Most Career Wins on the LPGA of Japan (JLPGA) Tour

The LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) was founded in 1968, making it the second-oldest women's professional golf tour, behind only the LPGA Tour. The golfer who has the most career wins on the JLPGA is a Hall-of-Famer who later became commissioner of the tour.

The JLPGA's career leader in wins is Chako Higuchi, who, over the period from 1968 through her final win in 1990, claimed 69 victories. Higuchi was Japan's first woman golf star. She played on the LPGA Tour, too, and in 1976 became the first Japanese golfer to win on the LPGA Tour. And when Higuchi won the 1977 LPGA Championship, she became the first Asian golfer, male or female, to win a major championship.

JLPGA's Career Wins Leaders

All golfers with at least 15 wins are listed.

GolferWinsSpan
Hisako "Chako" Higuchi691968–1990
Ai-Yu Tu581974–2002
Yuri Fudoh501999–2011
Tatsuko Ohsako451975–1991
Ayako Okamoto441975–1999
Yuko Moriguchi411978–1994
Jiyai Shin302008–2023
Nayoko Yoshikawa291979–1995
Sun-Ju Ahn282010–2018
Mi-Jeong Jeon252009–2017
Akiko Fukushima 241994–2010
Ji-Hee Lee 232001–2019
Ok-Hee Ku 231985–2005
Sakura Yokomine 232005–2014
Bo-Mee Lee 212012–2017
Ikuyo Shiotani 201989–2003
Ai Suzuki 202014–2024
Shiho Oyama 182003–2018
Michiko Hattori 181993–2005
Atsuko Hikage 181980–1993
Mayumi Hirase 181989–2000
Aiko Takasu 171986–1998
Kaori Higo 171992–2004
Momoko Ueda 172007–2022
Teresa Lu 162013–2017
Junko Yasui 151988–2000

Some readers might be wondering where Ai Miyazato is. Miyazato just missed our 15-win cut-off. She won 14 times on the LPGA of Japan (another eight times on the LPGA Tour) before an early retirement.

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Source:
LPGA of Japan Tour. "Stats," Tour Victories, https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/stats/victory

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