Nikkei Cup

Golf tournament

Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
Tournament information
Location	Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established	1985
Course(s)	Fuji Country Club
Par	72
Length	7,072 yards (6,467 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	\110,000,000
Month played	October
Final year	1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate	268 Toru Suzuki (1994) 268 Masashi Ozaki (1998)
To par	−20 as above
Final champion
Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe
Location map
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The Nikkei Cup, also known as the Torakichi Nakamura Memorial tournament, was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1985 to 1998. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and played at a variety of courses in Japan. It was dedicated in recognition of the achievements of Torakichi Nakamura.

Winners

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Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
1998	Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe	280	−8	1 stroke	Japan Masashi Ozaki	Fuji (Dejima)
1997	Taiwan Yeh Chang-ting	272	−16	Playoff	Japan Tsukasa Watanabe	Fuji (Dejima)
1996	Japan Hideki Kase	271	−17	2 strokes	Taiwan Lin Keng-chi	Fuji (Dejima)
1995	Japan Tetsu Nishikawa	269	−19	2 strokes	Japan Tomohiro Maruyama	Fuji (Dejima)
Nikkei Cup
1994	Japan Toru Suzuki	268	−20	5 strokes	Japan Katsunari Takahashi	Mitsui Tomakomai
1993	Singapore Samson Gimson	276	−12	2 strokes	Japan Hisayuki Sasaki	Mitsui Tomakomai
1992	Japan Kiyoshi Murota	280	−8	Playoff	Japan Masahiro Kuramoto	Mitsui Tomakomai
1991	Japan Naomichi Ozaki (2)	203^[a]	−7	Playoff	Japan Eiichi Itai	Yasukogen
1990	Japan Satoshi Higashi	282	−6	1 stroke	Japan Nobuo Serizawa	Mitsui Tomakomai
1989	Japan Yoshimi Niizeki	271	−9	Playoff	Japan Saburo Fujiki	Izu Nirayama
1988	Japan Masashi Ozaki (2)	283	−5	4 strokes	Japan Naomichi Ozaki	Sanyo (Yoshii)
1987	Japan Nobuo Serizawa	277	−7	1 stroke	Japan Masashi Ozaki Japan Naomichi Ozaki Japan Masahiro Shiota	Gifuseki
1986	Japan Masashi Ozaki	268	−20	4 strokes	Japan Ikuo Shirahama	Gamou
1985	Japan Naomichi Ozaki	270	−14	4 strokes	Japan Yoshihisa Iwashita	Kawagoe