Tsuji Hana

Tsuji Hana (Kanji:辻華, born in 12 June 2000) is a Japanese female professional 3 dan player at the Nihon Ki-in since 2019. She was one of the first players to obtain professional status by recommendation based on her results during insei term.

Career

She was an insei from April 2011 to March 2018. When she was a student at Shinjuku-Yamabuki High School (Fujiwara Akiko also graduated from here), she attended the Tokyo area preliminary of the All Japan Student Go Best 10 ( Results). In September 4th, 2018, the Nihon Ki-in officially announced that she was recommended for professional status because she remained at the highest insei class for more than 5 months in 2017.

In 2021, she proceeded to the Female Meijin league. ( Chart) She competed with several top players like Suzuki Ayumi, Ueno Asami and Xie Yimin.

In January 2022, she was promoted to 2 dan. In Jan 2024, she was promoted to 3 dan.

Media Appearances

• NHK
• Asahi Shinbun
• Post-Seven, Japanese popular weekly magazine.
• Game report versus Fujisawa Rina.
• Youtube review of December 2021 game against Michael Redmond, from Redmond's Reviews

Links

• Nihon Ki'in profile
• Go Ratings and Games
• Go4Go

Remarks

Tsuji Moeka ( 2016 High School Champion, 2019 Female Student Honinbo, Toyama Metropolitan High School alumna) is neither her sister nor her relative.