Kato Chie

加藤 千笑, b. 2001-09-13
Japanese female professional 3-dan
(Nihon Ki-in)

1p 2018, 2p in 202, 3p in 2023.

She plays as cocoa15 on Fox.

In 2022, she had her probably biggest yet tournament success, becoming a challengers' finalist in the 41st Female Honinbo. She'll play against either Ueno Asami and Nakamura Sumire for the chance to be the challenger to Fujisawa Rina.

At the start of 2022, she was inside the top twenty Japanese women on Go Ratings but outside the top ten. This title result suggests that she's underrated.

Kato Chie is probably the strongest female disabled player, being confined to a wheelchair from congenital incurable osteogenesis imperfecta, a disease that makes bones break very easily.

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