Names in Go
Go is an ancient game, with well-documented history over the past 1000 years. It has also at the start of the twenty-first century more professional players spread over more countries than ever before. The world of contemporary go comprises too: amateur players, writers and publishers, researchers, programmers and Web developers, theoreticians, sponsors and organisers. Much information on them may be found in the pages listed below. See also the People keyword. This list doesn't cover home pages on SL - see the HomePage keyword. (By an emerging convention here, a People page is created about someone by others, while a home page shouldn't be created except by the person whose name or handle is the title.)
(This page will shortly be updated to include the vast majority of the People pages. Charles Matthews)
The creation of very many of these pages has generously been supported by permission of John Fairbairn of GoGoD to make use of his biographical and historical writings. Since John now considers that the usage made has gone far enough, please do not post to SL any further material extracted from or derived from the GoGoD CD-ROM, which is a rich source with much greater depth and breadth of coverage, and covered by copyright.
Other sources
The yearbooks published by the Nihon Ki-in, Hankuk Kiwon and Zhongguo Qiyuan have short biographies, in the respective languages Japanese, Korean and Chinese. There are also official web sites.
In English Jan van der Steen's GoBase Biography Overview and
GoBase Biography Search. The Gobase pages on pro players give some career statistics.
See also:
- John Fairbairn's list of Korean names, and of Professional Players' Go Styles published in a rec.games.go thread on who is the "thickest" player.
- Professional's pupils
- /Discussion
- Home Pages for the pages where the builders and users of Sensei's Library introduce themselves
- Prodigy, Strong Non Prodigy, Women
Names are given here with surname first. This is the order for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese names. The order is the usual order for all Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese names in English and for Japanese names in the Anglophone Go community; in other communities and contexts Japanese names are sometimes reversed to conform to the Western order (e.g. Koizumi Junichiro to Junichiro Koizumi), but in the Anglophone Go community Go player names retain the Japanese order of family name first and given name last.
Sometimes there is a commonly used alternative name, or alternative spelling, in which case this is given in parentheses.
NB Here a Korean name such as Ch'oe is treated as "Choe" for purposes of lexical ordering - this is different from the convention on the list of Korean names page.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[1] A
- Abe Yoshiteru
- Aguilar, Fernando
- Akaboshi Intetsu
- Amayake Nobuo
- An Cho-yeong
- An Kwan-uk
- An Tal-hun
- An Younggil
- Ando Akio
- Ando Toyoji
- Aoki Kikuyo
- Aoyagi Hideo
- Aragaki Takeshi
- Aragaki Miki
- Araki Naomi
- Asai Hideki
- Awaji Shuzo
[2] B
[3] C
- Cao Dayuan
- Cha, Jimmy (Ch'a Min-su)
- Ch'a Su-kweon
- Chan Ka Yui (Chin Kaei)
- Chang Chu-chu
- Chang Hao
- Chang Myeong-han
- Chang Su-yeong
- Chang Tu-chin
- Che Zewu
- Chen Linxin
- Chen Zude
- Cheng Xiaoliu
- Cheon Seu Wien (Chen Shien)
- Cheon Yeong-seon
- Cheong Hyeon-san
- Cheong Su-hyeon
- Cheong Tae-sang
- Cheong Tong-sik
- Chinen Kaori
- Chino Tadahiko
- Cho Chikun
- Cho Han-seung
- Cho Hun-hyeon (Cho Hunhyun)
- Cho Hye-yeon
- Cho Nam-ch'eol (Cho Namchul)
- Cho Shoen (Cho Sang-yeon)
- Cho Sonjin (Cho Seon-chin)
- Cho Tae-hyeon
- Cho U (Zhang Xu)
- Cho Yeong-suk
- Ch'oe Ch'ang-weon
- Ch'oe Ch'eol-han
- Ch'oe Kyu-pyeong
- Ch'oe Min-sik
- Ch'oe Mun-yeong
- Ch'oe Myeong-hun (Choi Myunghoon)
- Choi Dongeun
- Chow, Victor
- Chun Poong Jho (Ch'eon P'ung-cho)
[4] D
- Daigo Hisakichi
- Davies, James
- Diamond, Jon
- Dinerchtein, Alexandre
- Ding Wei
- Dong Yan
- Du Jingyu
- Dueball, Felix
[5] E
[6] F
- Fairbairn, John
- Fan Xiping (Fan Shixun)
- Feng Yun
- Fujisawa Hosai (Fujisawa Kuranosuke)
- Fujisawa Shuko (Fujisawa Hideyuki)
- Fukuda Masayoshi
- Furuyama Kazunari
[7] G
- Gennan Inseki Gen'an Inseki
- Goertz, Ulrich
- Go Seigen (Wu Qingyuan)
- Goto Shungo
- Gu Shuiru
- Guo Juan
- Guo Tisheng
[8] H
- Ha Ch'an-seok
- Ha Ho-cheong
- Hamajima Hisayoshi
- Han Ch'eol-kyun
- Han Chong-chin
- Han Hae-weon
- Hane Naoki
- Hane Yasumasa
- Harada Minoru
- Haruyama Isamu
- Hasegawa Akira
- Hasegawa Sunao
- Hashimoto Shoji
- Hashimoto Ujiro?
