Yukari Yoshihara facts for kids
Not to be confused with Yukari Kinga.
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Occupation | Professional Go player |
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Yukari Yoshihara (吉原由香里) is a Japanese professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in since 1996. Her mentor is Masao Kato.
Records
Year | Notes |
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1985 | 8th place in the All Japan Women Amateur Championship. |
1993 | 3rd place at the All Japan University Go Tournament. |
1994 | Victory at the All Japan Amateur Honinbo (本因坊) Tokyo Tournament (First female player to obtain this status). She also won at the International Amateur Pair Go Championship. |
1995 | 3rd place in the All Japan Women Amateur Championship. In the same year, she obtained professional status. |
1996 | Graduated from Keio University. |
1996, 1998, 2001-2004, 2015 and 2019 | Personality at NHK Go programs at the NHK Educational TV. |
2002 | Finalist at the Women's Champion Title (女流最強位) |
2004 | Obtained 200 career wins. She was also awarded from the Television Go Program Manufacturing Assembly (テレビ囲碁番組制作者会賞) |
2004 and 2007 | Received the Journalist Club Award |
2005 | Served as the director of the International Go Federation |
2007-2009 | Obtained the Women's Board Master (女流棋聖). At the title match in 2008, she defeated Chiaki Mukai. |
2010 | Victory at the Professional Pair Go Championship & Finalist at the Women's Honinbo (女流本因坊) challenger determination tournament. She also worked for a Go class at Keio University. |
2011 | Finalist at the Women's Board Master title. In the next season (held in December 2011), she was the finalist of the Women's Board Master challenger determination tournament |
2016 | Finalist at the Women's Board Master title. |
Japanese books
- 『あなたも夢中!レディース囲碁—なによりやさしくだれにでもわかる囲碁入門書の決定版 生活実用シリーズ』 (The best Go introduction book for everyone), published from NHK, 1999 (authored with Mayu Hosaka and Izumi Kobayashi).
- 『梅沢由香里流すぐに打てる9路盤』(Start Go with a 9
9 board soon, Yukari Umezawa style), NHK Go Series, 2000.
- 『1から始める梅沢由香里の碁』(Yukari Umezawa's Go from first step), published from NHK, 2004.
Game software
She also authored some Go-related game software.
- 梅沢由香里の対局囲碁 (PlayStation version in 1998, Windows version in 2001.)
- Yukari Umezawa Go Seminar, made for Xbox, 2002.
- ja:梅沢由香里のやさしい囲碁, made for Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable, 2008.

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