Kansai Open

The Kansai Open Golf Championship(関西オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Kansai ōpun gorufu sensyuken kyōgi) is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991 and has been back on the tour schedule since 2009. The 2019 event was the 85th edition.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
2025	Japan Kota Kaneko	265	−15	1 stroke	Japan Yosuke Asaji South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo	Hino
2024	Japan Takahiro Hataji	266	−14	3 strokes	Japan Yuta Sugiura	Meishin Yokaichi
2023	Japan Taiga Semikawa	267	−17	4 strokes	Japan Takahiro Hataji	Izumigaoka
2022	Japan Kazuki Higa	270	−14	1 stroke	Japan Rikuya Hoshino	Yomiuri
2021	Japan Rikuya Hoshino	270	−14	2 strokes	United States Chan Kim	Arima Royal (Royal)
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Arima Royal (Royal)
2019	Japan Tomoharu Otsuki	269	−19	Playoff	Japan Rikuya Hoshino	Koma
2018	Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu	278	−10	1 stroke	Japan Shugo Imahira Japan Kunihiro Kamii	Ono Toyo
2017	Japan Shugo Imahira	275	−9	6 strokes	Japan Daisuke Kataoka	Joyo
2016	South Korea Cho Byung-min	278	−6	1 stroke	Japan Tomohiro Kondo Australia Scott Strange	Hashimoto
2015	Japan Daisuke Kataoka	267	−17	3 strokes	Australia Brad Kennedy	Meishin Youkaichi
2014	Japan Koumei Oda	273	−15	2 strokes	Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto	Rokko
2013	Australia Brad Kennedy	206	−10	1 stroke	South Korea Park Sung-joon	Olympic
2012	Japan Toshinori Muto	266	−18	1 stroke	South Korea Kim Hyung-sung	Izumigaoka
2011	South Korea Cho Min-gyu	270	−14	4 strokes	Japan Yoshikazu Haku	Ono
2010	Japan Shigeru Nonaka	269	−11	3 strokes	Japan Azuma Yano	Tanabe
2009	Japan Hiroyuki Fujita	264	−20	2 strokes	Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka Japan Tomohiro Kondo	Takarazuka (New)
2008	Japan Ryo Ishikawa	276	−12	4 strokes	Japan Yuta Ikeda	Shiga
2007	Japan Koji Yamamoto					Kakogawa
2006	Japan Ryuichi Tayasu					Sumoto
2005	Japan Kazuhiko Yamashita					Higashijoyo
2004	Japan Tadahisa Inoue					Biwako
2003	Japan Satoshi Oide					Higashihirono
2002	Japan Yuya Kamide					Nara International
2001	Japan Hidemasa Hoshino					Miki
2000	Japan Osamu Yamaguchi					Ikeda
1999	Japan Takenori Hiraishi (2)					Ono Grand
1998	Japan Shusaku Sugimoto					Shiga
1997	Japan Tatsuo Takasaki					Century Yoshikawa
1996	Japan Takenori Hiraishi					Grandeji
1995	Japan Asahiko Makazawa					Otaninishiki
1994	Japan Kazuo Kanayama					Asahi International Tojo
1993	Japan Kotobuki Nakase					Minagi
1992	Japan Masanobu Kimura (2)					Manju
1991	Japan Toshikazu Sugihara	283	−5	1 stroke	Japan Teruo Sugihara	Lions
1990	Japan Teruo Sugihara (9)	282	−6	1 stroke	Japan Yuzo Oyama	Pine Lake
1989	Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (2)	211	−5	1 stroke	Japan Kazuo Kanayama Japan Toshiaki Nakagawa Japan Tōru Nakamura	Hanayashiki (Hirono)
1988	Japan Yasuo Sone	286	−2	3 strokes	Japan Shinsaku Maeda	Kitarokko (East)
1987	Japan Masanobu Kimura	292	+4	2 strokes	Japan Tōru Nakamura	Asahikokusai Tojyo
1986	Japan Yoshiyuki Isomura	284	−4	3 strokes	Japan Yoshio Ichikawa Japan Shinsaku Maeda Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa	Rokko Kokusai
1985	Japan Tsutomu Irie	280	−8	3 strokes	Japan Hisao Inoue Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto	Arima Royal
1984	Japan Tōru Nakamura	281	−7	2 strokes	Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto	Hino
1983	Japan Susumu Wakita	284	−4	2 strokes	Japan Teruo Sugihara	Arima Royal
1982	Japan Teruo Sugihara (8)	285	−3			Rokko Kokusai
1981	Japan Akio Kanemoto (2)	278	−10	2 strokes	Japan Toshimitsu Kai Japan Ichiro Teramoto	Meishin Yokaichi
1980	Japan Takemitsu Uranishi	284	−4	6 strokes	Japan Tōru Nakamura Japan Kosaku Shimada	Hanayashiki (Yokawa)
1979	Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto	283	−5			Rokko Kokusai
1978	Japan Akio Kanemoto	284	−4	Playoff	Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto	Omi
1977	Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto	285	−3			Hino
1976	Japan Shinsaku Maeda	273	−15	1 stroke	Japan Akio Kanemoto	Biwako
1975	Japan Teruo Sugihara (7)	279	−9	6 strokes	Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto	Ono
1974	Japan Teruo Sugihara (6)	287	−1			Nara Kokusai
1973	Japan Teruo Sugihara (5)	273	−15			Nishinomiya
1972	Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa					Hirono
1971	Japan Teruo Sugihara (4)					Ibaraki
1970	Japan Kosaku Shimada					Naruo
1969	Japan Shigeru Uchida					Hirono
1968	Japan Teruo Sugihara (3)					Shimonoseki
1967	Japan Teruo Suzumura					Yokkaichi
1966	Japan Shozo Miyamoto					Ibaraki
1965	Japan Teruo Sugihara (2)					Naruo
1964	Japan Teruo Sugihara					Koga
1963	Japan Tadashi Kitta (3)					Hirono
1962	Japan Tadashi Kitta (2)					Nishinomiya
1961	Japan Tetsuo Ishii (2)					Nagoya
1960	Japan Susumu Arai					Nara International
1959	Japan Michio Ishii (3)					Aichi
1958	Japan Tadashi Kitta					Naruo
1957	Japan Yousei Shimamura					Ibaraki
1956	Japan Tetsuo Ishii					Takarazuka
1955	Japan Michio Ishii (2)					Hirono
1954	Japan Mitsuji Kimoto					Naruo
1953	Japan Michio Ishii					Ibaraki
1952	Japan Yasuke Yamada					Hirono
1951	Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (4)					Takarazuka
1950	Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (3)					Naruo
1949	Japan Toichiro Toda (4)					Takarazuka
1940–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1939	Japan Toichiro Toda (3)					Hirono
1938	Japan Toichiro Toda (2)					Hirono
1937	Japan Akira Muraki					Naruo
1936	Japan Iwaichi Uekashi					Ibaraki
1935	Japan Jiro Morioka (4)					Naruo
1934	Japan Jiro Morioka (3)					Naruo
1933	Japan Toichiro Toda					Ibaraki
1932	Japan Jiro Morioka (2)					Hirono
1931	Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (2)					Naruo
1930	Japan Takeo Ishisumi					Ibaraki
1929	Japan Jiro Morioka					Naruo
1928	Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto					Ibaraki
1927	Japan Kazuichi Nakagami					Naruo
1926	Japan Kakuji Fukui					Ibaraki

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