Lee Nahyun

Lee Na-Hyun or Na-Hyeon (Hangul: 李奈炫) is a Korean female professional 1 dan.

She was born on 23 October 2009 in Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. She is the younger of two daughters of Lee Young-dae and Lee Yong-hwa. Her older sister Lee Jung-eun enlisted and graduated at the same time from the same professional school.

Her Baduk instructors were Han Jong-jin, Cho Han-seung, Han Sang-hoon 9p; Kim Se-dong, Yoo Oh-seong 8p; Kim Min-ho 5p. The player she most admires is Han Jongjin 9p.

Lee became a professional by passing the 61st Women’s Entrance Exam in January 2024, aged 14, along with her older sister Lee Jung-eun (16) and Baek Yeo-jeong (16).

Lee Na-Hyun was promoted to 2 dan 1 year and 4 months later.

Promotion history

• 1 dan / 2024-1-30 / 61st Women’s Entrance Exam
• 2 dan / 2025-05-28

Achievements

Just a year after qualifying as a pro, Lee reached the final eight players of the 5th Supreme Female Player in 2025. In the preliminaries, she beat Kim Kyeongeun 4p, who had beaten Nakamura Sumire 4p.

But Kim faced world #1 female player Choi Jeong on 3 April, and was outclassed (B–R). She then faced Kim Chaeyoung (9d), Korean #3 female, in the Losers’ tournament on 8 Apr (who in R1 had lost to Sumire who received a sponsor seed because she was 3rd in the previous year), but lost again (B–R).

Links

• Korean Baduk article
• Go Ratings and Games
• Go4Go

Pictures

Two 9-year-old friends
Japanese schoolgirl Nakamura Sumire (R) and South Korean Lee Na-Hyeon
play go at the Han Jong Jin Baduk Academy in Seoul, 22 Jan 2019. (Image credit: alamy.com)