Kibe Natsuki

Kibe Natsuki (木部 夏生, born August 11, 1995) is a Nihon Ki-in female 3 dan professional. Professional shodan in 2012. Pupil of Fujisawa Kazunari.

As a child, she developed type-2 diabetes in 2005. She became a pro aged 16.

In 2022 she almost got into Female Meijin League, losing narrowly to Nakamura Sumire (who went to win this league and lost the title match to Fujisawa Rina).

Her Fox username is n1525.

In 2019, Kibe and her good friend Hoshiai Shiho, then both 2 dans, published Female Go Players Photo Book. This comprised photos and interviews with 10 female Go professionals (including themselves). They hoped to raise popularity for Go. They crowdfunded for the publication costs, aiming for 1.5 million yen, but raised about 4.39 million yen.

Kibe also enjoys mahjong. and is head of the Nihon Ki'in mahjong club.

Weblinks

• Japanese Wikipedia article
• Nihon Ki-in player profile
• Twitter
• YouTube channel
• Go Ratings and Games
• Go4Go