Mannami Kana

Mannami Kana (万波佳奈 Mannami Kana, born June 16, 1983) is a Japanese professional 4-dan Go player at the Nihon Ki-in.

She made professional 1-dan in 2000, 2-dan in 2001, 3-dan in 2004, and 4-dan in 2007.

Her younger sister Mannami Nao is also a professional. They have played only one official.game against each other, on 2011-07-07: win to Nao.

She was a pupil of Oeda Yusuke.

Professional Titles

• 4th Daiwa Ladies Cup (2010) (unofficial internet tournament)
• 9th Women's Kisei Title (2006)
• 7th Women's Kisei Title (2004)

Before turning pro

• 16th Children's Meijin (1995, 2nd female winner in championship record)

Personal life

In mid-June 2011, she married a company employee, who had been her elementary school classmate. She gave birth to her first daughter Kuma on 9 April 2012. Her second daughter was born in the summer of 2014. She took a break from professional Go from 2016 to April 2017 when she and her children accompanied her husband when he was stationed in India.

She is a good friend of Suzuki Ayumi who was born the same year, and attended her wedding.

Weblinks

• Japanese Wikipedia
• Nihon Ki-in player profile
• Go Ratings and Games
• Go4Go

Pictures

Mannami Kana wedding photo (Image credit: pandanet.co.jp)

Mannami Mannami Kana cutting wedding cake with husband (Image credit: pandanet.co.jp)

Mannami Kana holding her first daughter (Image credit: pandanet.co.jp)

Mannami Kana (holding baby daughter) with Suzuki Ayumi in her wedding dress (Image credit: pandanet.co.jp)

Mannami Kana with her sister Mannami Nao in kimonos (Image credit: pandanet.co.jp)