Asami Ueno facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Asami Ueno
Kanji	上野愛咲美
Born	(2001-10-26) 26 October 2001 (age 23) Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
Teacher	Kazunari Fujisawa
Rank	6 dan
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in
Medal record Women's Go Representing  Japan Asian Games Bronze 2022 Hangzhou Women's team

Asami Ueno (上野愛咲美, Ueno Asami) is a professional Go player from Japan. She was born on October 26, 2001. Asami started playing Go professionally in 2016 with the Nihon Ki-in.

Go is a very old board game. It comes from China. Two players try to surround more territory on a board using black and white stones. It takes a lot of skill and strategy to play Go well.

Asami has a younger sister, Risa Ueno. Risa also became a professional Go player in April 2019.

Amazing Achievements

Asami Ueno has achieved many great things in the world of Go. She has won important titles and set new records.

Winning Titles

• 2018: Asami won her first big title, the Women's Kisei (女流棋聖). She beat another strong player, Xie Yimin, to win. This made her the youngest player ever to win this title! Because of this amazing win, she was promoted to a higher rank, 2 dan. She also received a special award called the Rookie Award (棋道賞新人賞).
• 2019: Asami kept her winning streak going. She successfully defended her Women's Kisei title. This means she won it again! She beat Rina Fujisawa in that match. Later that year, she played Rina Fujisawa again and won another major title, the Women's Honinbo (女流本因坊).

Setting Records

Asami Ueno has also set some impressive records.

• In 2019, she reached the finals of the Dragon Star tournament (竜星戦). This was a big deal because no other female Go player had ever made it that far in this tournament before!
• Because of her many achievements, a special press conference was held for her. It took place at the Japan National Press Club (JNPC). Asami was the first Go player ever to have a press conference there. She was also the youngest person to do so. This shows how important her achievements were.