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Riichi Sekiyama

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Kanji
  
関山利一

Teacher
  
Tamejiro Suzuki

Died
  
January 31, 1970


Name
  
Riichi Sekiyama

Rank
  
9 dan

Turned pro
  
1925

Born
  
December 23, 1909 Hyogo, Japan (
1909-12-23
)

Riichi Sekiyama (関山利一, December 23, 1909 – January 15, 1970) was a Japanese professional go player. Born in Hyogo, Riichi became a student of Tamejiro Suzuki in 1924 and turned professional a year later in 1925. He won the first ever Honinbo title in 1941. However, he was unable to defend his title against Utaro Hashimoto in 1943 and was forced to retire due to health problems. He had several pupils, the most notable being Takeo Kajiwara and Yutaka Shiraishi.

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Riichi Sekiyama Wikipedia