# Japan PGA Championship

The Japan PGA Championship (日本プロゴルフ選手権大会, Nihon puro gorufu senshuken taikai) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour, and is one of the tour's four major championships. It was founded in 1926, making it one of the oldest professional tournaments in Japan, and is played at a variety of courses throughout the country. The purse for the 2017 event was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.
Between 2009 and 2017, the tournament was title sponsored by Nissin Foods.

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue |
| Japan PGA Championship ||||||||
| 2024 | Yuta Sugiura | 268 | −18 | 1 stroke | Yuki Inamori Taiga Semikawa | Fuji Country Kani |
| 2023 | Kensei Hirata | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Takumi Kanaya Taiga Semikawa | Eniwa |
| 2022 | Mikumu Horikawa | 269 | −15 | 3 strokes | Naoyuki Kataoka | Grand Fields |
| 2021 | Kim Seong-hyeon | 271 | −13 | 1 stroke | Yuta Ikeda Yuki Inamori | Nikko |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019 | Ryo Ishikawa | 269 | −13 | Playoff | Hwang Jung-gon | Ibusuki |
| 2018 | Toru Taniguchi (3) | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Yoshinori Fujimoto | Boso |
| Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup ||||||||
| 2017 | Yūsaku Miyazato | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes | Brad Kennedy | Kanehide Kise |
| 2016 | Hideto Tanihara | 266 | −22 | Playoff | Toshinori Muto | Hokkaido Classic |
| 2015 | Adam Bland | 268 | −16 | 3 strokes | Lee Sang-hee | Taiheiyo Club Kohnan |
| 2014 | Taichi Teshima | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Lee Kyoung-hoon Koumei Oda | Golden Valley |
| 2013 | Kim Hyung-sung | 279 | −5 | 1 stroke | Yoshinori Fujimoto Hiroyuki Fujita Hideki Matsuyama | Sobu |
| 2012 | Toru Taniguchi (2) | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | Keiichiro Fukabori | Karasuyamajo |
| 2011 | Hiroo Kawai | 275 | −9 | 2 strokes | Bae Sang-moon | Ono Toyo |
| 2010 | Toru Taniguchi | 270 | −10 | 1 stroke | Tetsuji Hiratsuka | Passage Kinkai Island |
| 2009 | Yuta Ikeda | 266 | −14 | 7 strokes | Mitsuhiro Tateyama | Eniwa |
| Japan PGA Championship ||||||||
| 2008 | Shingo Katayama (2) | 265 | −23 | 6 strokes | Liang Wenchong | Raysum |
| 2007 | Toshimitsu Izawa | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | Satoru Hirota | Kise |
| 2006 | Tomohiro Kondo | 278 | −10 | Playoff | Katsuyoshi Tomori | Tanigumi |
| 2005 | Hur Suk-ho | 272 | −10 | 2 strokes | Hideto Tanihara | Tamana |
| 2004 | Hur Suk-ho | 202 | −14 | 1 stroke | Keiichiro Fukabori | Kochi Kuroshio |
| 2003 | Shingo Katayama | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Hur Suk-ho | Miho |
| 2002 | Kenichi Kuboya | 279 | −9 | Playoff | Shingo Katayama | Koma |
| 2001 | Dean Wilson | 281 | −3 | 4 strokes | Hideki Kase | Queens Hill |
| 2000 | Nobuhito Sato | 280 | −4 | 1 stroke | Shigemasa Higaki Satoshi Higashi | Caledonian |
| 1999 | Naomichi Ozaki | 283 | −5 | 2 strokes | Masashi Ozaki | Twin Fields |
| 1998 | Brandt Jobe | 280 | −8 | Playoff | Masashi Ozaki | Grandage |
| 1997 | Shigeki Maruyama | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Shusaku Sugimoto | Central West |
| 1996 | Masashi Ozaki (6) | 270 | −18 | 8 strokes | Shigeki Maruyama | Sanyo Yoshii |
| 1995 | Hisayuki Sasaki | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Kazuhiro Takami | Natsudomari |
| 1994 | Hiroshi Gohda | 279 | −5 | 1 stroke | Masashi Ozaki | Lake Green |
| 1993 | Masashi Ozaki (5) | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Tsuyoshi Yoneyama | Sports Shinko |
| 1992 | Masahiro Kuramoto (2) | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | Shimoakima |
| 1991 | Masashi Ozaki (4) | 273 | −15 | 6 strokes | Tsukasa Watanabe | Prestige |
| 1990 | Hideki Kase | 274 | −14 | 5 strokes | Saburo Fujiki Masahiro Kuramoto | Amanosan |
| 1989 | Masashi Ozaki (3) | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke | Hideki Kase | Karasuyamajo |
| 1988 | Tateo Ozaki (2) | 268 | −20 | 1 stroke | Masashi Ozaki | Ehime |
| 1987 | David Ishii | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Brian Jones Seiichi Kanai | Hamano |
| 1986 | Isao Aoki (3) | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Masashi Ozaki | Nihon Line West |
| 1985 | Tateo Ozaki | 288 | −4 | Playoff | Seiichi Kanai | Central East |
| 1984 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) | 275 | −9 | 2 strokes | Seiichi Kanai Shinsaku Maeda Tōru Nakamura | MIOS Kikukawa |
| 1983 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Isao Aoki Yutaka Hagawa | Shuun |
| 1982 | Masahiro Kuramoto | 274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Hsieh Min-Nan | Meishin Yokkaichi |
| 1981 | Isao Aoki (2) | 277 | −11 | 4 strokes | Tōru Nakamura | Sapporo Korakuen |
| 1980 | Yoshitaka Yamamoto | 282 | −2 | 1 stroke | Seiichi Kanai Namio Takasu | Northern Akagi |
| 1979 | Hsieh Min-Nan | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Teruo Sugihara | Asami |
| 1978 | Fujio Kobayashi | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | Otaru |
| 1977 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 277 | −11 | 3 strokes | Teruo Sugihara Yoshitaka Yamamoto | Nihon Line West |
| 1976 | Seiichi Kanai (2) | 273 | −7 | Playoff | Shichiro Enomoto Hsieh Min-Nan Haruo Yasuda | Kuma |
| 1975 | Takashi Murakami | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Yoshitaka Yamamoto | Kurashiki |
| 1974 | Masashi Ozaki (2) | 274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Isao Aoki | Omotezao Intl. |
| 1973 | Isao Aoki | 275 | −13 | 8 strokes | Haruo Yasuda | Gifu Seki |
| 1972 | Seiichi Kanai | 278 | | 2 strokes | Masashi Ozaki | Murasaki Sumire |
| 1971 | Masashi Ozaki | 282 | | 1 stroke | Hideyo Sugimoto | Phoenix |
| 1970 | Seiichi Sato | 280 | | 1 stroke | Akio Kanemoto Mitsuhiro Kitta | Mitsukaido |
| 1969 | Hiroshi Ishii | 277 | | 5 strokes | Teruo Sugihara | Kasugai |
| 1968 | Kosaku Shimada | 282 | | 1 stroke | Teruo Suzumura | Narashino |
| 1967 | Shozo Miyamoto | 276 | | 1 stroke | Tomoo Ishii | Miyoshi West |