- Hashimoto Utaro
- Hashimoto Yoshimi
- Hattori Inshuku
- Hattori Seitetsu
- Hattori Yusetsu
- Hayase Gendo
- Hayase Hiroshi
- Hayashi Genbi
- Hayashi Monnyusai
- Hayashi Yutaka
- Hayashi Yutaro
- He Xiaoren
- Heo Chang-heui
- Heo Yeong-ho
- Hikosaka Naoto
- Hiroe Hiroyuki
- Hirose Heijiro
- Hisai Keishi
- Honda Kunihisa
- Honda Sachiko
- Hong Chang-sik
- Hong Chong-hyeon
- Hong Kkoch'-no-eul
- Hong Min-p'yo
- Hong, Sung-Hwa
- Hong T'ae-seon
- Honinbo Dosaku
- Honinbo Genjo
- Honinbo Josaku
- Honinbo Jowa
- Honinbo Retsugen
- Honinbo Sanetsu
- Honinbo Sansa (Nikkai)
- Honinbo Satsugen
- Honinbo Shuei
- Honinbo Shuho
- Honinbo Shusai
- Honinbo Shusaku
- Honinbo Shuwa
- Hotta Seiji
- Hu Yaoyu
- Hua Yigang
- Huang Longshi (Huang Yuetian)
- Huang Yan
- Huang Yizhong
- Hunter, Richard
- Hwang Yeom
- Hwang Weon-chun
- Hyeon Mi-chin
[9] I
- Im Chang-sik
- Im Seon-keun
- Im Sun-t'aek
- Imamura Fumiaki
- Imamura Toshiya
- Inaba Yoshiko
- Inagaki Kanetaro
- Inagaki Nissho
- Ing Chang-Ki
- Inori Yoko
- Inoue Shunsaku
- Inoue Shunseki
- Inoue Takuji
- Ishida Akira
- Ishida Atsushi
- Ishida Yoshio
- Ishige Kakuo
- Ishigure Ikuro
- Ishii Kunio
- Ishii Mamoru
- Ishikura Noboru
- Ito Showa
- Iwamoto Kaoru
- Iwasa Kei
- Iwasaki Kenzo
- Iwata Tatsuaki
- Iwata Uichiro
- Izumitani Hideo
- Izumitani Masanori
[10] J
[11] K
- Kada Katsuji
- Kageyama Toshiro
- Kaji Kazutame
- Kajiwara Takeo
- Kaku Kyushin
- Kamimura Kunio
- Kang Ch'eol-min
- Kang Chi-seong
- Kang Hun
- Kang Man-u
- Kang Mun-ch'eol
- Kang Seung-heui
- Kang Tong-yun
- Kano Yoshinori
- Karigane Junichi
- Kashio Rigen
- Kashiwabara Yasuto
- Kataoka Satoshi
- Kato Masao
- Kato Shin
- Kato Tomoko
- Katsuda Eiho
- Kawai Kikuji
- Kawai Tetsuyuki
- Kawamura Kazunori
- Kikuchi Yasuro
- Kim Ch'an-u (Kim Chanwoo)
- Kim Chae-ku
- Kim Ch'eol-chung
- Kim Chong-chun
- Kim Chong-su
- Kim Chu-ho
- Kim Chun-yeong
- Kim Chwa-ki
- Kim, Edward
- Kim Hak-su
- Kim Heui-chung
- Kim Hye-min
- Kim Hyeon-cheong (Kimu Hyonjon)
- Kim Hyo-cheong
- Kim Hyo-kon
- Kim Ik-yeong
- Kim Il-hwan
- Kim In
- Kim, Janice
- Kim Kang-keun
- Kim Ki-heon
- Kim Ki-yong
- Kim Kwang-sik
- Kim Man-su
- Kim Min-heui
- Kim Myeong-hwan
- Kim Myeong-wan
- Kim Ok-kyun
- Kim Seok-heung
- Kim Seong-rae
- Kim Seong-ryong
- Kim Su-chang
- Kim Su-yeong
- Kim Seung-chun
- Kim T'ae-hyang
- Kim Teok-kyu
- Kim Tong-myeon
- Kim Tong-yeop
- Kim Weon
- Kim Yeong-hwan
- Kim Yeong-sam
- Kim Yun-t'ae
- Kinoshita Takao
- Kita Hakusen
- Kitani Minoru
- Kiyonari Tetsuya
- Ko Chae-heui
- Ko Chae-pong
- Ko Iso
- Ko Keun-t'ae
- Ko Kwang-myeong
- Ko Kwang-rak
- Ko Mosei
- Kobayashi Izumi
- Kobayashi Koichi
- Kobayashi Reiko (Kitani Reiko)
- Kobayashi Satoru
- Kobayashi Tetsujiro
- Kodama Kunio
- Koizumi Shigeo
- Kojima Shun'ichi
- Komatsu Hideki
- Kondo Yoneo
- Kong Pyeong-chu
- Kono Yukio
- Korschelt, O.
