The Nihon Ki-in (日本棋院), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system...

Chiyotaro) rotated against Nihon Ki-in young stars. Kitani Minoru won ten games in a row, and the match was a triumph for the Ki-in. In 1933, Go Seigen and Shūsai...

related to Go competitions. Nihon Ki-in page for Japanese domestic tournaments (in Japanese) Nihon Ki-in page for international tournaments (in Japanese)...

associations, these are: China (Chinese Weiqi Association), Japan (Nihon Ki-in, Kansai Ki-in), South Korea (Korea Baduk Association), Taiwan (Taiwan Chi Yuan...

Nihon Ki-in, it also issues diplomas to strong players and oversees professionals as the Nihon Ki-in does. World War II created great difficulties in...

gave (or sold ) his title in 1938 to the Nihon Ki-in, to be awarded in a yearly tournament. Preliminary tournaments were held in 1939 and 1940, and the final...

Ki-in player recruitment Nihon Ki-in player recruitment Nihon Ki-in announcement Tomoko Ogawa profile at Nihon Ki-in Narumi Osawa profile at Nihon Ki-in...

professional player. In Japan, such a student is called an insei (literally, "institution student"). Institutions for insei include the Nihon Ki-in (Japanese Go...

000 for the winner (since the 45th Meijin in 2020). The tournament is open to Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in players. A nine-player league decides the challenger...

organization established in 1922 and dissolved with the formation of the Nihon Ki-in in 1924, used a 4.5 point komi among its many rule innovations. The correct...

Japanese professional Go player. Nihon Ki-in profile Retrieved February 24, 2007 新垣武氏死去 (in Japanese) Nihon Ki-in profile (in Japanese) GoBase.org profile...

Heijiro 6-dan of Hoensha in 1913. He achieved 1-dan in 1917, and swiftly rose through the ranks. In 1924, when Nihon Ki-in was established, Iwamoto joined...

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holder. The tournament was formed from a merger between the Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in championships. The former ran from 1954 to 1975. The first player...

tournament used in Japan, by the Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in, to determine the ranking of its go professionals on the dan scale. It was instituted in the 1920s...

career. Go Seigen won the Oteai six times, and won a special Nihon Ki-in championship tournament in 1933. A table of Go's jubango record is below. Go Seigen...

houses in the Meiji Period (end 19th century) followed by their replacement by the Nihon Kiin in 1924. The start of international tournament Go in 1989...

the Nihon Ki-in. He is both the son and student of Yasumasa Hane 9 dan. Ranks 13th in total number of titles won in Japan. Reached 500 career wins in 2002...

took Go lessons from other local amateur players too. Ichiriki went to Nihon Ki-in Go School as professional candidate from his childhood, first visited...

record held by Rina Fujisawa in 2010 at age 11 years and 8 months. She is also the first Go player to turn pro under Nihon Ki-in's special screening system...

Directors for the Nihon Ki-in, President of the Denso Corporation, 2007–2009 Otake Hideo, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Nihon Ki-in, 2009–2010 Chang...

Dai-ichi ran from 1959 to 1975, although before 1970 only players from the Nihon Ki-in could compete. From 1970 and on, players from all over Japan could compete...

a Japanese professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in since 2016. Risa Ueno, who became a professional Go player in April 2019, is her younger sister....

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The Nihon Ki-in Hall of Fame was created in 2004 as part of the Nihon Ki-in's 80th anniversary celebrations, and housed in the basement of its headquarters...

was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is a student of Toshio Sakai. Nihon Ki-in profile Retrieved February 24, 2007 Nihon Ki-in profile...

system. In the realm of the Japanese tea ceremony, Sensho Tanaka created the Dai Nihon Chadō Gakkai (大日本茶道学会) in 1898 to systematize teaching chadō in a more...

also recognized kisei in the shogi world. Kisei is a Go competition organised by the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. The competition began in 1976 by the Yomiuri...

professional in 1995, was promoted to 7 dan in 2002 and reached 200 career wins in 2003. GoBase.org profile Nihon Ki-in profile Nihon Ki-in profile (in Japanese)...