Full name Daisuke Murakawa Name Daisuke Murakawa Kanji 村川大介 Affiliation Kansai Ki-in | Teacher Naoki Moriyama Turned pro 2002 Rank 8 dan | |
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Born December 14, 1990 (age 33)
Hyogo, Japan ( 1990-12-14 ) Residence Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan | ||
Daisuke Murakawa (村川大介, Murakawa Daisuke, born December 14, 1990) is a professional Go player.
Biography
Murakawa was still just a 6th grader when he became a professional Go player at the Kansai Ki-in. He was only one month older than Iyama Yuta, making him the second youngest professional in Japan. This also made him the youngest Kansai Ki-in professional, edging out Yuki Satoshi by a small margin. Murakawa is the youngest ever tsumego (life and death) problem creator and number created. His rival is Iyama Yuta from the Nihon Ki-in who he defeated 2014 to become the Oza title holder. Murakawa is currently 8 dan. He has also won the Nagai award.
References
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