Hyperpapeterie / Up And Coming Japanese Players
Put young promising players here. You can add your own suggestions. Rough and ready cutoff is 25, older players should have more accomplishments, and the list is totally subjective.
- Iyama Yuta (b. May 24th 1989) -- no longer 'promising', just awesome.
- Murakawa Daisuke (b. Dec 14th, 1990) -- seems the clear second best so far in this generation
- Suzuki Shinji (b. November 3, 1990) -- one win away from the Honinbo league in 2010, 21 wins that year.
- Shida Tatsuya (b. Dec 12th, 1990) -- no single result, but has gone far in several preliminaries, 24 wins in 2010, 32 wins in 2009. Just hit 5 dan in 2012.
- Ko Iso (b. April 10th, 1987) -- youngest member of the Meijin league prior to Iyama Yuta, had a sophomore slump, seems to be doing well again.
- Tsuruta Kazushi (b. May 14, 1995) -- made the main tournament of the Gosei in 2011.
- Yu Zhengqi (b. June 19, 1995) -- Taiwanese 1p in 2005, one game away from the Gosei in 2011.
- Ri Ishu (b. June 16, 1988) -- has been in the Tengen and the Kisei league.
- Uchida Shuhei (b. September 8, 1989) -- consistently promoted by prize winnings each year, Shinjin O in 2008, won entry to the Meijin league in 2011.
- Xie Yimin (b. November 16, 1989) -- top female player, consistently winning all around, will hit the main tournaments soon enough
- Ichiriki Ryo (b. 1997) -- top placed insei in 2010, record for 2011 23:8, younger than everyone else on this list, already in the final prelim. of Kisei tournament. Unsurprisingly, he got a 2 dan promotion for prize-winning in his first year.