Pair Go World Champion (China, Winners of the Pair Go World Cup 2016 Tokyo)
Winners of the STARS TOURNAMENT 2017 (Japan)
STARS TOURNAMENT 2017 Participating Pairs
Japan
Japan
Korea
Chinese Taipe
Organizers
Japan Pair Go Association / World Pair Go Association / Pair Go World Championship 2017 Executive Committee
Profile
Yu Zhiying 6 dan
Born in Jiangsu Province on November 23, 1997.
Became 1 dan in 2010; promoted to 5 dan in 2013 for winning the 3rd SAWMG Women's Individual Championship. Won the 21st King of the New Stars title, the first woman to do so, and the 37th All-China Women's Championship in 2014. Won the 6th Qionglong Bingsheng Cup, reached the best 16 in the 20th Samsung Cup in 2015. Won the Pair Go World Cup 2016 Tokyo.
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Ke Jie 9 dan
Born in Zhejiang Province on August 2, 1997.
Became 1 dan in 2008, 9 dan in 2015. Won the 16th Agon Kiriyama Cup in 2014. Won the 15th Ricoh Cup, the 11th Weifu Fangkai King of Weiqi tournament, the 16th Japan-China Agon Kiriyama Cup, the 2nd Bailing Cup, and the 20th Samsung Cup in 2015. Won the 2nd Mlily Cup, the 21st Samsung Cup, the 18th Agon Kiriyama Cup, the18th Japan-China Agon Kiriyama Cup, and won the Pair Go World Cup 2016 Tokyo.
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Hsieh Yi Min 6 dan
Born in Miaoli City, Chinese Taipei on November 16, 1989.
Disciple of Ko Mosei (Huang Mengzheng) 9 dan. Became 1 dan in 2004, promoted to 6 dan in 2012. Won the 26th Women's Honinbo title in 2007, 20th Women's Meijin in 2008, 13th Women's Kisei in 2010. Won the 30th Women's Honinbo title in 2011; having won the title five years in a row, she qualified for the title of Honorary Women's Honinbo; she extended her winning streak to six years in a row in 2012. She also won the Professional Pair Go Championship 2011. Won the 24th Women's Meijin (having won it five years in a row, she qualified for the title of Honorary Women's Meijin; she extended her winning streak to nine years in a row in 2016) in 2012, and won the Professional Pair Go Championship 2012. Won the Professional Pair Go Championship 2013. Won the 3rd Aizu Central Hospital Cup (becoming the first woman player to hold four titles simultaneously), and the 1st Senko Cup (becoming the first woman player to hold five titles simultaneously) in 2016. Won the 20th Women's Kisei (having won it five years in a row, she qualified for the title of Honorary Women's Kisei) in 2017. In total, has won the Women's Honinbo seven times, Women's Meijin nine times, Women's Kisei seven times, Senko Cup once, Aizu Central Hospital Cup once.
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Iyama Yuta 9 dan
Born in Osaka Prefecture on May 24, 1989.
Disciple of Ishii Kunio 9 dan. Became 1 dan in 2002, promoted to 9 dan in 2009. Won the 34th Meijin title in 2009, the 49th Judan and the 37th Tengen in 2011. Won the 67th Honinbo, the 37th Gosei and the 60th Oza in 2012, the 37th Kisei in 2013 (the first player to hold six top titles simultaneously; also completing a cumulative grand slam of the top seven titles), and the 25th TV Asia title, also in 2013. Won the Professional Pair Go Championship 2014. Won the 54th Judan title (first player to complete a simultaneous grand slam). Won the 71st Honinbo title in 2016 (having won it five years in a row, he earned the title of Eternal Honinbo and took the name of Honinbo Monyu). Also won the 41st Gosei (having won it five times in a row, he qualified for the title of Honorary Gosei) in 2016. Won the 41st Kisei title (having won it five times in a row, he qualified for the title of Honorary Kisei) in 2017. In total, has won the Kisei five times, Meijin five times, Honinbo six times, Oza four times, Tengen five times, Gosei six times, and Judan four times.
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Fujisawa Rina 3 dan
Born in Saitama Prefecture on September 18, 1998.
Disciple of the late Fujisawa Hideyuki (Shuko), Hon. Kisei. Became 1 dan in 2010, promoted to 3 dan in 2015. Won the 1st Aizu Central Hospital Cup and the 33rd Women's Honinbo in 2014. Won the 35th Women's Honinbo in 2016. Won the 29th Women's Meijin , the 4th Aizu Central Hospital Women's Hollyhock Cup, the Professional Pair Go Championship, and the 2nd Senko Cup in 2017.
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Hane Naoki 9dan
Born in Mie Prefecture on August 14, 1976. Father is Hane Yasumasa 9 dan.
Became 1 dan in 1991, promoted to 9 dan in 2002. Won the 27th Tengen in 2001, and the 28th Kisei and 11th Agon Kiriyama Cup in 2004. Won the 53rd NHK Cup in 2006, the 63rd Honinbo in 2008, the 28th NEC Cup in 2009, the 36th Gosei in 2011, and the Professional Pair Go Championship in 2017. In total, he has won the Kisei and Honinbo twice each, the Tengen three times, and the Gosei once.
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Choi Jeong 7 dan
Born in Chungcheongnam-do Province on October 7, 1996.
