Takemiya Masaki

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Takemiya Masaki

Takemiya Masaki (武宮正樹, born Jan. 1, 1951) is a Japanese 9-dan professional Go player.

Takemiya became famous for his 'cosmic style' of play - focusing on the construction of large moyos and taking territory in the centre. (but, he wanted his style to be told as 'natural style?.) He became a 1-dan professional in 1965 and was promoted to 9-dan in 1977. Matsubara Taisei is his pupil. His son, Takemiya Yoko, 5-Dan was his pupil and has become a popular commentator. His tournament victories include:

  • 1976: 31st Honinbo title
  • 1978: 11th Hayago Championship
  • 1980: 35th Honinbo title
  • 1981: 1st NEC Cup
  • 1985: 40th Honinbo title and 5th NEC Cup
  • 1986: 41st Honinbo title
  • 1987: 42nd Honinbo title
  • 1988: 43rd Honinbo title and 1st Fujitsu Cup
  • 1989: 2nd Fujitsu Cup, Asian TV Cup, and 22nd Hayago championship
  • 1990: 28th Judan title and Asian TV Cup
  • 1991: 29th Judan and 13th Kakusei titles, and Asian TV Cup
  • 1992: 30th Judan title and Asian TV Cup
  • 1995: 20th Meijin title

Bill Spight: Takemiya became famous at age 15, when, as a 5-dan, he won several games against 9-dans, and got the nickname, 9-dan Killer.

Hyperpapeterie: Something about this seems odd. The page reports that Takemiya was born in 1951, and became a 1-dan in 1965. So according to the normal promotion rules, he could not have been a 5-dan in 1966. [ext] Gobase lists him as being a 2-dan in 1966.

Bill: Well, I thought he was 15. Checking Gobase, it seems that he beat his first 9-dan in 1967. He was 16 then.

Hyperpapeterie: Turns out you were right about the age, as he had a win in 1966 against Iwata Tatsuaki. Perhaps it's even more impressive since he was only a 2-dan rather than a 5-dan.


His excellent book 'Le Go cosmique' has, as far as I know, only been translated from Japanese to French. Francophones can [ext] read a blurb about the book.

Le Go Cosmique Blurb in English is a translation of the blurb mentioned above. -- Sifu Eric

Takemiya considers that the centre-oriented style for him is the natural way for his stones to move and focusses in his book largely on the concept of 'playing with your heart' and playing moves which 'please'.


I believe that reviewing Takemiya's games is very instructive since they are full of unusual ideas. It is very difficult to follow his style but at the same time his plays opens horizons for others and show that there is more than one way to compete on the highest level. -- HolIgor

Some of his games can be found on [ext] this French page. Click on the red dot to see the game. -- SifuEric

There are also about 60 recent(ish) Takemiya games at [ext] http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hwangjun/Go/Takemiya/Takemiya.html

You can find several [ext] commented games on Jan van der Steen's site. -- Steffen Glueckselig

More games can be found at [ext] http://jianbo.tripod.com/takemiya.


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