is a professional
Go player
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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
is a Japanese Go player. He is one of the 'Six Supers' who championed Japanese Go in the last three decades of Japanese Go.
Biography
Koichi Kobayashi was born in Asahikawa, Japan. In 1965, he came to Tokyo to be a disciple of Minoru Kitani. ...
, the man who ranks third in number of titles held in
Japan
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. Her maternal grandfather was
Kitani Minoru
was one of the most celebrated professional Go players and teachers of the game of Go in the twentieth century in Japan.
Biography
He earned the nickname "the Prodigy" after winning a knockout tournament. He defeated eight opponents from the K ...
, one of the leading players and probably the greatest Go teacher. Her mother was
Reiko Kobayashi
, née , is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor. She won gold medals at the 1977 Nebelhorn Trophy, 1977 Grand Prix International St. Gervais, and 1980–81 Japan Championships.
Kobayashi has coached Mao Asada, Risa Shoji R ...
née Kitani (1939–1996), 6 dan, who won the All-Japan Women's Championship several time
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
Titles & runners-up
References
1977 births
Japanese Go players
Living people
Female Go players
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