O Yujin

O Yujin (sometimes Oh Yujin, Korean 오유진, Japanese 呉侑珍, Chinese 吴侑珍) is a female Korean 9-dan professional player born in 1998-06-11. She is the second daughter of Oh Dong-hwan and Lee Kyung-hee.

O qualified as a pro in 2012-07-30 through a double elimination tournament alongside Kim Sinyoung. She was promoted to 6-dan in 2018, 7-dan in 2019, and 8-dan in 2021. Then later that year, she was awarded a special promotion to 9-dan after beating Choi Jung 2–1 in the 26th Women's Kuksu, after beating Cho Hyeyeon 9p and Kim Chaeyoung 8p on the way.

O and Choi are close friends. ‘Fantasy combination’ Choi Jeong? and Oh Yu-jin “Thank you to the fans who supported us.” Baduk News, 2019.06.13 (in Korean)

As of 2023-12-22, O Yujin is the #7 ranked female in the world and #3 female in South Korea. On the 2016, 2017, and 2019 rating lists, she was the #3 female go player in the world.

Table of contents Titles and runners up Head-to-head scores against current female rivals Links Videos Pictures

Titles and runners up

• 2015 Runner-up Women's Myeongin
• 2016 Runner-up Women's Myeongin
• 2016 Winner of Bingsheng Cup
• 2016 Winner of Women's Kuksu
• 2017 Runner-up Women's Kisung
• 2017 Gold Medal IMSA Elite Mind Games Women's Go Individual?
• 2018 Runner up Bingsheng Cup
• 2019 Runner up Women's Kuksu
• 2021 Winner of Women's Kisung
• 2021 Winner of Women's Kuksu
• 2021 Winner of Wu Qingyuan Cup

Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

(Based on Oh Yujin, Go Ratings and game list), as of 17 Apr 2024.

• Choi Jung, 9p, current Korean and World #1 female: 9–25
• Yu Zhiying, 8p, #2 female in world, #1 female in China: 9–9
• Kim Eunji, 9p, #3 female and #1 female teenager in world, #2 female in South Korea: 3–8
• Zhou Hongyu, 7p, #4 female in world, #2 female in China: 4–5
• Ueno Asami, 5p, #5 female in world, #1 female in Japan: 3–0
• Lu Minquan, 6p, #6 female in world, #3 female in China: 5–2
• Fujisawa Rina, 7p, #8 female in world, #2 female in Japan: 5–1
• Kim Chaey9eong?, 8p, #9 female in world, #4 female in South Korea: 4–10
• Wu Yiming, 4p, #11 female and #2 female teenager in world, #5 female in China: 3–0
• Cho Seunga, 6p, #12 ranked female player and #304 overall, and #5 ranked player in Korea: 9–5
• Tang Jiawen, 5p, #13 female in world, and #6 female in China: 1–0
• Cho Hyeyeon, 9p, #19 female in world, once #1 and many years #2 female in world: 6–2
• Rui Naiwei, 9p, #20 female in world, many years #1 female in world: 4–2
• Ueno Risa, 2p, #21 female and #3 female teenager in world, #3 female in Japan: 1–0
• Kim Dayoung, 5p, Kim Chaeyeong's younger sister, #27 ranked female in the world and #9 female in Korea: 8–6
• Nakamura Sumire, 3p, #28 ranked female and #4 female teenager in the world, #4 ranked female in Japan: 0–0
• Xie Yimin, 7p, #30 ranked female in the world, #5 ranked female in Japan (#1 for many years): 6–1
• Joanne Missingham aka Hei Jiajia, 7p, #39 female in world, #1 ranked female player in Taiwan: 1–1

Links

• Korean profile

Videos

• A pre-game YouTube link and post-game YouTube link interviews (both her and Fujisawa Rina before and after 2023 Korean Women Baduk Team's evaluational matches against invited players from Japan and China in August 2023.
• A pre-game YouTube link and post-game YouTube link interviews (both her and Nakamura Sumire before and after 2023 Korean Women Baduk Team's evaluational matches against invited players from Japan and China in September 2023.

Pictures

oh yujin asian games 2023 (Image credit: Foxwq.com)

Choi Jung holding her close friend O Yujin, 9th Hwangnyongsa Cup, 2019 (Image credit: http://m.baduk.or.kr/

Choi Jung with her close friend O Yujin, 9th Hwangnyongsa Cup, 2019 (Image credit: http://m.baduk.or.kr/