Unlike most countries, Japan runs its own Monopoly Association. It has regular annual championships, and typically, a grand championship held the same year as as a World Championship to determine who will represent the country at the Worlds. The 2016 Japan Championship took place November 6, 2016 in Nara. One of the 2016 preliminary events was held October 23, 2016, in Tokai, and a second was held November 5th in Nara.[1] [2]
Tsutomu Doita won the last Grand Championship on June 14th, 2015.[3] Japan's Grand Champion in 2009 was Takahiro Ishii.
List of Japan's Grand Champions[]
| Year | Name | Location | Remarks |
| 1991 | Ikuo Hyakuta | World Champion in1988
2nd Place (Finalist) of World championship in 1992 | |
| 1996 | Sachimasa Yoshida | 8th Place of World championship in 1996 | |
| 2000 | Yutaka Okada | Tokyo(Yaesu Fujiya hotel) | World Champion in 2000
38th Place of World championship in 2004 |
| 2004 | Mikihiro Ueda | Tokyo(Roppongi Hills) | 37th Place of World championship in 2004 |
| 2009 | Takahiro Ishii | Tokyo(Tokyo tower) | 30th Place of World championship in 2009 |
| 2015 | Tsutomu Doita | Osaka(Abeno Harukas) | 4th Place (Finalist) of World championship in 2015 |
List of Japan's Annual Champions[]
|
Year Won Annual Championship |
Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 百田郁夫 Ikuo Hyakuta | Tokyo |
| 1991 | 百田郁夫 Ikuo Hyakuta | Tokyo |
| 1992 | 田中瑞穂 Mizuho Tanaka | Tokyo |
| 1993 | 吉田幸正 Sachimasa Yoshida | Tokyo |
| 1994 | 野中俊一郎 Shunichiro Nonaka | Tokyo |
| 1995 | 吉田幸正 Sachimasa Yoshida | Tokyo |
| 1996 | 野中俊一郎 Shunichiro Nonaka | Tokyo |
| 1997 | 田中瑞穂 Mizuho Tanaka | Tokyo |
| 1998 | 千葉篤史 Atsuchi Chiba | Tokyo |
| 1999 | 宮野徹 Toru Miyano | Tokyo(Shibuya Forum 8) |
| 2000 | 岡田豊 Yukata Okada | Tokyo(Yaesu Fujiya hotel) |
| 2001 | 植田 幹浩 Mikihiro Ueda | Tokyo(Yaesu Fujiya hotel) |
| 2002 | 井元 哲也 Tetsuya Imoto | Tokyo(Nakano Sun Plaza) |
| 2003 | 表寺 修 Osamu Omotetera | Tokyo(Nakano Sun Plaza) |
| 2004 | 篠塚 博文 Hirofumi Shinozuka | Tokyo(Nakano Sun Plaza) |
| 2005 | 石井 方宏 Takahiro Ishii | Tokyo(Nakano Sun Plaza) |
| 2006 | 大木 勝裕 Katsuhiro Ohki | Tokyo(Nakano Sun Plaza) |
| 2007 | 石川 隆紀 Takanori Ishikawa | Tokyo(Nakano Sun Plaza) |
| 2008 | 石川 隆紀 Takanori Ishikawa | Tokyo(Nakano Sun Plaza) |
| 2009 | 名古 憲司 Kenji Nago | Osaka(Kansai international airport) |
| 2010 | 中原 健太郎 Kentaro Nakahara | Yokohama(Marine Tower) |
|
2011 |
山本 尚意 Hisaoki Yamamoto | Nagoya (Marriott Associa Hotel) |
| 2012 | 山本 尚意 Hisaoki Yamamoto | Aizuwakamatsu (Aizu Keikodo) |
| 2013 | 大久保 峰夫 Mineo Okubo | Fukushima(Corasse Fukushiima) |
| 2014 | 土井田 勉 Tsutomu Doita | Tokyo(Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi) |
| 2015 | 山本 尚意 Hisaoki Yamamoto | Osaka(Abeno Harukas) |
| 2016 | 縣 智之 Tomoyuki Agata | Nara(Nara park) |
- ↑ https://monopoly-championship.jp/japan/2016/preliminary/tokai.html
- ↑ https://monopoly-championship.jp/japan/2016/preliminary/nara.html
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ikouta/status/613327431148003332
- ↑ https://monopoly-championship.jp/japan/grandchampionship/2015/index.html
- ↑ https://monopoly-championship.jp/record.html
- ↑ https://monopoly-championship.jp/japan/grandchampionship/2009/index.html
- ↑ https://monopoly-championship.jp/japan/grandchampionship/2015/index.html
- ↑ https://twitter.com/JapanMonopoly/status/795654722183196672
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