Kyo Kagen

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Kyo Kagen (Japanese: 許家元 Taiwanese (Wade-Giles: Hsu Chiayuan (Pinyin Xǔ Jiāyuán), b. 1997-12-24 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a 9-dan Taiwanese professional go player of the Nihon Kiin. He was the pupil of Takabayashi Takuji.

He is known as one of the Three Crows of the Reiwa Era 令和三羽烏, along with Ichiriki Ryo and Shibano Toramaru. He has won 6 titles.

2013: 1d
2014: 2d (awarded for 30 wins as 1d)
2016: 3d
2018: 7d
2018: 8d (awarded for winning the 43rd Gosei)
2021: 9d

Year	Title	Opponent	Result
2013	10th Nakano Cup	Hirata Tomoya	1–0
2014	1st Globis Cup runner-up	Ichiriki Ryo	0–1
2016	3rd Globis Cup runner-up	Li Qincheng	0–1
2018	43rd Gosei	Iyama Yuta	3–0
2019	44th Gosei runner-up	Hane Naoki	2–3
2021	59th Judan	Shibano Toramaru	3–2
2022	60th Judan	Yu Zhengqi	3–0

In 2013, Kyo played 18 official games (16 wins, 2 losses; 88.9% was the best record in the year), winning 10 games in a row from 2013-10-03 to 2013-12-30. He extended his winning streak to 13 consecutive wins on before losing to Oya Koichi. On 2014-03-27, his record was 14 wins, 1 loss (with a new winning streak of 11 consecutive wins), the best among Japanese pros at the time.
In 2018, Kyo won the Gosei title after 5 years 4 month from becoming a professional 1 dan. This was a new record at the time for the shortest time taken from becoming a pro to winning a title tournament in Japan. (Later surpassed by Shibano Toramaru’s 5 years 1 month and Seki Kotaro’s 4 years 8 months.)
Kyo is a good friend of one of his fellow Three Crows of the Reiwa Era, Ichiriki Ryo. Kyo was both research assistant and Chinese interpreter when Ichiriki won the 10th Ing Cup in Sept 2024. Ichiriki said that Kyo was “ a major driving force behind his victory.”

A news segment from Taiwanese TV about him winning Gosei and making a speed record for fastest title since becoming a pro. YouTube link
A news segment from Taiwanese TV about him defending his Judan title in 2022. YouTube link
2022 Judan ceremony. Kyo speaks after 11:50 mark. YouTube link

hsu chiayuan apr2022 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

hsu chiayuan apr2022 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

shibano toramaru hsu chiayuan judan apr2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

hsu chiayuan gu zihao mlily 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

hsu chiayuan gu zihao mlily 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Kyo Kagen last edited by 219.75.35.13 on January 28, 2025 - 12:09