Moro Arisa

Moro Arisa (茂呂　有紗; Born on Oct. 16, 1999, Chiba Prefecture, Profile) is a Nihon Ki-in professional player since 2017. Her teacher is Mimura Tomoyasu.

Career

• 2009, 2010 and 2011: Represented Chiba Prefecture at the Children's Meijin
• April 2012: Obtained Insei status
• 2017: Passed the professional player exam, her debut game was against Kataoka Satoshi
• 2020: Competed in the 39th Female Honinbo, losing in the first round to Hoshiai Shiho (who reached the challengers' final)
• 2020: Promoted to 2-dan
• 2021: Competed in the 40th Female Honinbo, losing in the second round to Kuwabara Yoko

She won her first game in the preliminaries of the 2022 Oza, over Cho Zuiketsu. It was a bit of an upset, since Cho outstrips her by three ranks and over 400 places on Go Ratings. She then lost to Mitani Tetsuya.

Arisa has won her first game in the 2022 Shinjin O, in a female-exclusive bracket against Osuka Seira. She will next play against Takei Taishin. If she wins that game, she'll face Otake Yu.

Links

• Comments about her, from Nagayo Go Salon
• Comments from her teacher