Kim Dayoung

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Kim Dayoung KBA

Kim Dayoung (or Dayeong in Revised Romanization, but less intuitive for English speakers to pronounce more or less correctly; Hangul: 김다영 (金多瑛, born 14 March 1998) is a Korean female professional 5 dan. As of 2024-09-05, she is the [ext] #25 ranked female in the world and #7 female in Korea.

Not to be confused with Kim Daeyoung.

She is the eldest daughter of Kim Sung-Rae and his wife Lee So-yoon who also taught baduk for many years, and younger sister of Kim Chaeyeong. They are the first Korean family with three professionals.

Dayoung became a pro aged 17. Her other teacher was Han Jong-jin, at the Han Jong-jin Baduk School.

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Promotion history

Achievements

Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

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Name

Her given name Da-yeong/다영/多瑛 is the combination of Da/다/多 meaning many, abundant; and yeong/영/瑛 character, meaning “crystal”, “shining gemstone”, or “lustrous jade”. So her name means “abundant brilliance”, “plentiful shining gems”, or “great radiance”.

Her older sister Chae-yeong/채영/彩瑛 has the same last character in her name. But the first character Chae/채/彩/ means “colour” or “to pick/gather”. So her name means “Radiant crystal” or "Colourful gem”. Sharing a character is common in Korean and Chinese families, often a generational name, albeit usually the first character.

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Promotion history

5p 2023.09.01
4p 2020.11.13
3p 2017.12.05 (for winning the 1st ‘New’ Women's Kisung (Limited-Edition Special Promotion by one dan rank))
2p 2017.06.29
1p 2015.08.21

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Achievements

Kim won the 1st ‘New’ Women's Kisung in 2017, beating O Yujin, the reigning Women's Kuksu 2–1. This earned her promotion to 3 dan. [ext] Read more.

The event doesn’t ensure that champions defend their titles, and she was unable to reach the final again.

She competed in the inaugural IBK Cup in 2021 (another women’s tournament), but only won one game before losing to Choi Jung in the quarterfinals. [ext] Read more.

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Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

Based on [ext] Kim Dayoung, Go Ratings and game list, as of 25 Mar 2025 (at least three games)

Opponent	Dan	World ♀ Rank	Korean ♀ Rank	Score
Choi Jung	9p	#1	#1	1–13
O Yujin	9p	#7	#3	6–8
Kim Chaeyeong	9p	#8	#4	2–15
Cho Hyeyeon	9p	#19 past #1	#9	6–5
Nakamura Sumire	3p	#14	#6	1–2
Kim Hyemin	9p	#25	#8	7–6
Heo Seo-hyeon	5p	#28	#8	4–5
Pak Chieun	9p	68	#23 past #1	4–1
Cho Seunga	7p	15	6	3–7