Kin En

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金 艶, b. 1964-12-15
Female Nihon Ki-in professional 4-dan.

Kin En was born in Shanghai. She was a student of Chinese amateur Qiu Bairui. She came to Japan in 1989 and won the All Japan Women's Amateur Championship. Then she studied to become a professional, and achieved professional shodan in 1992. then she became 2-dan in 2012, 3-dan in 2013, and 4-dan in 2013.

Personal life

When she was 40, she became the mother of Jo Bun'en, now a female professional 2-dan. She played a lot less when she was raising her daughter.

Kin lost the only official game she has played against her daughter on 2024-12-16, 44th Female Honinbo preliminary. This was the [ext] day after her 60th birthday that they celebrated together.

Links

Pictures

Kin En with her daughter 0 (Image credit: Fohu.com)
Kin En with her daughter Jo Bun'en, (2021-04-22) (Image credit: Fohu.com Twitter)

Kin En with her daughter Jo Bun'en on her 60th birthday (Image credit: Jo Bun'en Twitter)
Kin En with her daughter Jo Bun'en on her 60th birthday, (2024-12-15) (Image credit: Jo Bun'en Twitter Twitter)

Kin En with her daughter Jo Bun'en  (Image credit: Fohu.com)
Kin En with her daughter Jo Bun'en, (head & shoulders shot, 2021-05-30) (Image credit: Fohu.com Twitter)


Kin En last edited by Jono64a on January 16, 2025 - 21:28
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