The Judan title is decided in a best of five match with 6 hours thinking time per person. The challenger comes from a knockout tournament with 16 participants. The 34th edition of the tournament shows the knockout tournament, so you can get an idea. These pages include all title match games and the knockout games when available. The Japanese Title Overview page shows what's available.
The Judan is the fourth most prestigeous title with a first prize of about USD 75,000,=
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| Edition | Final | Details | ||
| 61st | 2023 | 0-0 | ||
| 60th | 2022 | Kyo Kagen | Yu Zhengqi | 3-0 |
| 59th | 2021 | Kyo Kagen | Shibano Toramaru | 3-2 |
| 58th | 2020 | Shibano Toramaru | Murakawa Daisuke | 3-1 |
| 57th | 2019 | Murakawa Daisuke | Iyama Yuta | 3-1 |
| 56th | 2018 | Iyama Yuta | Murakawa Daisuke | 3-0 |
| 55th | 2017 | Iyama Yuta | Yu Zhengqi | 3-1 |
| 54th | 2016 | Iyama Yuta | Ida Atsushi | 3-1 |
| 53rd | 2015 | Ida Atsushi | Takao Shinji | 3-2 |
| 52nd | 2014 | Takao Shinji | Yuki Satoshi | 3-2 |
| 51th | 2013 | Yuki Satoshi | Iyama Yuta | 3-2 |
| 50th | 2012 | Iyama Yuta | Cho U | 3-1 |
| 49th | 2011 | Iyama Yuta | Cho U | 3-2 |
| 48th | 2010 | Cho U | Yamashita Keigo | 3-0 |
| 47th | 2009 | Cho U | Takao Shinji | 3-1 |
| 46th | 2008 | Takao Shinji | Cho Chikun | 3-0 |
| 45th | 2007 | Cho Chikun | Yamashita Keigo | 3-2 |
| 44th | 2006 | Cho Chikun | Yamashita Keigo | 3-1 |
| 43rd | 2005 | Cho Chikun | O Rissei | 3-2 |
| 42nd | 2004 | O Rissei | Cho U | 3-1 |
| 41st | 2003 | O Rissei | Takao Shinji | 3-2 |
| 40th | 2002 | O Rissei | Takemiya Masaki | 3-2 |
| 39th | 2001 | O Rissei | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-2 |
| 38th | 2000 | Kobayashi Koichi | Nakano Hironari | 3-0 |
| 37th | 1999 | Kobayashi Koichi | Hikosaka Naoto | 3-0 |
| 36th | 1998 | Hikosaka Naoto | Kato Masao | 3-2 |
| 35th | 1997 | Kato Masao | Yoda Norimoto | 3-2 |
| 34th | 1996 | Yoda Norimoto | O Rissei | 3-1 |
| 33rd | 1995 | Yoda Norimoto | Otake Hideo | 3-0 |
| 32nd | 1994 | Otake Hideo | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-2 |
| 31st | 1993 | Otake Hideo | Takemiya Masaki | 3-1 |
| 30th | 1992 | Takemiya Masaki | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-1 |
| 29th | 1991 | Takemiya Masaki | Cho Chikun | 3-2 |
| 28th | 1990 | Takemiya Masaki | Cho Chikun | 3-2 |
| 27th | 1989 | Cho Chikun | Rin Kaiho | 3-0 |
| 26th | 1988 | Cho Chikun | Kato Masao | 3-2 |
| 25th | 1987 | Kato Masao | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-1 |
| 24th | 1986 | Kobayashi Koichi | Takemiya Masaki | 3-0 |
| 23rd | 1985 | Kobayashi Koichi | Otake Hideo | 3-0 |
| 22nd | 1984 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kato Masao | 3-2 |
| 21st | 1983 | Kato Masao | Cho Chikun | 3-2 |
| 20th | 1982 | Cho Chikun | Otake Hideo | 3-1 |
| 19th | 1981 | Otake Hideo | Hashimoto Shoji | 3-0 |
| 18st | 1980 | Otake Hideo | Kato Masao | 3-2 |
| 17th | 1979 | Kato Masao | Hashimoto Shoji | 3-1 |
| 16th | 1978 | Kato Masao | Rin Kaiho | 3-1 |
| 15th | 1977 | Kato Masao | Sakata Eio | 3-0 |
| 14th | 1976 | Kato Masao | Rin Kaiho | 3-2 |
| 13th | 1975 | Rin Kaiho | Hashimoto Shoji | 3-0 |
| 12th | 1974 | Hashimoto Shoji | Sakata Eio | 3-1 |
| 11th | 1973 | Sakata Eio | Takagi Shoichi | 3-0 |
| 10th | 1972 | Sakata Eio | Hashimoto Utaro | 3-2 |
| 9th | 1971 | Hashimoto Utaro | Otake Hideo | 3-2 |
| 8th | 1969 | Otake Hideo | Sakata Eio | 3-0 |
| 7th | 1968 | Sakata Eio | Fujisawa Shuko | 3-1 |
| 6th | 1967 | Sakata Eio | Fujisawa Hosai | 3-2 |
| 5th | 1966 | Sakata Eio | Takagawa Shukaku | 3-1 |
| 4th | 1965 | Takagawa Shukaku | Fujisawa Hosai | 3-1 |
| 3rd | 1964 | Fujisawa Hosai | Handa Dogen | 3-2 |
| 2nd | 1963 | Handa Dogen | Hashimoto Utaro | 3-1 |
| 1st | 1962 | Hashimoto Utaro | Handa Dogen | 3-1 |
