Western Professionals
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Non-Asian players that have received professional ranks:
Name | Nationality | Pro since | Affiliation | Most recent rank (Year) | Status |
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Manfred Wimmer | Austria | 1978 | Kansai Ki-in, Japan | 2 dan (1978) | deceased |
James Kerwin | United States | 1978 | Nihon Ki-in, Japan | 1 dan | teaching |
Michael Redmond | United States | 1981 | Nihon Ki-in | 9 dan (2000) | active[1] |
Janice Kim | United States | 1987 | Hankuk Kiwon, South Korea | 3 dan (2003) | teaching |
Catalin Taranu | Romania | 1997 | Nihon Ki-in | 5 dan (2001) | teaching |
Hans Pietsch | Germany | 1997 | Nihon Ki-in | 4 dan (2000, at time of death), 6 dan (2003, posthumously) | deceased |
Alexandre Dinerchtein | Russia | 2002 | Hankuk Kiwon | 3 dan (2008) | teaching |
Svetlana Shikshina | Russia | 2002 | Hankuk Kiwon | 3 dan (2008) | teaching |
Diana Koszegi | Hungary | 2008 | Hankuk Kiwon | 1 dan | active / teaching |
Joanne Missingham | Australia/Taiwan | 2008 | Taiwan Qiyuan, Taiwan (pro qualification through the Zhongguo Qiyuan, China) | 5 dan (2011) | active |
Some of these are professionals residing outside Asia as well. Quite a few non-Asian amateur players have also been insei for a time.
[1] Active refers to activity in tournaments of the professional organisation(s). Those listed as teaching often still play in open or amateur tournaments in the US or Europe and occasionally as national or continental representatives in international championships.