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Mika Yoshida
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| Occupation |
Professional Go player |
Mika Yoshida (吉田美香) is a Japanese professional Go player at Kansai Ki-in, Osaka. She is known as one of the most strongest player from Osaka in the 1990s through the 2000s.
Records
| Year |
Notes |
| 1986 |
Obtained professional status |
| 1993-1996 |
Obtained the Women's Honinbo (女流本因坊), she is the first Kansai Ki-in player to obtain this title. |
| 1994 and 1996 |
Received the Kansai Go & Shogi Reporter Club Award (関西囲碁将棋記者クラブ賞) |
| 1995 |
Lecturer at NHK Go Lessons (ja:NHK囲碁講座) at NHK Educational TV |
| 2000 |
Victory at the Professional Pair Go Championship. She also reached to 7 dan rank in this year (In Japan, only few female players have reached to this rank). |
| 2001 |
Finalist at the Women's Champion title (女流最強位) |
| 2002 |
Written an essay on Asahi Shinbun (棋士のひとりごと) |
| 2002-2005 |
Victory at Kansai Ladies Go Tournament |
| 2003 |
Reached to 8 dan rank in this year (She is the first female 8-dan player at Kansai Ki-in, and the 3rd female 8-dan player in Japan) |
| 2019 |
She became the first female commentator at the NHK Cup Television Go Tournament (she commented about Rina Fujisawa's and Yukari Yoshihara's game). |
Awards from Kansai Ki-in
| Name of award |
Notes |
| Rookie Award (新人賞) |
Received in 1989 |
| Yamano Award (山野賞) |
Received 5 times |
| Dogen Award (道玄賞) |
Received 4 times |
| Risen Award (利仙賞), Nagai Award (永井賞), and the Special Award |
Received Once |
