The Meijin title is decided in a best of seven match with 8 hours thinking time per person. The challenger comes from a league with 9 participants. The players in the league are ordered according to their results in the previous year. The winner becomes challenger (a playoff game decides in case of a tie) and the lowest three players demote and are replaced by the winners of the three qualification knockout tournaments. Again, in case of a tie a playoff game decides who demotes. The 19th edition of the tournament shows all stages, so you can get an idea. These pages include all title match games and the league and playoff games when available. The Japanese Title Overview page shows what's available.
The Meijin is the second most prestigeous title with a first prize of about USD 200,000,=
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| Edition | Final | Details | ||
| 46th | 2021 | Iyama Yuta | Ichiriki Ryo | 4-3 |
| 45th | 2020 | Iyama Yuta | Shibano Toramaru | 4-1 |
| 44th | 2019 | Shibano Toramaru | Cho U | 4-1 |
| 43rd | 2018 | Cho U | Iyama Yuta | 4-3 |
| 42nd | 2017 | Iyama Yuta | Takao Shinji | 4-1 |
| 41st | 2016 | Takao Shinji | Iyama Yuta | 4-3 |
| 40th | 2015 | Iyama Yuta | Takao Shinji | 4-0 |
| 39th | 2014 | Iyama Yuta | Kono Rin | 4-2 |
| 38th | 2013 | Iyama Yuta | Yamashita Keigo | 4-1 |
| 37th | 2012 | Yamashita Keigo | Hane Naoki | 4-3 |
| 36th | 2011 | Yamashita Keigo | Iyama Yuta | 4-2 |
| 35th | 2010 | Iyama Yuta | Takao Shinji | 4-0 |
| 34th | 2009 | Iyama Yuta | Cho U | 4-1 |
| 33rd | 2008 | Cho U | Iyama Yuta | 4-3 |
| 32nd | 2007 | Cho U | Takao Shinji | 4-3 |
| 31st | 2006 | Takao Shinji | Cho U | 4-2 |
| 30th | 2005 | Cho U | Kobayashi Satoru | 4-3 |
| 29th | 2004 | Cho U | Yoda Norimoto | 4-2 |
| 28th | 2003 | Yoda Norimoto | Yamashita Keigo | 4-1 |
| 27th | 2002 | Yoda Norimoto | Cho Chikun | 4-1 |
| 26th | 2001 | Yoda Norimoto | Rin Kaiho | 4-2 |
| 25th | 2000 | Yoda Norimoto | Cho Chikun | 4-0 |
| 24th | 1999 | Cho Chikun | Yoda Norimoto | 4-1 |
| 23rd | 1998 | Cho Chikun | O Rissei | 4-2-1 |
| 22nd | 1997 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | 4-2 |
| 21st | 1996 | Cho Chikun | Takemiya Masaki | 4-2 |
| 20th | 1995 | Takemiya Masaki | Kobayashi Koichi | 4-1 |
| 19th | 1994 | Kobayashi Koichi | Rin Kaiho | 4-0 |
| 18th | 1993 | Kobayashi Koichi | Otake Hideo | 4-1 |
| 17th | 1992 | Kobayashi Koichi | Otake Hideo | 4-3 |
| 16th | 1991 | Kobayashi Koichi | Rin Kaiho | 4-1 |
| 15th | 1990 | Kobayashi Koichi | Otake Hideo | 4-2 |
| 14th | 1989 | Kobayashi Koichi | Awaji Shuzo | 4-1 |
| 13th | 1988 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kato Masao | 4-1 |
| 12th | 1987 | Kato Masao | Rin Kaiho | 4-0 |
| 11th | 1986 | Kato Masao | Kobayashi Koichi | 4-0 |
| 10th | 1985 | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | 4-3 |
| 9th | 1984 | Cho Chikun | Otake Hideo | 4-3 |
| 8th | 1983 | Cho Chikun | Otake Hideo | 4-1 |
| 7th | 1982 | Cho Chikun | Otake Hideo | 4-1 |
| 6th | 1981 | Cho Chikun | Kato Masao | 4-0 |
| 5th | 1980 | Cho Chikun | Otake Hideo | 4-1 |
| 4th | 1979 | Otake Hideo | Sakata Eio | 4-1 |
| 3rd | 1978 | Otake Hideo | Rin Kaiho | 4-2 |
| 2nd | 1977 | Rin Kaiho | Otake Hideo | 4-0 |
| 1st | 1976 | Otake Hideo | Ishida Yoshio | 4-1 |
