sponsor a "Strongest Player" tournament to decide the strongest player of the current time. In 1961 the tournament's name was changed to Meijin. Since they already sponsored the Shogi Meijin tournament, in 1975 the Asahi newspaper offered to buy the rights to the Meijin tournament from the Yomiuri. After months of debating, the title was sold and the Yomiuri began sponsoring a new title, Kisei (Go Saint). The tournament before 1976 thus became called the Old Meijin. Historic Meijins Past winners In fiction In the manga Hikaru no Go, there is a Meijin called Toya Koyo. See also International Go Federation List of professional Go tournaments Honorary Meijin Yasunari Kawabata, author of The Master of Go External links Nihon Ki-in archive (in Japanese) The Meijin Tournament Meijin title games References Classical Budo (1973), by Donn F. Draeger, pp. 27–30 MEIJIN (2010, fiction), by John DiStano () History of Go Go competitions in Japan