1. "All Japan Open Championship – Event Results". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. "Japan Open". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. "Japan Open – Event Results". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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