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Yasumasa Hane
is a professional Go player. Hane was one of the best players in the Nagoya branch of the Nihon Ki-in during his peak. He is probably better known for being the father of the former Kisei holder, Naoki Hane. He was also known as a major contributor in the development of Chinese fuseki. He was taught Go by Shimamura Toshihiro, and currently teaches his son, Naoki, along with Asano Yasuko and Kaori Aoba is a female professional 5 ''dan'' Go player. She is currently an affiliate of the Nihon Ki-in, the largest Go association of Japan, and was a student of Yasumasa Hane. On 4 September 2008, Aoba was defeated by Crazy Stone, a Monte-Carlo Tree .... Titles & runners-up References 1944 births Japanese Go players Living people Sportspeople from Mie Prefecture {{Japan-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mie Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to the northwest, Nara Prefecture to the west, Wakayama Prefecture to the southwest, and Aichi Prefecture to the east. Tsu is the capital and Yokkaichi is the largest city of Mie Prefecture, with other major cities including Suzuka, Matsusaka, Ise, and Kuwana. Mie Prefecture is located on the eastern coast of the Kii Peninsula, forming the western side of Ise Bay which features the mouths of the Kiso Three Rivers. Mie Prefecture is a popular tourism destination home to Nagashima Spa Land, Suzuka International Racing Course, and some of the oldest and holiest sites in Shinto, the traditional religion of Japan, including the Ise Grand Shrine and the Tsubaki Grand Shrine. History Until the Meiji Restoration, the area that is now Mie P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimamura Toshihiro
was a professional Go player. Biography Shimamura reached 9 dan in 1960. He was a teacher to many players including Hane Yasumasa, Yamashiro Hiroshi, Nakano Hironari, Imamura Yoshiaki, Shimamura Michiro, Shigeno Yuki, and Matsumoto Nayoko Matsumoto (松本 or 松元, "base of the pine tree") may refer to: Places * Matsumoto, Nagano (松本市), a city ** Matsumoto Airport, an airport southwest of Matsumoto, Nagano * Matsumoto, Kagoshima (松元町), a former town now part of the .... Titles and runners-up References 1912 births 1991 deaths Japanese Go players {{Japan-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Go Players
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1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin-Ei
The Shin-Ei was a Go competition This is a list of professional Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the award of a title f .... Outline The Shin-Ei was a Go competition held where players under the age of 30 and 7 dan would compete in. Past winners {{Japanese go titles Go competitions in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okan (Go Competition)
The is a Japanese Go competition. It is open only to players of the Nihon Ki-in's Chubu branch located in Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop .... The title match is a single game played between the reigning titleholder and a challenger. The winner's purse is 1,700,000 yen ($15,000). Winners and runners-up References External links Nihon Ki-in archive {{Japanese go titles Okan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oza (go) (born 1967), Indian television personality
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Oza may refer to: Title *Ōza (shogi), a title in shogi *Ōza (go), a title in Go People *Ghanshyam Oza (1911–2002), Indian politician *Goverdhan Lal Oza (1924–?), Indian judge *Kaajal Oza Vaidya (born 1966), Indian author *Kamlesh Oza, Indian actor *Nimit Oza (born 1981), Indian writer and columnist *Ramesh Oza (born 1957), Hindu spiritual leader *Rohan Oza (born 1971), American businessman *Shefali Oza Shefali Oza (born 24 September 1967) is a British TV personality and the main weather presenter on BBC Birmingham's ''Midlands Today'', the regional news programme broadcast in the Midlands of England, but also carries out some news presentati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaori Aoba
is a female professional 5 ''dan'' Go player. She is currently an affiliate of the Nihon Ki-in, the largest Go association of Japan, and was a student of Yasumasa Hane. On 4 September 2008, Aoba was defeated by Crazy Stone, a Monte-Carlo Tree Search Go playing engine, in an 8-stone handicap game in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ..., Japan. The exhibition match marks the earliest official defeat of a professional by a computer with a conventional handicap. Notes Japanese Go players Female Go players 21st-century Go players 1978 births Living people {{Japan-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asano Yasuko
Asano (written: 浅野, or hiragana あさの) is a Japanese language surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Asano clan, samurai family in feudal Japan. ** Asano Naganori, Important historical figure title: Takumi no Kami ** Asano Nagaakira, samurai ** Asano Nagamasa, samurai **Asano Nagakoto, last daimyō **Asano Yukinaga, samurai **Asano Naganao, Edo period daimyō **Asano Nagatomo, Edo period daimyō *Aiko Asano, actress and singer *Atsuko Asano, actress *Atsuko Asano (writer) *, Japanese male volleyball player *Inio Asano, manga artist * Kevin Asano, retired judoka from the United States *Koji Asano, musician and composer * Masumi Asano, voice actress *Mayumi Asano, voice actress *, Japanese swimmer *Rin Asano, manga artist of ''Deaimon'' *Shirō Asano (professor), Japanese professor and political commentator *Sōichirō Asano, businessman * Tadanobu Asano, actor *Takuma Asano, footballer *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese footballer Fictional characters *Rin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Fuseki
The Chinese opening (often Chinese fuseki) (Japanese: 中国流布石, chūgokuryū fuseki; Chinese: 中国流布局, zhōngguóliú bùjú) is an opening pattern in the game of Go. It refers to the placement of Black 1, Black 3 and Black 5 at the start of the game; and so, depending on White's plays, is a complex of whole-board go openings. It is distinguished by rapid development on the side, rather than making a corner enclosure, inviting White to start an invasion. It has a fairly long history, originally used by Japanese player Hajime Yasunaga, and introduced to Chinese Go at a later stage, but the Chinese player Chen Zude pioneered it in top-level play. The Chinese style became very popular in Japan from about 1970 onwards, and has by Go standards a thoroughly-researched theory. It has two variants: high (with 5 in the diagram on the fourth line) and low (as depicted). There is also a so-called "mini"-Chinese fuseki, an attack against the opponent's corner and placement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoki Hane
is a professional Japanese 9 dan Go (board game), Go Go players, player currently affiliated with the Nihon Ki-in. He is both the son and student of Yasumasa Hane 9 dan. Titles and runners-up Ranks 13th in List of top title holders in Go, total number of titles won in Japan. Promotion record Awards *Reached 500 career wins in 2002. *Reached 600 career wins in 2005. *New Player Award once (1995) *Most wins; 48 (1996), 50 (1997), 68 (2001) *Most consecutive wins; 19 (1999) *Best Player Award twice (2001, 2003) *Most games played; 88 (2001) *Hidetoshi Prize once (2001) References External links Nihon Ki-in profile 1976 births Japanese Go players Living people {{Japan-Go-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
