Tanihara, 44, carded five birdies to close with a five-under-par 65 at the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club for a winning total of 12-under-par 268 which was good enough for him to hold off Kim, Hiroshi Iwata and Daijiro Izumida for a one-shot victory.
Kim, the 2020 winner, birdied the 17th hole to get within a shot of Tanihara and was standing over the fifth birdie putt from about eight feet on the challenging par-three 18th with a chance to tie.
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