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Kuwabara
Kuwabara Honinbo is the aged and (apparently) very long running holder of the Honinbo title in Hikaru no Go. His first appearance in the manga is Game 24, and his final was in Game 170. In the manga, in his first defense he beat Ogata. Kuwabara resorted to a tactic of deliberately having the first move for the second day of each game but the last game of the title series. (The player with the first move of the second day must indicate the move on paper at the end of the first day.) During the final game, Kuwabara played to have Ogata make the first move of the second day, therefore having to seal the move. Once the move was sealed, Kuwabara asked Ogata if he was sure that he (Ogata) has marked the move correctly. All this to make Ogata nervous. The second (unseen) successful defense was against Kurata. In the third (unseen) match, we learn his opponent is again to be Ogata. The best known characteristic of Kuwabara is his 'sixth sense'. There has been speculation that his character is based on Sakata Eio. Bob McGuigan: Kuwabara was Shusaku's original family name. Zarlan: Not quite. Shusaku's name was Kuwahara, but that is a rather small difference. I also believe that Kuwabara's name was taken from Shusaku's. Andrew Grant: Actually, it has never been established whether Shusaku was called Kuwahara or Kuwabara. The kanji are the same for both. Zarlan: Oh? Interesting ...and annoying. This is a copy of the living page "Kuwabara" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |