Nihon Ki-in Hall of Fame

The Nihon Ki-in Hall of Fame was created in 2004 as part of the Nihon Ki-in's 80th anniversary celebrations, and housed in the basement of its headquarters in Ichigaya.

Inductees are selected by the eight-member Go Hall of Fame Awards Committee, of which Otake Hideo, the Nihon Ki-in chairman, and Rin Kaiho, the Professional Go Players Association chairman, are both members. According to the Nihon Ki-in, those inducted need not be the most renowned players, since even "non-professionals who have contributed to the development of Go will also be honoured."

Inductees
Listed in reverse chronological order.

2021

 * Takagawa Kaku

2020

 * Hideyuki Fujisawa

2019

 * Eio Sakata
 * Cho Nam-chul

2018

 * Matsutarō Shōriki

2017

 * Masaoka Shiki

2016

 * Kanren (寛蓮)
 * Inoue Gennan Inseki

2015

 * Go Seigen

2014

 * Utaro Hashimoto

2013

 * Kita Fumiko

2012

 * Yasui Santetsu
 * Chen Yi

2011

 * Iwamoto Kaoru

2010

 * Kitani Minoru

2009

 * Segoe Kensaku

2008

 * Honinbo Shuei
 * Honinbo Shusai

2007

 * Honinbo Shuho

2006

 * Honinbo Shuwa
 * Baron Okura Kishichiro

2005

 * Honinbo Jowa

2004

 * Honinbo Sansa
 * Honinbo Dosaku
 * Honinbo Shusaku
 * Tokugawa Ieyasu