Nihon Ki-in Hall of Fame

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As one of the events celebrating its 80th anniversary, the Nihon Ki-in has established a Go Hall of Fame, analogous to those of various sports in the United States. It is located in the basement of the Nihon Ki-in headquarters in Tokyo.

Year Inductees Additional Notes
2004
  • Honinbo Sansa (1559-1623) - Founder of the Honinbo house and the first Meijin.
  • Honinbo Dosaku (1645-1702) - The 4th Honinbo head, responsible for great advances in Go theory.
  • Honinbo Shusaku (1829-62) - The greatest player of the golden age of go in the mid-19th century, who compiled a unique record of nineteen successive wins with no losses in his Castle Games.
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) - The warlord who unified Japan and set the foundation for the Edo-period prosperity of Go by extending government patronage to top go players.
Nominations for the first year were restricted to the Edo period. Players who were nominated but did not make the cut included Honinbo Jowa, Honinbo Shuwa, Yasui Sanchi, Yasui Santetsu, and Nakamura Doseki.
2005 In the second year players from the Edo, Meiji, and Taisho periods were allowed to be nominated. New nominees were Honinbo Shuho, Honinbo Shuei, Honinbo Shusai, Baron Okura Kishichiro, Segoe Kensaku, Iwamoto Kaoru, Go Seigen, and Kitani Minoru. Though Go Seigen indicated beforehand that he did not feel it would be appropriate to be inducted while still active.
2006
  • Honinbo Shuwa (1820-73) - The leading player at the end of the Edo period and in the early modern period.
  • Baron Okura Kishichiro (1882-1963) - Played an important role in the founding of the Nihon Ki-in and served as its Vice President (later Honorary President) for a long period.
The third induction of famous figures from go history to the Hall of Fame was held on 28 July, 2006.
2007
  • Honinbo Shuho (1838-86) - The strongest player in the early Meiji period. He headed the Hoensha which played an imprtant role in reviving go in the 1880's. He was perhaps the first prominent Japanese player to teach Westerners (Oscar Korschelt).
2008
2009
2010
2011
  • Iwamoto Kaoru (1902-99) - Winner of the Honinbo title. Worked to promote go in the world outside Japan.
2012
2013
  • Kita Fumiko (1875-1950) - The "mother" of modern women's professional go. Had an important role in the founding of the Nihon Kiin.

This is a copy of the living page "Nihon Ki-in Hall of Fame" at Sensei's Library.
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