PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Michael Redmond
"A 9-dan's words and reading, delivered to the world."
Watching typePeople & stories
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Mimura Tomoyasu
"Back-to-back Shinjin-O, a player who can put reading into words."
Watching typeReading battles
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 3-dan
Nakayama Kaoru
"Student of Sakata Eio, 6 straight terms in the Women's Meijin main tournament."
Watching typeSabaki & survival / People & stories
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Nakane Naoyuki
"A Central region force who came close to the Okan 2 times."
Watching typeMiddle game / Critical moments
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Imamura Yoshiaki
"A 9-dan with Meijin league experience and 800 career wins."
Watching typePeople & stories / Positional judgment
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Nakamura Shinya
"The eyes of a teacher and of a fighter."
Watching typePeople & stories / Positional judgment
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Kurahashi Masayuki
"Run ahead, never hand over the initiative."
Watching typeCritical moments / Opening
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Kato Atsushi
"4 straight wins in the Japan-China Super Go, a proven player from Ryokusei."
Watching typeStarting fights / Attack
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 8-dan
Yoshida Mika
"4 straight Women's Honinbo titles; following her ideas."
Watching typePeople & stories / Surprise moves
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Ogaki Yusaku
"600 career wins, a veteran 9-dan who talks in proverbs."
Watching typePeople & stories / Positional judgment
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 4-dan
Komatsu Hideko
"A Go family's mother who reached the Women's Meijin challenger decision match."
Watching typePeople & stories / Positional judgment
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Komatsu Hideki
"The first-ever eternal-life no-result: one who knows that board."
Watching typeI enjoy the opening
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Kobayashi Satoru
"A competitor's eye that reads out close-range fights."
Watching typeAll-out fights
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Ogata Masaki
"4 straight Okan titles and 1000 career wins, a pillar of the Central region."
Watching typePositional judgment / Endgame
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 8-dan
Konishi Kazuko
"Moving the whole game from small skirmishes."
Watching typeExchanges / Close-range fights
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Yamashiro Hiroshi
"15 Okan titles in the Central region, that weight in every move."
Watching typeBig-stage games
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 6-dan
Okada Yumiko
"A 6-dan from a Go family who won the Women's Pro Strongest."
Watching typePeople & stories / Endgame
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Kudo Norio
"From Aomori to a Tengen challenge, a straight path on the board."
Watching typePeople & stories
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Cho Riyu
"A former Meijin leaguer, back at the front line."
Watching typeMiddle game / Positional judgment
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Hikosaka Naoto
"Former Judan, a Nagoya legend."
Watching typeCritical moments / Big-stage games
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Matsuoka Hideki
"700 career wins, a Central region player who won the Okan."
Watching typePeople & stories / Critical moments
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Ryu Shikun
"The fastest Tengen in history, still just as sharp."
Watching typeBig-stage games
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 2-dan
Asano Yasuko
"A student of Hane Yasumasa, a women's veteran of the Central region."
Watching typeSabaki & survival / People & stories
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER / 9-dan
Awaji Shuzo
"A fighting style that produced three challenges."
Watching typeAll-out fights
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