Kim Joo-ah

   

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Kim Joo-ah KBA

Kim Joo-ah (or Jooa on Go to Everyone, Hangul: 김주아, Hanja: 金湊笌) is a female Korean professional 4 dan. She was born on 23 December 2006 in Seoul. On January 2023, she changed her name from Kim Hyoyoung or Hyoyeong (김효영).

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Early Baduk history

Kim first started to play Baduk aged 6, and became a pro at 14.

Promotion history

  • 4 dan / 2025.04.04 / [ext] 4 dan Promotion
  • 3 dan / 2023.04.04 / 3 dan Promotion
  • 2 dan / 2022.05.17 / 2 dan promotion
  • 1 dan / 2021.04.29 / 54th Entrance Competition (Female Research Student)

Titles and Runners-up

[ext] Kim was also second board in of the winning Pyeongtaek Brain City team in the [ext] 10th Korean Women's league, which had the youngest captain, Japan’s “genius girl” Nakamura Sumire 3p. Kim had the best score in her team of 12/14, including winning her last 11 games in a row. Nakamura scored 11/14. The only player with a higher score than Kim Jooah’s was Korea’s “genius girl” Kim Eunji with 13/13.

In the 6th Leebong Cup, 2025, she beat the top-dan-ranked player and previous winner Kim Sonjin 7p in R1, 2–0. But she lost 0–2 in R2 to her friend and league team captain, Nakamura Sumire, who just had been promoted to 4p.

Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

(Based on Go Ratings and game lists for [ext] Kim Jooah) and [ext] Kim Hyoyoung], as of 25 Mar 2025.

  • Kim Eunji, 9p, #2 female and #1 female teenager in world, #2 female in Korea: 3–3
  • O Yujin, 9p, #7 female in world, #3 female in Korea: 1–4
  • Kim Chaeyeong, 9p, #8 female in world, #4 female in South Korea: 1–4
  • Nakamura Sumire, 4p, #14 ranked female and #3 female teenager in the world, #3 ranked female in Japan, #5 ranked female in Korea: 0–5
  • Cho Seunga, 7p, #15 ranked player and #323 overall, and #6 ranked female player in Korea: 1–1
  • Cho Hyeyeon, 9p, #19 female in world, once #1 and many years #2 female in world: 0–3
  • Kim Dayoung, 5p, Kim Chaeyeong’s younger sister, #27 ranked female in the world and #9 female in Korea: 2–1
  • Lee Minjin, 8p, #29 female in the world, #10 female player in Korea: 0–1
  • Heo Seo-hyeon, 5p, Hyorim Cup winner: 1–0
  • Jeong Yujin, 4p, Winner 2nd IBK Cup: 2–1
  • Kim Minseo, 4p: 2–1
  • Lee Suljoo, 3p: 0–1

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Kim Joo-ah last edited by Jono64a on May 29, 2025 - 00:14
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