Hsu Chia-yuan or Kyo Kagen (許家元; born 24 December 1997) is a Taiwanese Go player who plays professionally in Japan.

Biography

Hsu was born in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

, Taiwan. After graduating from elementary school, he moved to Japan in 2010 to study as an ''

insei A go apprentice is a student learning to play Go at an institution, typically with the aim of becoming a professional player. In Japan, such a student is called an ''insei'' (literally, "institution student"). Institutions for insei include ...

'' with Takabayashi Takuji 6 dan as his teacher. Hsu became a

Nihon Ki-in The Nihon Ki-in (), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system and issuing diplomas for amateur dan rankings. It is based in Tokyo. The other major Go associa ...

professional in 2013, based on the results of the professional qualification league held in late 2012. His first championship in an official tournament was at the Shinjin-O (King of the New Stars) in 2015. In 2018, he won the 43rd Gosei, his first major title. He won the title match 3–0 against

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, ending Iyama's reign as the simultaneous holder of all seven major Japanese titles. At the time of his win, Hsu had been a professional for only 5 years 4 months. This broke the record of 6 years 0 months set by

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in 2015 for being the fastest to go from becoming professional to winning a major title. In his 2019 Gosei title defense, he was defeated 3–2 by

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. Later that year, Hsu was the challenger for the 45th Tengen, and lost 3–2 to Iyama Yuta. Hsu challenged

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for the 68th Oza in 2020, and was defeated 3–1. In 2021, he won the 59th Judan, his second major title, in a 3–2 victory over Shibano Toramaru. He successfully defended the Judan title in 2022 against Yu Zhengqi, who is also from Taiwan.

Promotion record

References

External links

Nihon Ki-in profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hsu, Chia-yuan 1997 births Living people Japanese Go players Taiwanese Go players Sportspeople from Taipei