Names in Go
Go is an ancient game, with well-documented history over the past 1000 years. It has also at the start of the twenty-first century more professional players spread over more countries than ever before. The world of contemporary go comprises too: amateur players, writers and publishers, researchers, programmers and Web developers, theoreticians, sponsors and organisers. Much information on them may be found in the pages listed below. See also the People keyword. This list doesn't cover home pages on SL - see the HomePage keyword. (By an emerging convention here, a People page is created about someone by others, while a home page shouldn't be created except by the person whose name or handle is the title.)
(This page will shortly be updated to include the vast majority of the People pages. Charles Matthews)
The creation of very many of these pages has generously been supported by permission of John Fairbairn of GoGoD to make use of his biographical and historical writings. Since John now considers that the usage made has gone far enough, please do not post to SL any further material extracted from or derived from the GoGoD CD-ROM, which is a rich source with much greater depth and breadth of coverage, and covered by copyright.
Other sources
The yearbooks published by the Nihon Ki-in, Hankuk Kiwon and Zhongguo Qiyuan have short biographies, in the respective languages Japanese, Korean and Chinese. There are also official web sites.
In English Jan van der Steen's GoBase Biography Overview and
GoBase Biography Search. The Gobase pages on pro players give some career statistics.
See also:
- John Fairbairn's lists of Korean names, and of Professional Players' Go Styles published in a rec.games.go thread on who is the "thickest" player.
- Professional's pupils
- /Discussion
- Home Pages for the pages where the builders and users of Sensei's Library introduce themselves
Names are given here with surname first. This is the usual order for Chinese, Japanese and Korean names. Sometimes there is a commonly used alternative name, or alternative spelling, in which case this is given in parentheses.
NB Here a Korean name such as Ch'oe is treated as "Choe" for purposes of lexical ordering - this is different from the convention on the Korean names page.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[1] A
- Abe Yoshiteru
- Aguilar, Fernando
- Akaboshi Intetsu
- An Cho-yeong
- An Kwan-uk
- An Tal-hun
- An Yeong-kil
- Aragaki Takeshi
- Asai Hideki
- Awaji Shuzo
[2] B
[3] C
- Cao Dayuan
- Cha, Jimmy (Ch'a Min-su)
- Ch'a Su-kweon
- Chan Ka Yui (Chin Kaei)
- Chang Chu-chu
- Chang Hao
- Chang Myeong-han
- Chang Su-yeong
- Chang Tu-chin
- Che Zewu
- Chen Linxin
- Chen Zude
- Cheng Xiaoliu
- Cheon Seu Wien (Chen Shien)
- Cheon Yeong-seon
- Cheong Hyeon-san
- Cheong Su-hyeon
- Cheong Tae-sang
- Cheong Tong-sik
- Chinen Kaori
- Chino Tadahiko
- Cho Chikun
- Cho Han-seung
- Cho Hun-hyeon (Cho Hunhyun)
- Cho Hye-yeon
- Cho Nam-ch'eol (Cho Namchul)
- Cho Shoen (Cho Sang-yeon)
- Cho Sonjin (Cho Seon-chin)
- Cho Tae-hyeon
- Cho U (Zhang Xu)