| 1966 | Mitsutaka Kono (2) | 271 | | 3 strokes | Shigeru Uchida | Sobu |
| 1965 | Mitsutaka Kono | 273 | | 6 strokes | Chen Ching-Po Yoshimasa Fujii | Kawagoe |
| 1964 | Tadashi Kitta (2) | 281 | | 2 strokes | Tomoo Ishii | Hirakata |
| 1963 | Tadashi Kitta | 285 | | 3 strokes | Tomoo Ishii | Ryugasaki |
| 1962 | Torakichi Nakamura (4) | 285 | | 4 strokes | Takashi Kitamoto Teruo Sugihara | Yokkaichi |
| 1961 | Yoshiro Hayashi (4) | 286 | | 2 strokes | Yoshimasa Fujii | Koga |
| 1960 | Ryohei Tanaami | 1 hole | 1 hole | 1 hole | Kenji Hosoishi | Oarai |
| 1959 | Torakichi Nakamura (3) | 5 & 4 | 5 & 4 | 5 & 4 | Koichi Ono | Ibaraki |
| 1958 | Torakichi Nakamura (2) | 3 & 2 | 3 & 2 | 3 & 2 | Koshio Kurihara | Naruo (Inagawa) |
| 1957 | Torakichi Nakamura | 2 holes | 2 holes | 2 holes | Koshio Kurihara | Hodogaya |
| 1956 | Yoshiro Hayashi (3) | 7 & 6 | 7 & 6 | 7 & 6 | Tsunekichi Arai | Nagoya |
| 1955 | Koichi Ono | 1 hole | 1 hole | 1 hole | Yoshiro Hayashi | Sagami |
| 1954 | Shigeru Ishii | 7 & 5 | 7 & 5 | 7 & 5 | Koichi Ono | Hirono |
| 1953 | Chin Sei-Sui (2) | 2 & 1 | 2 & 1 | 2 & 1 | Yoshiro Hayashi | Abiko |
| 1952 | Seiji Inoue | 5 & 3 | 5 & 3 | 5 & 3 | Chin Sei-Sui | Sagami |
| 1951 | Tetsuo Ishii | 3 & 1 | 3 & 1 | 3 & 1 | Torakichi Nakamura | Hirono |
| 1950 | Yoshiro Hayashi (2) | 9 & 7 | 9 & 7 | 9 & 7 | Koichi Ono | Abiko |
| 1949 | Yoshiro Hayashi | 293 | | 2 strokes | Son Shi Kin | Abiko |
| 1943–1948: No tournament due to World War II ||||||||
| 1942 | Chin Sei-Sui | 7 & 6 | 7 & 6 | 7 & 6 | Tokuharu Nobu | Koganei |
| 1941: No tournament | 1941: No tournament | 1941: No tournament | 1941: No tournament | 1941: No tournament | 1941: No tournament | 1941: No tournament |
| 1940 | Toichiro Toda (4) | 6 & 5 | 6 & 5 | 6 & 5 | Taketo Fujii | Fukuoka Ōho |
| 1939 | Toichiro Toda (3) | 3 & 2 | 3 & 2 | 3 & 2 | Tomekichi Miyamoto | Kawana Hotel Fuji |
| 1938 | Toichiro Toda (2) | 7 & 5 | 7 & 5 | 7 & 5 | Seiji Inoue | Takarazuka |
| 1937 | Iwaichi Uekata | 1 hole | 1 hole | 1 hole | Chin Sei-Sui | Takanodai |
| 1936 | Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) | 4 & 3 | 4 & 3 | 4 & 3 | Jiro Morioka | Nagoya |
| 1935 | Toichiro Toda | 7 & 5 | 7 & 5 | 7 & 5 | Chin Sei-Sui | Sagami |
| 1934 | Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) | 3 & 1 | 3 & 1 | 3 & 1 | Osamu Ishii | Hirono |
| 1933 | Larry Montes (2) | 6 & 5 | 6 & 5 | 6 & 5 | Rin Man-Puku | Fujisawa |
| 1932 | Larry Montes | 4 & 3 | 4 & 3 | 4 & 3 | Jiro Morioka | Naruo Inagawa |
| 1931 | Rokuzo Asami (2) | 6 & 5 | 6 & 5 | 6 & 5 | Chin Sei-Sui | Musashino Fujigaya |
| 1930 | Akira Muraki | 304 | | 19 strokes | Masakichi Koshimichi Chin Sei-Sui | Takarazuka |
| 1929 | Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) | 301 | | 11 strokes | Kokichi Yasuda | Mutsumi |
| 1928 | Rokuzo Asami | 156 | | 1 stroke | Tomekichi Miyamoto | Naruo |
| 1927 | Kazuichi Nakagami | 153 | | Playoff | Tomekichi Miyamoto | Ibaraki |
| 1926 | Tomekichi Miyamoto | 161 | | Playoff | Kakuji Fukui | Ibaraki |