Rina Fujisawa

Japanese Go player (born 1998)

Rina Fujisawa

Fujisawa in 2019

Born| 18 September 1998
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Turned pro| 2010
Rank| 7 dan
Affiliation| Nihon Ki-in

Medal record

Women's Go
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
|  2022 Hangzhou | Women's team

Rina Fujisawa (藤沢 里菜 Fujisawa Rina, born 18 September 1998) is a Japanese professional Go player.[1]

## Biography[edit]

Fujisawa is the daughter of Kazunari Fujisawa, an 8-dan professional Go player. She is also the granddaughter of the late Honorary Kisei, Hideyuki Fujisawa. She became a professional player in 2010 at the age of 11 years and 6 months, making her the youngest player in Japan to become pro; it was announced on 5 January 2019 that this record would be broken by Sumire Nakamura on 1 April 2019.[2][3]

## Achievements[edit]

In 2014, she was the winner of the 1st Aizu Central Hospital Cup. The victory made her the youngest female title holder in Japan at 15 years and 9 months.[4] Later that year, she won the Female Honinbo title. She was the youngest Female Honinbo title holder at the age of 16 years and 1 month. The previous record was set by Hsieh Yimin at the age of 17 years and 11 months.[5]

In 2015. she lost the Female Honinbo title to Hsieh Yimin. Fujisawa won the first two games, but lost the remaining three games.[6]

In March 2016, she won the 2nd Ibero-Japan Cup, a tournament limited to players under 18. She beat Toramaru Shibano in the final and became the second female player to win an open title after Hsieh Yimin.[7] In October, she beat Hsieh Yimin to retake the Female Honinbo title.[8]

In March 2017, Fujisawa won the Female Meijin title. She beat Hsieh Yimin by 2–0.[9] In June 2017, she beat Hsieh Yimin by 2–1 to win her second Aizu Central Hospital Cup.[10] In July 2017, Fujisawa beat Hsieh Yimin to win the second Senko Cup. [11]

In November 2020, Fujisawa won the Hiroshima Aluminum Cup Young Carp Tournament, becoming the first woman in Japanese professional Go to win an official tournament open to both female and male players. (Hsieh Yimin had won the same tournament before, but at the time it was an unofficial tournament.)[12][13][14]

## Titles[edit]

Title | Years Held

|

Current | 6
Aizu Central Hospital Cup | 2014, 2017
Female Honinbo | 2014, 2016
Female Meijin | 2017
Female Kisei | 2019, 2020
Senko Cup Female Saikyo | 2017, 2019, 2021

## Career Record[edit]

* 2013: 24–14[15]
* 2014: 42–16[16]
* 2015: 34–27[17]
* 2016: 35–20[18]
* 2017: 40–24[19]

## Ranking[edit]

* 1 dan: April 2010
* 2 dan: October 2013
* 3 dan: August 2015
* 4 dan: April 2018
* 5 dan: April 2021[20]
* 6 dan: January 2023[21]
* 7 dan: January 2024[22]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "藤沢 里菜（フジサワ リナ / Fujisawa Rina）". Nihon Kiin. Nihon Kiin. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
2. ^ "Girl to be youngest pro Go board game player in Japan aged 10 in April". Kyodo News. 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
3. ^ Yoshida, Reiji (2019-01-05). "Osaka girl, 9, to become Japan's youngest pro go player in April". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
4. ^ "Amazing Rina Becomes the Youngest-ever Title Holder!". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
5. ^ "Fujisawa Rina Won Women's Honinbo!". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
6. ^ Power, John. "Xie regains Women's Honinbo title". American Go E-Journal. American Go E-Journal. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
7. ^ Power, John. "Fujisawa Rina wins junior tournament". American Go E-Journal. American Go E-Journal. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
8. ^ Power, John. "Fujisawa Rina wins Women's Honinbo". American Go E-Journal. American Go E-Journal. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
9. ^ "第29期 女流名人戦". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
10. ^ "第4回 会津中央病院・女流立葵杯". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
11. ^ "第2回 扇興杯女流最強戦". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
12. ^ "Fujisawa becomes first woman to win coed go tourney". The Asahi Shimbun.
13. ^ "Rina Fujisawa becomes 1st woman to win mixed professional Go tourney in Japan". November 23, 2020 - via Mainichi Daily News.
14. ^ "The Power Report: Seki wins King of New Stars; Cho U scores 1,000 wins; Fujisawa wins Young Carp & Women's Honinbo; Iyama wins Agon Kiriyama Cup; Ichiriki sets new Ryusei record, leads Honinbo League". American Go E-Journal. February 9, 2021.
15. ^ "Japanese win-loss 2013". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
16. ^ "Japanese win-loss 2014". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
17. ^ "Japanese win-loss 2015". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
18. ^ "Japanese win-loss 2016". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
19. ^ "Japanese win-loss 2017". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
20. ^ "【昇段】藤沢 里菜五段に昇段". Nihon Ki-in (in Japanese). 2021-04-09.
21. ^ "2022年賞金ランキング昇段が決定". Nihon Ki-in (in Japanese). 2023-01-06.
22. ^ "【囲碁】賞金ランキング昇段 藤沢里菜女流本因坊は七段に". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2024-01-05.

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Current Japanese female Go title holders

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Fujisawa Rina

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Ueno Asami

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Nakamura Sumire

Female Saikyo
Nyu Eiko

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Ueno Asami

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Professional Go players in Japan

9 dan|

* Jiro Akiyama
* Shinichi Aoki
* Shuzo Awaji
* Shigeru Baba
* Cho Chikun
* Cho Son-jin
* Cho U
* Naoki Hane
* Yasumasa Hane
* Hsu Chia-yuan
* Naoto Hikosaka
* Kunihisa Honda
* Ryo Ichiriki
* Atsushi Ida
* Yoshio Ishida
* Kunio Ishii
* Ko Iso
* Yuta Iyama
* Satoshi Kataoka
* Atsushi Kato
* Tetsuya Kiyonari
* Koichi Kobayashi
* Satoru Kobayashi
* Hideki Komatsu
* Rin Kono
* Norio Kudo
* Tomoyasu Mimura
* Goro Miyazawa
* Tomochika Mizokami
* Michihiro Morita
* Daisuke Murakawa
* Shinya Nakamura
* Ō Rissei
* Masaki Ogata
* Hideo Otake
* Michael Redmond
* Rin Kaiho
* Toramaru Shibano
* Ryu Shikun
* Kim Shushun
* Shinji Takao
* Masaki Takemiya
* Wang Ming-wan
* Kimio Yamada
* Hiroshi Yamashiro
* Keigo Yamashita
* Norimoto Yoda
* So Yokoku
* Shigeaki Yokota
* Satoshi Yuki

8 dan|

* Nobuaki Anzai
* Kikuyo Aoki
* Takehisa Matsumoto
* Hideyuki Sakai
* Taiki Seto
* Atsushi Tsuruyama
* Shuhei Uchida

7 dan|

* Rina Fujisawa
* Izumi Kobayashi
* Xie Yimin

6 dan|

* Kaori Chinen
* Chiaki Mukai
* Yumiko Okada
* Yukari Yoshihara

5 dan|

* Kaori Aoba
* Cătălin Țăranu
* Asami Ueno

4 dan|

* Kana Mannami

1 dan|

* Antti Törmänen

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