- Cho Yeong-suk
- Ch'oe Ch'ang-weon
- Ch'oe Ch'eol-han
- Ch'oe Kyu-pyeong
- Ch'oe Min-sik
- Ch'oe Mun-yeong
- Ch'oe Myeong-hun (Choi Myunghoon)
- Chow, Victor
- Chun Poong Jho (Ch'eon P'ung-cho)
[4] D
[5] E
[6] F
- Fairbairn, John
- Fan Xiping (Fan Shixun)
- Feng Yun
- Fujisawa Hosai (Fujisawa Kuranosuke)
- Fujisawa Shuko (Fujisawa Hideyuki)
- Fukuda Masayoshi
[7] G
- Gennan Inseki Gen'an Inseki
- Goertz, Ulrich
- Go Seigen (Wu Qingyuan)
- Goto Shungo
- Gu Shuiru
- Guo Juan
- Guo Tisheng
[8] H
- Ha Ch'an-seok
- Ha Ho-cheong
- Han Ch'eol-kyun
- Han Chong-chin
- Han Hae-weon
- He Xiaoren
- Heo Chang-heui
- Hong Chang-sik
- Hong Chong-hyeon
- Hong Kkoch'-no-eul
- Hong T'ae-seon
- Hwang Yeom
- Hwang Weon-chun
- Hyeon Mi-chin
- Hamajima Hisayoshi
- Hane Naoki
- Hane Yasumasa
- Harada Minoru
- Haruyama Isamu
- Hasegawa Akira
- Hasegawa Sunao
- Hashimoto Shoji
- Hashimoto Utaro
- Hashimoto Yoshimi
- Hattori Inshuku
- Hattori Seitetsu
- Hattori Yusetsu
- Hayase Gendo
- Hayase Hiroshi
- Hayashi Genbi
- Hayashi Monnyusai
- Hayashi Yutaka
- Hayashi Yutaro
- Hikosaka Naoto
- Hiroe Hiroyuki
- Hirose Heijiro
- Hisai Keishi
- Honda Kunihisa
- Hong, Sung-Hwa
- Honinbo Dosaku
- Honinbo Genjo
- Honinbo Josaku
- Honinbo Jowa
- Honinbo Retsugen
- Honinbo Sanetsu
- Honinbo Sansa (Nikkai)
- Honinbo Satsugen
- Honinbo Shuei
- Honinbo Shuho
- Honinbo Shusai
- Honinbo Shusaku
- Honinbo Shuwa
- Hotta Seiji
- Hu Yaoyu
- Hua Yigang
- Huang Longshi (Huang Yuetian)
- Huang Yan
- Huang Yizhong
- Hunter, Richard
[9] I
- Im Chang-sik
- Im Seon-keun
- Im Sun-t'aek
- Imamura Fumiaki
- Ing Chang-Ki
- Inori Yoko
- Inoue Shunsaku
- Inoue Shunseki
- Inoue Takuji
- Ishida Akira
- Ishida Atsushi
- Ishida Yoshio
- Ishige Kakuo
- Ishigure Ikuro
- Ishii Kunio
- Ishii Mamoru
- Ishikura Noboru
- Ito Showa
- Iwamoto Kaoru
- Iwasa Kei
- Iwasaki Kenzo
- Iwata Tatsuaki
[10] J
[11] K
- Kada Katsuji
- Kageyama Toshiro
- Kaji Kazutame
- Kajiwara Takeo
- Kamimura Kunio
- Kang Ch'eol-min
- Kang Chi-seong
- Kang Hun
- Kang Man-u
- Kang Mun-ch'eol
- Kang Seung-heui
- Kano Yoshinori
- Karigane Junichi
- Kashio Rigen
- Kataoka Satoshi
- Kato Masao
- Kato Shin
- Kawai Kikuji
- Kawai Tetsuyuki
- Kawamura Kazunori
- Kikuchi Yasuro
- Kim Ch'an-u (Kim Chanwoo)
- Kim Chae-ku
- Kim Ch'eol-chung
- Kim Chong-chun
- Kim Chong-su
- Kim Chu-ho
- Kim Chun-yeong
- Kim Chwa-ki
- Kim, Edward
- Kim Hak-su
- Kim Heui-chung
- Kim Hye-min
- Kim Hyeon-cheong (Kimu Hyonjon)
- Kim Hyo-cheong
- Kim Hyo-kon
- Kim Ik-yeong
- Kim Il-hwan
- Kim In
- Kim, Janice
- Kim Kang-keun
- Kim Ki-heon
- Kim Kwang-sik
- Kim Man-su
- Kim Min-heui
- Kim Myeong-hwan
- Kim Myeong-wan
- Kim Seok-heung
- Kim Seong-rae
- Kim Seong-ryong
- Kim Su-chang
- Kim Su-yeong
- Kim Seung-chun
- Kim T'ae-hyang
- Kim Teok-kyu
- Kim Tong-myeon
- Kim Tong-yeop
- Kim Weon
- Kim Yeong-hwan
- Kim Yeong-sam
- Kim Yun-t'ae
- Kinoshita Takao
- Kitani Minoru
- Ko Chae-heui
- Ko Chae-pong
- Ko Kwang-myeong
- Ko Kwang-rak
- Kobayashi Izumi
- Kobayashi Koichi
- Kobayashi Reiko (Kitani Reiko)
- Kobayashi Satoru
- Kobayashi Tetsujiro
- Kodama Kunio
- Korschelt, O.
