Kobayashi Satoru
Kobayashi Satoru (小林 覚, born 5 April 1959) is a Japanese 9-dan professional Go player.
In 1995 he won the Kisei and Gosei titles, the only time he has won any of the seven big Japanese titles. Pupil of Kitani Minoru. One of four children, three of whom are professional players: Kobayashi Chizu Kobayashi Satoru and Kobayashi Kenji.
2007
Kobayashi challenged Yamashita Keigo for the 31th Kisei title without success.
2005
Kobayashi challenged Cho U for the 30th Meijin title without success.
Kobayashi had the highest number of wins among the Japanese: 46 wins - 16 losses (74.2%) for the 2005 calendar year. [1]
2001 Suspension
The 3rd Chunlan Cup was the scene of the infamous incident where Kobayashi accidentally injured Ryu Shikun during a drinking session in Taizhou, China. The Nihon Ki-in moved swiftly and suspended Kobayashi Satoru from all professional Go activities for one year. That suspension was later commuted to eight months, and he was allowed to return to active play in September 2001.
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[1] http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/topics2006/oldtopics2006-e/20060214-e.htm