was a professional 8 ''dan'' Go player.

Biography

Suzuki was a pupil of Iwasaki Kenzo from 1894, and later studied under

Honinbo Shuei In the history of Go (board game), Go in Japan, the four Go houses were four major schools of Go instituted, supported, and controlled by the state, at the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate. (There were also many minor houses.) At roughly the s ...

. In 1909, Suzuki defeated

Kensaku Segoe was a professional Go player. (His surname is occasionally given as Segoshi, but that appears to be a misreading, even if attested by furigana in some books he authored.) Biography Segoe had Go Seigen, Utaro Hashimoto, and Cho Hunhyun as pu ...

in a series of 6 matches, of which he lost 2, and was promoted to the rank of 4 ''dan'' in 1912. Although he joined 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 associat ...

when it was founded in 1924, he left to partake in the splinter groups: the

Kiseisha 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 ...

and the Keiinsha. In addition, he joined the Hiseikai, a tournament group of five players, with the others being Chiyotaro Onoda,

Dohei Takabe was a professional 7 ''dan'' Go player. Biography Takabe was a pupil of Honinbo Shuei, the 17th and 19th head of the Honinbō house. In the 1920s, he joined the Kiseisha, a splinter group of the Nihon Ki-in, Japan's main administrative body f ...

and

Karigane Junichi was a Japanese professional Go player, posthumously made an honorary 9 ''dan'' by the Nihon Ki-in. Biography Karigane was responsible for founding several organizations that would continue to be influential throughout the early 1900s. In 192 ...

. Suzuki obtained the rank of 8 ''dan'' in 1942. Suzuki's most famous pupil was

Minoru Kitani 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 ...

, though others he tutored include

Dogen Handa also known as Hayami Handa, was a professional Go player. Biography Handa grew up as Tamejiro Suzuki's disciple. He started as a pro in the Nihon Ki-in, but after the Kansai Ki-in's founding, he joined Utaro Hashimoto was a 9-dan Go pla ...

, Goro Suzuki,

Riichi Sekiyama Riichi Sekiyama (関山利一, December 23, 1909 – January 15, 1970) was a Japanese professional go player. Born in Hyogo, Riichi became a student of Tamejiro Suzuki in 1924 and turned professional a year later in 1925. He won the first ever ...

Toshihiro Shimamura was a professional Go player. Biography Shimamura reached 9 dan in 1960. He was a teacher to many players including Hane Yasumasa, Yamashiro Hiroshi, Nakano Hironari, Imamura Yoshiaki, Shimamura Michiro, Shigeno Yuki, and Matsumoto Nayoko ...

and

Masaharu Suzuki is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Suzuki was born in Yaizu on August 3, 1970. After graduating from Shizuoka Gakuen High School, he joined Japan Soccer League club Nissan Motors (later ''Yo ...

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1883 births 1960 deaths Japanese Go players {{Japan-Go-bio-stub