Yukari Yoshihara
Yukari Yoshihara (吉原由香里[1]) is a Japanese professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in since 1996.[2][3] Her mentor is Masao Kato.
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| Occupation | Professional Go player |
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Records
| Year | Notes[2][3] |
|---|---|
| 1985 | 8th place in the All Japan Women Amateur Championship.[4] |
| 1993 | 3rd place at the All Japan University Go Tournament. |
| 1994 | Victory at the All Japan Amateur Honinbo (本因坊) Tokyo Tournament (First female player to obtain this status). She also won at the International Amateur Pair Go Championship. |
| 1995 | 3rd place in the All Japan Women Amateur Championship.[4] In the same year, she obtained professional status. |
| 1996 | Graduated from Keio University. |
| 1996, 1998, 2001-2004, 2015 and 2019 | Personality at NHK Go programs at the NHK Educational TV. |
| 2002 | Finalist at the Women's Champion Title (女流最強位) |
| 2004 | Obtained 200 career wins. She was also awarded from the Television Go Program Manufacturing Assembly (テレビ囲碁番組制作者会賞)[5] |
| 2004 and 2007 | Received the Journalist Club Award[5] |
| 2005 | Served as the director of the International Go Federation |
| 2007-2009 | Obtained the Women's Board Master (女流棋聖). At the title match in 2008, she defeated Chiaki Mukai. |
| 2010 | Victory at the Professional Pair Go Championship & Finalist at the Women's Honinbo (女流本因坊) challenger determination tournament.[6] She also worked for a Go class at Keio University. |
| 2011 | Finalist at the Women's Board Master title.[7] In the next season (held in December 2011), she was the finalist of the Women's Board Master challenger determination tournament[6] |
| 2016 | Finalist at the Women's Board Master title.[7] |
Japanese books
- 『あなたも夢中!レディース囲碁—なによりやさしくだれにでもわかる囲碁入門書の決定版 生活実用シリーズ』 (The best Go introduction book for everyone), published from NHK, 1999 (authored with Mayu Hosaka and Izumi Kobayashi).
- 『梅沢由香里流すぐに打てる9路盤』(Start Go with a 9[math]\displaystyle{ \times }[/math]9 board soon, Yukari Umezawa style), NHK Go Series, 2000.
- 『1から始める梅沢由香里の碁』(Yukari Umezawa's Go from first step), published from NHK, 2004.
Game software
She also authored some Go-related game software.
- 梅沢由香里の対局囲碁 (PlayStation version in 1998, Windows version in 2001.)
- Yukari Umezawa Go Seminar, made for Xbox, 2002.
- ja:梅沢由香里のやさしい囲碁, made for Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable, 2008.
Notes
- ↑ Her former name is Yukari Umezawa (梅沢由香里)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sensei's Library's page on Yukari Umezawa
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yukari Yoshihara Official Profile
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 In Japan, there are many female professional players who have experienced/participated this tournament.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 This award was granted because she helped a TV animation about Go.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Only the winner of this tournament can challenge against the defending champion (title holder).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Her final opponent in this match was Xie Yimin.
Other websites
- Yukari Umezawa's home page
- A webpage archive about Umezawa at Nihon Ki-in's website
- A Nipponia article about Umezawa
- Yukari Umezawa manga Archived 2016-05-31 at the Wayback Machine at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- Yukari Yoshihara manga Archived 2016-05-31 at the Wayback Machine at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- Yukai Umezawa anime[dead link] at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)