- Kosugi Tei
- Koyama Shizuo
- Kubo Hideo
- Kubomatsu Katsukiyo
- Kudo Norio
- Kuroda Yukio
- Kusaka Kaneo
- Kusunoki Teruko
- Kuwahara Munehisa
- Kweon Hyo-chin
- Kweon Kap-yong
- Kweon Kyeong-eon
- Kweon O-min
[12] L
- Lasker, Edward
- Lee, John
- Lee Sanghoon
- Li, Jie
- Liang Weitang
- Liao Xingwen
- Lin Yu-hsiang
- Liu Xiaoguang
- Liu Yajie
- Luo Xihe
[13] M
- Ma Xiaochun
- Maeda Nobuaki
- Mao Jia Jun
- Masubuchi Tatsuko
- Mattern, Jürgen
- Matthews, Charles
- Matsuda, Takao
- Matsumoto Tokuji
- Matsuoka Teruo
- Matsuura Yoshihiro
- McGuigan, Robert
- McMahon, Lee
- Mimura Tomoyasu
- Mioch, Pieter
- Mitamura Tokushiro
- Miwa Yoshiro
- Miyake Kazuo
- Miyamoto Naoki
- Miyamoto Yoshihisa
- Miyasaka Shinji
- Miyashita Shuyo
- Miyatake Susumu
- Miyazaki Hiroshi
- Miyazawa Goro
- Mizogami Tomochika
- Mizutani Nuiji
- Mok Chin-seok
- Mori Toyokazu
- Mukai Chiaki
- Mukai Kaori
- Mukai Kozue
- Mukai Kazuo
- Mun Myeong-keun
- Mun Yong-chik
- Murakawa Daisuke
- Murashima Yoshinori (Murashima Yoshikatsu)
[14] N
- Na Chong-hun
- Nagahara Yoshiaki
- Nakamura Doseki
- Nakamura Hidehito
- Nakagawa Kamesaburo
- Nakagawa Senji
- Nakagawa Shinji
- Nakamura Yutaro
- Nakao Noboru
- Nakaoka Jiro
- Nakayama Noriyuki
- Nakazawa Ayako
- Nam Ch'i-hyeong
- Narusawa Yasuichi
- Nie Weiping
- No Chun-hwan
- No Yeong-ha
- Nozawa Chikucho
- Nyobutsu
[15] O
- O Kyu-ch'eol
- O Meien (Wang Mingwan)
- O Rissei (Wang Licheng)
- Oeda Yusuke
- Ogawa Tomoko
- Ohira Kenji
- Ohira Shuzo
- Ok Teuk-chin
- Oka Nobumitsu
- Okubo Ichigen
- On So-chin
- Onoda Chiyotaro
- Ota Yuzo
- Otake Hideo
- Otani Motohiro
- Ozaki Harumi
- Ozaki Suzuko
- Ozawa Mitsugoro
[16] P
- Paek Heung-su
- Paek Hong-seok
- Paek Seong-ho
- Paek Tae-hyeon
- Pak Chi-eun (Park Jiun)
- Pak Chi-hun (Park Jihun)
- Pak Chin-yeol
- Pak Cheong-sang
- Pak Chong-yeol
- Pak Pyeong-kyu
- Pak Sang-ton
- Pak Seong-su
- Pak Seung-ch'eol
- Pak Seung-hyeon
- Pak Seung-mun
- Pak Yeong-ch'an
- Pak Yeong-hun
- Peng Jinghua
- Pietsch, Hans
- Power, John
[17] Q
[18] R
- Redmond, Michael
- Redmond, None
- Rin Kaiho (Lin Haifeng)
- Rin Yoshimi
- Rin Hiromi
- Rui Naiwei
- Ryu Chae-hyeong
- Ryu Shikun
[19] S
- Sakaguchi Ryuzo
- Sakai Hideyuki
- Sakai Masanori
- Sakai Michiharu
- Sakai Takeshi
- Sakai Yasujiro
- Sakai Yasuo
- Sakakibara Shoji
- Sakamaki Kosuke
- Sakata Eio
- Sakuramoto Saburo
- Sanno Hirotaka
- Sasaka Shiro
- Sato Kaoru
