is a Japanese professional 9-dan
Go player and
journalist
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. As Go player, he was a pupil of
So Kofuku.
Since 2020 he has also worked as a journalist for
Kahoku Shimpo.
Early life
Ichiriki was born in 1997 in Sendai into a wealthy family which has run media companies.
[ His grandfather, Kazuo Ichiriki, then CEO of Kahoku Shimpo and Tohoku Broadcasting Company, was a big fan of Go and taught him playing Go. Ichiriki took Go lessons from other local amateur players too.
Ichiriki went to Nihon Ki-in Go School as professional candidate from his childhood, first visited the school from Sendai, later from Tokyo. He moved to Tokyo with his mother in 2008.
In Summer 2010 he was qualified as Go professional.
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Go player
In 2014, he won the 1st Globis Cup
The Globis Cup is an international Go competition for players under the age of 20. The tournament was created in 2014 and is held annually. It is organized by the Nihon Ki-in and sponsored by Globis, a Japanese company.
Rules
The Globis Cup i ...
, an international U-20 tournament held annually in Japan.
He won his first title in a top-seven Japanese Go competition at the 45th Gosei in 2020, defeating 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, to ...
3–0 in the title match.
The same year, he won the 46th Tengen title in a 3–2 victory over Yuta Iyama to take his second major title.
In 2021, he finished in the top four in the 9th Ing Cup, after being defeated by Xie Ke
Xie Ke (; born 14 January 2000) is a Chinese professional Go player.
Career
Xie became a professional 1 dan in 2013.
In 2017, he finished in the top four in the 3rd MLily Cup, after being eliminated by Park Junghwan in the semifinal.
In a s ...
in the semifinal.
Journalist
Alongside his professional Go career, Ichiriki enrolled in the Waseda University School of Social Sciences in 2016.[
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References
External links
Ichiriki Ryo on Go Ratings
(in Japanese)
Living people
1997 births
People from Sendai
Waseda University alumni
Japanese Go players
Japanese journalists
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