Rina Fujisawa

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

Biography

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

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 became the first woman to win an official go tournament in which female and male young professional players competed, and the first woman to win a coed professional official go tournament in Japan (same tournament).[12][13]

Titles
TitleYears Held
Current 6
Aizu Central Hospital Cup 2014, 2017
Female Honinbo 2014, 2016
Female Meijin 2017
Senko Cup 2017

Career Record

Ranking
  • 1 Dan: April 2010
  • 2 Dan: October 2013
  • 3 Dan: August 2015
  • 4 Dan: April 2018

References
  1. -, Nihon Kiin. "藤沢　里菜（フジサワ　リナ / Fujisawa Rina）". Nihon Kiin. Nihon Kiin. Retrieved 2 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "Amazing Rina Becomes the Youngest-ever Title Holder!". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 2 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "Fujisawa Rina Won Women's Honinbo!". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 2 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "第29期 女流名人戦". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 2 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "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.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "第2回　扇興杯女流最強戦". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 18 July 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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. "Japanese win-loss 2013". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  15. "Japanese win-loss 2014". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  16. "Japanese win-loss 2015". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  17. "Japanese win-loss 2016". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  18. "Japanese win-loss 2017". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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