- Komatsu Hideki
- Kong Pyeong-chu
- Kono Yukio
- Kosugi Tei
- Koyama Shizuo
- Kubomatsu Katsukiyo
- Kudo Norio
- Kuroda Yukio
- Kusaka Kaneo
- Kuwahara Munehisa
- Kweon Hyo-chin
- Kweon Kap-yong
- Kweon Kyeong-eon
- Kweon O-min
[12] L
- Lasker, Edward
- Lee, John
- Lee Sanghoon
- Li, Jie
- Liang Weitang
- Liao Xingwen
- Lin Yu-hsiang
- Liu Xiaoguang
- Liu Yajie
- Luo Xihe
[13] M
- Ma Xiaochun
- Maeda Nobuaki
- Masubuchi Tatsuko
- Mattern, Jürgen
- Matthews, Charles
- Matsumoto Tokuji
- Matsuoka Teruo
- Matsuura Yoshihiro
- McMahon, Lee
- Mimura Tomoyasu
- Mioch, Pieter
- Miwa Yoshiro
- Miyamoto Naoki
- Miyamoto Yoshihisa
- Miyashita Shuyo
- Miyazawa Goro
- Miyasaka Shinji
- Mizogami Tomochika
- Mizutani Nuiji
- Mok Chin-seok
- Mori Toyokazu
- Mukai Kazuo
- Mun Myeong-keun
- Mun Yong-chik
- Murakawa Daisuke
- Murashima Yoshinori (Murashima Yoshikatsu)
[14] N
- Na Chong-hun
- Nagahara Yoshiaki
- Nakamura Doseki
- Nakagawa Kamesaburo
- Nakagawa Senji
- Nakagawa Shinji
- Nakamura Yutaro
- Nakaoka Jiro
- Nam Ch'i-hyeong
- Nie Weiping
- No Chun-hwan
- No Yeong-ha
- Nozawa Chikucho
- Nyobutsu
[15] O
- O Kyu-ch'eol
- O Meien (Wang Mingwan)
- O Rissei (Wang Licheng)
- Oeda Yusuke
- Ogawa Tomoko
- Ohira Kenji
- Ohira Shuzo
- Ok Teuk-chin
- Oka Nobumitsu
- Okubo Ichigen
- Onoda Chiyotaro
- Ota Yuzo
- Otake Hideo
- Ozaki Harumi
- Ozawa Mitsugoro
[16] P
- Paek Heung-su
- Paek Seong-ho
- Paek Tae-hyeon
- Pak Chi-eun (Park Jiun)
- Pak Chi-hun (Park Jihun)
- Pak Chin-yeol
- Pak Cheong-sang
- Pak Chong-yeol
- Pak Pyeong-kyu
- Pak Sang-ton
- Pak Seong-su
- Pak Seung-ch'eol
- Pak Seung-hyeon
- Pak Seung-mun
- Pak Yeong-ch'an
- Pak Yeong-hun
- Peng Jinghua
- Pietsch, Hans
- Power, John
[17] Q
[18] R
- Redmond, Michael
- Redmond, None
- Rin Kaiho (Lin Haifeng)
- Rui Naiwei
- Ryu Shikun
[19] S
- Sakai Hideyuki
- Sakai Michiharu
- Sakai Takeshi
- Sakai Yasujiro
- Sakai Yasuo
- Sakakibara Shoji
- Sakamaki Kosuke
- Sakata Eio
- Sanno Hirotaka
- Segawa Yoshio
- Segoe Kensaku (Segoshi Kensaku)
