Kitani Reiko
Kobayashi Reiko, nee Kitani Reiko (23 December 1939 - 1996), was a Nihon Ki-in professional Go player. She achieved the rank of 6-dan.
Kobayashi liked the 5-4 points. She was the daughter of Kitani Minoru. She married Kobayashi Koichi and was the mother of Kobayashi Izumi.
One of her most famous quotes was: 'Go is a fighting art.'
Bill: She was Women's Honinbo for some years, wasn't she?
nachtrabe: She was defeated for the first Women's Honinbo in 1982 but never took the title. She took the Women's Kakusei in 1981 and 1982.
John F. But Bill's not wrong - just showing his age :) She won the All-Japan Women's Championship half a dozen times. That event was widely but unofficially called the Women's Honinbo, and was directly replaced by the event which officially used the title Honinbo.