is a professional go

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Biography

Takehisa is a student of top title holder

Cho Chikun Cho Chikun ''25th Honinbo'' ''Honorary Meijin'' ( ko, 조치훈; born June 20, 1956) is a professional Go player and a nephew of Cho Namchul. Born in Busan, South Korea, he is affiliated to Nihon Ki-in. His total title tally of 75 titles is ...

. In 1997 he became a professional at the

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 ...

institute in Japan. He quickly moved up the ranks, being promoted to 3 dan just the next year. In 2003 he reached a total number of 200 wins as a professional go player. In 2006 he won his first title, the Shinjin-O. His opponent in the final was

Ko Iso Ko Iso (; born April 10, 1987) is a professional Go player. Biography Ko became a professional in 2002. He was promoted to 7 dan after making it through the preliminary rounds of the Meijin is one of the eight titles in Japanese professio ...

. Takehisa took the first game, but Ko would come back and take the second. The title came down to the last game, and Takehisa won by 5.5 points.

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(Japanese) 1980 births Japanese Go players Living people Sportspeople from Nagasaki Prefecture {{Japan-Go-bio-stub