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Kobayashi Satoru
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Kobayashi Satoru, Japanese 9-dan professional. Born 5 April 1959. In 1995 he won the Kisei and Gosei titles, the only time he has won any of the seven big Japanese titles.

Kobayashi was suspended for eight months (31 December 2000 to 31 August 2001) following an incident in which he injured Ryu Shikun during a drinking session in Taizhou, China, where they had both been playing in the Chunlan Cup.


Jasonred : Anyone have the follow-up to that? Apparantly, Chinese officials asked the Nihon-ki for clemency, so did Korea (whether cause they like him, or just to let people know they're paying attention...)

Are there any bigger deatils on the incident. Ryu Shikun didn't press charges, apparently, though I'm not too clear whether this was because:

a) He felt it was an internal affair for the Go fraternity.

b) He felt it was an honest accident, from a drunk friend.

c) This was in China, of all places.

In any case, the suspension seemed more because of his getting drunk and behaving badly, rather than any charges of assault and such.

So, as I said, anyone got more details?

oh, and how's his performance been since then?



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