Tatsumi Akane

辰己 茜
b. 1982-08-02
Female Kansai Ki-in professional

Nee 石井茜 Ishii Akane. Her elder sister (by two years) Miyuki is Nakamura Sumire's mother. Became shodan in August 2007, 2 dan in 2011, 3 dan in 2014. In April 2019, changed her professional name to Tatsumi Akane, matching her legal name after marriage.

Records

• First female winner of Children's Meijin in 1994 (The next was Mannami Kana).
• Finished 9th in the 1st World Student Oza in 2003.
• One of eight Japanese representatives in the 9th Asian New Star Match.
• Reached the challenger final of the 28th Female Honinbo tournament (2009) but lost to Aoki Kikuyo.
• Won the 16th (2010) Ricoh Pair Go Cup with Sakai Hideyuki, tying with Umezawa Yukari and Takao Shinji.

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Photos

Tatsumi Akane, announcer at a public game at the World Go Festival (June 2019) (Image credit: Japanese Wikipedia entry)