Kitani Reiko

Kobayashi Reiko, nee Kitani Reiko (23 December 1939 - 1996), was a Nihon Ki-in professional Go player. She achieved the rank of 7-dan.^[1]

Kobayashi liked the 5-4 points. She was the daughter of Kitani Minoru. She married Kobayashi Koichi and was the mother of Kobayashi Izumi.

One of her most famous quotes was: 'Go is a fighting art.'

She won the All-Japan Women's Championship (informally called the Women's Honinbo prior to 1982) half a dozen times, in 1966 to 1971, and the Women's (Old) Meijin twice, in 1973 and 1975.

She died after a battle of over a year with cancer.

Notes

^[1] Promoted from 6- to 7-dan posthumously.