(born January 19, 1948 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 po ...

, Japan) is a professional Go

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Biography

Shigeru was a disciple of

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. He plays in the Nagoya branch of the

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, where he came close to winning the Okan title in 1980.

Runners-up

References

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