- Sekiyama Riichi
- Sekiyama Sendaiu
- Sekiyama Toshio
- Seo Hisashi
- Seo Mu-sang
- Seo Neung-uk
- Seo Pong-su (Seo Bongsoo)
- Shao Weigang
- Shao Zhenzhong
- Shi Ding'an
- Shimamura Toshihiro
- Shinomiya Yonezo
- Shirae Haruhiko
- Shirai Matsumi
- Shiraishi Yutaka
- Sim Chong-sik
- Sometani Kazuo
- Song T'ae-kon
- Song Xuelin
- Sugiuchi Masao
- Sumino Tsunehiro
- Suzuki Goro
- Suzuki Tamejiro
[20] T
- Takabe Dohei
- Takagawa Kaku
- Takahashi Kinesaburo
- Takahashi Shigeyuki
- Takasaki Tainosuke
- Takeda Hiroyoshi
- Takemiya Masaki
- Tanaka Fujio
- Tanimiya Teiji
- Taoka Keiichi
- Taranu, Catalin
- Tei Meiko
- Terry, Bob
- Tian Xiaonong
- Tozawa Akinobu
- Tsujii Ryosuke
[21] U
[22] V
[23] W
- Wang Hongjun
- Wang Jianhong
- Wang Lei
- Wang Qun
- Wang Yuhui
- Watanabe Shokichi
- Weon Seong-chin (Won Seong Jin)
- Wilcox, Bruce
- Wimmer, Manfred
- Wolfe, David
- Wu Songsheng
- Wu Yulin
[24] X
[25] Y
- Yahata Kyousuke
- Yamabe Toshiro
- Yamada Kimio
- Yamashiro Hiroshi
- Yamashita Keigo
- Yamazaki Masuo
- Yang Chae-ho (Yang Jaeho)
- Yang Hui
- Yang Huiren
- Yang Jinhua
- Yang Keon
- Yang Sang-kuk
- Yang Shihai
- Yang Yilun
- Yasui Chitoku
- Yasui Sanchi
- Yasui San'ei
- Yasui Senchi
- Yasunaga Hajime
- Yeom Ch'an-su
- Yeom Cheong-hun
- Yi Ch'ang-ho (Lee Changho)
- Yi Ch'ang-se
- Yi Chae-ung
- Yi Chi-hyeon
- Yi Cheong-u
- Yi Cheong-weon
- Yi Chu-yong
- Yi Chun-hak
- Yi Hong-yeol
- Yi Heui-seong
- Yi Hyeon-uk
- Yi Hyeong-ro
- Yi Kang-il
- Yi Ki-seop
- Yi Kwan-ch'eol
- Yi Min-chin
- Yi Pong-keun
- Yi Sang-ch'eol
- Yi Sang-hun
- Yi Se-tol
- Yi Seong-chae
- Yi Ta-hye
- Yi Tong-kyu
- Yi Yeong-sin
- Yi Yong-ch'an
- Yi Yong-su
- Yi Sang-hun
- Yi Se-tol (Lee Sedol)
- Yi Yeong-sin
- Yo Kagen
- Yoda Norimoto
- Yoshida Yoichi
- Yu Bin
- Yu Ch'ang-hyeok (Yoo Changhyuk)
- Yu Chae-hyeong
- Yu Chae-seong
- Yu Keon-chae
- Yu Kyeong-min
- Yu Pyeong-ho
- Yuki Satoshi
- Yun Chong-seop
- Yun Chun-sang (Yun Junsang)
- Yun Hyeok
- Yun Hyeon-seok
- Yun Ki-hyeon
- Yun Seong-hyeon
- Yun Yeong-min
- Yun Yeong-seon