Kyo Kagen

Kyo Kagen (Japanese: 許 家元 Taiwanese: Hsu Chiayuan (Pinyin Xǔ Jiāyuán), b. 1997-12-24) 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.

Rank Promotion

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

Titles & Runners-up

Fun Facts

• 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.)

Links

• Chinese Wikipedia
• Japanese Wikipedia
• Nihon Ki'in profile.

Videos

• A news segment from Taiwanese TV about him winning Gosei and making a speed record for fastest title since becoming a pro. YouTubel 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

Pictures

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)