Kudo Norio
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Kudo Norio, Japanese 9-dan professional. Born 2 August 1940. Won the Oza in 1977 and the Tengen in 1997. Pupil of Katsumoto Tesshu, then Maeda Nobuaki. Elected president of the International Go Federation in 2005, succeeding the late Kato Masao.