- Segawa Yoshio
- Segoe Kensaku (Segoshi Kensaku)
- Sekiyama Riichi
- Sekiyama Sendaiu
- Sekiyama Toshio
- Seo Hiroshi
- Seo Hisashi
- Seo Mu-sang
- Seo Neung-uk
- Seo Pong-su (Seo Bongsoo)
- Shao Weigang
- Shao Zhenzhong
- Shibusawa Machiko
- Shi Ding'an
- Shibayama Bungo
- Shimamura Toshihiro
- Shimojima Yohei
- Shinomiya Yonezo
- Shirae Haruhiko
- Shirai Matsumi
- Shiraishi Yutaka
- Shoriki Matsutaro
- Sim Chong-sik
- Sometani Kazuo
- Song T'ae-kon
- Song Xuelin
- Sugiuchi Masao
- Sumi Shinsuke
- Sumino Tsunehiro
- Suzuki Goro
- Suzuki Tamejiro
[20] T
- Takabe Dohei
- Takagawa Kaku
- Takahashi Kinesaburo
- Takahashi Shigeyuki
- Takasaki Tainosuke
- Takeda Hiroyoshi
- Takei Takashi
- Takemiya Masaki
- Tanaka Fujio
- Tanaka Makiko
- Tang Li
- Tanimiya Teiji
- Taoka Keiichi
- Taranu, Catalin
- Tei Meiki
- Tei Meiko
- Terry, Bob
- Tian Xiaonong
- Torii Nabejiro
- Tozawa Akinobu
- Tsuhako Genju
- Tsujii Ryosuke
- Tsukuda Akiko
[21] U
[22] V
[23] W
- Wang Hongjun
- Wang Jianhong
- Wang Lei
- Wang Qun
- Wang Yuhui
- Watanabe Hideo
- Watanabe Shokichi
- Weon Seong-chin (Won Seong Jin)
- Wilcox, Bruce
- Wimmer, Manfred
- Wolfe, David
- Wu Songsheng
- Wu Yulin
[24] X
[25] Y
- Yahata Kyousuke
- Yamabe Toshiro
- Yamada Kimio
- Yamada Shiho
- Yamada Wakio
- Yamashiro Hiroshi
- Yamashita Keigo
- Yamazaki Masuo
- Yamazaki Sotosaburo
- Yang Chae-ho (Yang Jaeho)
- Yang Hui
- Yang Huiren
- Yang Jinhua
- Yang Keon
- Yang Sang-kuk
- Yang Shihai
- Yang Yilun
- Yashiro Kumiko
- Yasui Chitoku
- Yasui Sanchi
- Yasui San'ei
- Yasui Shoji
- Yasui Senchi
- Yasunaga Hajime
- Yeom Ch'an-su
- Yeom Cheong-hun
- Yi Ch'ang-ho (Lee Changho)
- Yi Ch'ang-se
- Yi Chae-ung
- Yi Chi-hyeon
- Yi Cheong-u
- Yi Cheong-weon
- Yi Chu-yong
- Yi Chun-hak
- Yi Hong-yeol
- Yi Heui-seong
- Yi Hyeon-uk
- Yi Hyeong-ro
- Yi Kang-il
- Yi Ki-seop
- Yi Kwan-ch'eol
- Yi Min-chin
- Yi Pong-keun
- Yi Sang-ch'eol
- Yi Sang-hun
- Yi Se-tol (Lee Sedol)
- Yi Seong-chae
- Yi Ta-hye
- Yi Tong-kyu
- Yi Yeong-sin
- Yi Yong-ch'an
- Yi Yong-su
- Yi Sang-hun
- Yi Yeong-sin
- Yo Kagen
- Yoda Norimoto
- Yokota Shigeaki
- Yoshida Mika
- Yoshida Yoichi
- Yu Bin
- Yu Ch'ang-hyeok (Yoo Changhyuk)
- Yu Chae-hyeong
- Yu Chae-seong
- Yu Keon-chae
- Yu Kyeong-min
- Yu Pyeong-ho
- Yuki Satoshi
- Yun Chong-seop
- Yun Chun-sang (Yun Junsang)
- Yun Hyeok
- Yun Hyeon-seok
- Yun Ki-hyeon
- Yun Seong-hyeon
- Yun Yeong-min
- Yun Yeong-seon