Kono Rin

Kono Rin (河野 臨 Kōno Rin, born 1981) is a 9-dan Nihon Ki-in professional Go player.

Kono is a pupil of Kobayashi Koichi.

Kono reached 5-dan in 1999, 9 dan in 2006.

In October 2009, Kono hit the 500 victories mark after beating Cho Chikun in League B of the 34th Japanese Kisei. He is the 88th person to hit the number.

Titles

• 5th Daiwa Shoken Cup 2009 (unofficial internet tournament)
• 4th Daiwa Shoken Cup 2008 (unofficial internet tournament)
• 17th Ryusei 2008
• 27th NEC Cup 2008
• 33rd Tengen 2007
• 32nd Tengen 2006
• 31st Tengen 2005
• 1st JAL New Star HayaGo 2004