Fujisawa Kazunari

Fujisawa Kazunari (藤澤　一就, born August 12, 1964) is a Nihon Ki-in professional. 8 dan in 1999.

Son of Fujisawa Hideyuki, cousin of Fujisawa Hosai, and father of Fujisawa Rina. Terayama Rei and Numadate Sakiya are his pupils, as are the two sisters Ueno Asami and Ueno Risa and Fuji Koki. Asami especially is a serious rival to his daughter Rina for Japan’s #1 female player.

He served as executive director of the Nihon Ki'in from 1990 to 1994 and from 2002 to 2008.

He runs the Shinjuku Igo Dojo.

Links

• Japanese Wikipedia
• Nihon Ki'in player profile
• Go4Go
• Go Ratings and Games
• Nihon Ki'in articles about his Go school and teaching methods: Part 1, Part 2
• Interview discussing his school, role of AI, star pupils

Richard Hunter The contributor to Get Strong at Joseki 3 was Furuyama Kazunari, a former insei. Confusion over similar names.