Disciple of Yoo Changhyuk 9 dan. Became 1 dan in 2010, promoted to 7 dan in 2016. Came second in 5th Women's Kiseong tournament in 2011. Won the 13th Women's Meongin tournament in 2012 and held it for five years in a row. Won the Gold Medal in the Pair Go tournament at the 2nd SAWMG tournament and reached the best 64 in the BC Card World Championship in 2012. Contributed to Korea's victory in the Huanglongshi Shuangdeng Cup with three successive wins and won the 6th Women's Kiseong in 2013. Won the 5th Qionglongshan Bingsheng Cup in 2014. Came third in the Pair Go World Cup 2016 Tokyo. Contributed to Korea's victory in the 6th Sky Taishan Agriculture and Commerce Bank Cup in 2017.
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Park Jeonghwan 9 dan
Born in Seoul City on January 11, 1993.
Disciple of Kweon Kap-yong 8 dan. Became 1 dan in 2006, promoted to 9 dan in 2010 (thanks to winning the Gold Medals in the Men's Team and Pair Go in the Asian Games; is Korea's youngest 9 dan). Won the 24th Fujitsu Cup, the 29th KBS King of Baduk Cup (won it three years in a row), and the 16th GS Caltex Cup in 2011. Won the 13th Maxim Coffee Cup Strongest 9 dan Player tournament (won it two years in a row) in 2012. Came second in the 7th Ing Cup, won the 9th Korean Commodity Prices Information Cup in 2013. Won the 18th Bacchus Chunweon tournament in 2014. Won the 19th LG Cup in 2015. Won the 34th KBS King of Baduk Cup and the 59th National Championship tournament (won it two years in a row), came second in the 8th Ing Cup in 2016, and came third in the Pair Go World Cup 2016 Tokyo. Won the World Go Championship in 2017.
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Missingham Joanne Jia-Jia 7 dan
Born on May 26, 1994.
Became 1 dan in 2010, promoted to 7 dan in 2015. Came 2nd in the 1st Qionglongshan Bingsheng Cup in 2010. First in the 1st Taiwan Wei-ch'i Association Women's Professionals Representative Right Ranking tournament in 2012. In 2015, won the 1st Taiwan Women's Go Strongest Player Tournament. Won it again in 2016 and came 2nd in the Pair Go World Cup 2016 Tokyo.
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Chen Shih Iuan 9 dan
Born on October 28, 1985.
Became 1 dan in 2000, 9 dan in 2011. Won the 2nd National Championship tournament in 2006. Won the 10th T'ienyuan tournament, the 4th King of Wei-ch'i tournament, and the 7th Throne tournament in 2011. Won the 19th Chunghuan, 11th T'ienyuan, 8th National Championship tournament, 8th Throne, 5th King of Wei-ch'i, and the 4th Haifeng Cup in 2012. Won the 7th Haifeng Cup, 11th National Championship tournament in 2015. Won 12th National Championship tournament in 2016, and came 2nd in the Pair Go World Cup 2016 Tokyo. Won the 9th Haifeng Cup in 2017.
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Hsieh Yi Min 6 dan
Born in Miaoli City, Chinese Taipei on November 16, 1989.
Disciple of Ko Mosei (Huang Mengzheng) 9 dan. Became 1 dan in 2004, promoted to 6 dan in 2012. Won the 26th Women's Honinbo title in 2007, 20th Women's Meijin in 2008, 13th Women's Kisei in 2010. Won the 30th Women's Honinbo title in 2011; having won the title five years in a row, she qualified for the title of Honorary Women's Honinbo; she extended her winning streak to six years in a row in 2012. She also won the Professional Pair Go Championship 2011. Won the 24th Women's Meijin (having won it five years in a row, she qualified for the title of Honorary Women's Meijin; she extended her winning streak to nine years in a row in 2016) in 2012, and won the Professional Pair Go Championship 2012. Won the Professional Pair Go Championship 2013. Won the 3rd Aizu Central Hospital Cup (becoming the first woman player to hold four titles simultaneously), and the 1st Senko Cup (becoming the first woman player to hold five titles simultaneously) in 2016. Won the 20th Women's Kisei (having won it five years in a row, she qualified for the title of Honorary Women's Kisei) in 2017. In total, has won the Women's Honinbo seven times, Women's Meijin nine times, Women's Kisei seven times, Senko Cup once, Aizu Central Hospital Cup once.
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Iyama Yuta 9 dan
Born in Osaka Prefecture on May 24, 1989.
Disciple of Ishii Kunio 9 dan. Became 1 dan in 2002, promoted to 9 dan in 2009. Won the 34th Meijin title in 2009, the 49th Judan and the 37th Tengen in 2011. Won the 67th Honinbo, the 37th Gosei and the 60th Oza in 2012, the 37th Kisei in 2013 (the first player to hold six top titles simultaneously; also completing a cumulative grand slam of the top seven titles), and the 25th TV Asia title, also in 2013. Won the Professional Pair Go Championship 2014. Won the 54th Judan title (first player to complete a simultaneous grand slam). Won the 71st Honinbo title in 2016 (having won it five years in a row, he earned the title of Eternal Honinbo and took the name of Honinbo Monyu). Also won the 41st Gosei (having won it five times in a row, he qualified for the title of Honorary Gosei) in 2016. Won the 41st Kisei title (having won it five times in a row, he qualified for the title of Honorary Kisei) in 2017. In total, has won the Kisei five times, Meijin five times, Honinbo six times, Oza four times, Tengen five times, Gosei six times, and Judan four times.