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Full name
  
Keigo Yamashita

Residence
  
Kanji
  
山下敬吾

Teacher
  
Rank
  
9 dan

Turned pro
  
1993

Name
  
Keigo Yamashita


Keigo Yamashita Go Commentary Iyama Yuta vs Yamashita Keigo 38th Kisei


Born
  
6 September 1978 (age 46) Asahikawa City, Japan (
1978-09-06
)

Affiliation
  
Nihon Ki-in, Tokyo branch

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Dowa Yamashita Honinbo (山下敬吾, Yamashita Keigo, born 6 September 1978) is a professional Go player. Yamashita adopted the name Honinbo Dowa after winning his first Honinbo title in 2010.

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Biography

Keigo Yamashita YAMASHITA KEIGO TIES UP HONINBO 11 American Go EJournal

A student of Yasuro Kikuchi, Yamashita turned professional in 1993. He won the 19th Kisei 2 dan division in 1994. Yamashita reached the challenger finals of the Tengen in 1999. His first major title came in 2000 when he defeated Honorary Gosei Koichi Kobayashi in the finals of the 25th Gosei. At the time of his win, Yamashita was the second youngest player to win a major title. He also won the Shusai Prize for his play and broke the record for most games in a year with 77. Yamashita defeated O Rissei for the Kisei in 2003, becoming the fourth youngest big-three (Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo) winner at 24.

Career record

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  • 1993: 21–7
  • 1999: 55–12
  • 2000: 58–17
  • 2001: 50–19
  • 2004: 39–32
  • 2005: 33–20
  • 2006: 44–24
  • 2007: 32–25
  • 2008: 27–24
  • 2009: 38–17
  • 2010: 40–23
  • 2011: 32–20

  • Keigo Yamashita judan 361pointscomblog

    References

    Keigo Yamashita Wikipedia


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