Izumi Kobayashi
Izumi Kobayashi | |
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Full name | Izumi Kobayashi |
Kanji | 小林泉美 |
Born | (1977-06-20) June 20, 1977 (age 47) Tokyo, Japan |
Residence | Tokyo, Japan |
Teacher | Koichi Kobayashi |
Turned pro | 1995 |
Rank | 7 dan |
Affiliation | Nihon Ki-in |
Izumi Kobayashi (小林 泉美, Kobayashi Izumi, born June 20, 1977) is a professional Go player.[1]
Biography
Izumi Kobayashi grew up in a family of accomplished Go players. She has joked that she first played Go in her mother's womb. Her father is Koichi Kobayashi, the man who ranks third in number of titles held in Japan. Her maternal grandfather was Kitani Minoru, one of the leading players and probably the greatest Go teacher. Her mother was Reiko Kobayashi née Kitani (1939–1996), 6 dan, who won the All-Japan Women's Championship several times.[1] She became a professional go player in 1995, and was promoted to her current rank, 6 dan, in 2004. She is married to Cho U, one of the top players in Japan.
Promotion record
Rank | Year | Notes |
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1 dan | 1995 | |
2 dan | 1997 | |
3 dan | 1998 | |
4 dan | 1999 | |
5 dan | 2001 | |
6 dan | 2004 | |
7 dan | 2021 | |
8 dan | ||
9 dan |
Titles & runners-up
Title | Years Held |
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Current | 9 |
Women's Honinbo | 2001–2003 |
Women's Meijin | 2001, 2003, 2004 |
Women's Kisei | 1998, 1999 |
Women's Saikyo | 2005 |
Defunct | 1 |
Women's JAL Super Hayago | 2004 |
Title | Years Lost |
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Current | 6 |
Women's Honinbo | 1999, 2004 |
Women's Meijin | 2000, 2002, 2005 |
Women's Kisei | 2000 |
Defunct | 3 |
Women's Kakusei | 1996, 1999, 2001 |
References
- ^ 小林 泉美|財団法人日本棋院 (in Japanese). Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
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- Jiro Akiyama
- Shinichi Aoki
- Shuzo Awaji
- Shigeru Baba
- Cho Chikun
- Cho Son-jin
- Cho U
- Naoki Hane
- Yasumasa Hane
- Hsu Chia-yuan
- Naoto Hikosaka
- Kunihisa Honda
- Ryo Ichiriki
- Atsushi Ida
- Yoshio Ishida
- Kunio Ishii
- Ko Iso
- Yuta Iyama
- Satoshi Kataoka
- Atsushi Kato
- Tetsuya Kiyonari
- Koichi Kobayashi
- Satoru Kobayashi
- Hideki Komatsu
- Rin Kono
- Norio Kudo
- Tomoyasu Mimura
- Goro Miyazawa
- Tomochika Mizokami
- Michihiro Morita
- Daisuke Murakawa
- Shinya Nakamura
- Ō Rissei
- Masaki Ogata
- Hideo Otake
- Michael Redmond
- Rin Kaiho
- Toramaru Shibano
- Ryu Shikun
- Kim Shushun
- Shinji Takao
- Masaki Takemiya
- Wang Ming-wan
- Kimio Yamada
- Hiroshi Yamashiro
- Keigo Yamashita
- Norimoto Yoda
- So Yokoku
- Shigeaki Yokota
- Satoshi Yuki
- Rina Fujisawa
- Izumi Kobayashi
- Xie Yimin
- Kaori Chinen
- Chiaki Mukai
- Yumiko Okada
- Yukari Yoshihara
- Antti Törmänen
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