Takao Shinji9-dan

"Thickness brings the future."

A player whose plans grow thickness that works later rather than immediate profit; I want to watch them.

Watching typeI enjoy the openingReading battles

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Classical Go that values thickness and whole-board balance.

Recommended forI want to watch big stagesI like quiet reading battles

PROFILE

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A 9-dan with titles including the Honinbo and Meijin. With a calm style that values thickness, he has been chairman of the Nihon Ki-in since Jun 2026.

Rank: 9-dan
Affiliation: Nihon Ki-in, Tokyo Main Branch
Hometown: Chiba
Date of birth: 1976-10-26
Turned pro: 1991
Strengths: Thickness, positional judgment, whole-board planning

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BOOKS PR

This player in books, too.

A book to read between games.

Takao Shinji

Go: a textbook of how to play

The basics of how to play, by Takao Shinji.

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Easy Go Training: The Basics of a Game, Great Meijin Edition

Learning from games of past Meijin.

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Easy Go Training, New Edition: Tesuji Basics

Tesuji basics as problems.

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2026-10-05 Meijin Final Black Hirose Yuichi VS White Takao Shinji W+Res 2026-09-10 Honinbo Preliminary A Black Sotoyanagi Sebun VS White Takao Shinji W+Res