Ko Reibun (; born September 24, 1981, in

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

), né Nie Yuncong (), is a professional Go

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Biography

Rin became a professional in 1997. He is the son of one of the greatest Chinese players,

Nie Weiping Nie Weiping (; born 17 August 1952) is a professional Go player. Biography Born in Shenzhou, Nie began learning Go at the age of nine and won the inaugural World Amateur Go Championship in 1979. Nie was given 9 dan rank in 1982. He became ...

9 dan, and his mother is Kong Xiangming 8 dan. He moved to

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 ...

to study under

Yasuro Kikuchi was a Japanese amateur Go player. Biography Kikuchi founded the prestigious ''Ryokusei Academy'' in 1975, which has become one of the most prolific Go schools in Japan. Some of the most famous players to come out of the academy include Kikuyo A ...

. He is a Nihon Ki-in pro taking part in tournaments. He is now a naturalised Japanese, and has a Japanese wife Kobayashi Sayaka, daughter of Kobayashi Satoru.Nihon Ki-in topics
He is currently 6 dan.

References

Gobase page

Notes

1981 births Living people Chinese Go players Japanese Go players Chinese emigrants to Japan Sportspeople from Hebei {{PRChina-Go-bio-stub