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The '''Okan''' (王冠) is a [[Go competitions|Go competition]] conducted by the [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[Nihon-Kiin]]. There is a single game played between the title holder and a challenger. Unlike other tournaments which are open to all players, only players in the [[Nagoya]] branch of the Nihon-Kiin can compete. The winner's purse is a small 1,700,000 Yen ($15,000).
==Winners==
{| class="wikitable"
!Player || Years Held
|-
| [[Sakai Toshio]]
| 1950 - 1955
|-
| [[Shimamura Toshihiro]]
| 1957 - 1965, 1974, 1975
|-
| [[Iwata Tatsuaki]]
| 1967 - 1970, 1976, 1979, 1980
|-
| [[Hane Yasumasa]]
| 1972, 1983, 1992
|-
| [[Yamashiro Hiroshi]]
| 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984 - 1987, 1993 - 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005
|-
| [[Ogata Masaki]]
| 1988 - 1991
|-
| [[Nakano Hironari]]
| 1997, 1998
|-
| [[Hane Naoki]]
| 1999, 2002, 2004
|-
| [[Hideki Matsuoka]]
| 2006
|}
{{Japanese go titles}}
[[Category:Go competitions|Okan]]
[[ja:王冠戦]]