Osawa Maya
Osawa Maya (大沢摩耶, b. c. 1979) is a well-known top female amareur (6d) and Go instructor whose older sister is Osawa Narumi 5p. She has ranked in the top players at the All Japan Female Amateur Championship (AJFAC) for many times. She is also a teacher at many places including the University of Tokyo and the ANA Intercontinental Tokyo Go Salon ( Official website, Takakura Kozue also teaches at here).
She is the mother of four (two daughters and two sons). Her second daughter was Osuka Seira 3p who died tragically young in an accident. Her eldest daughter Rika and eldest son are amateur 6 dans. Her much younger son is also a keen player.
Records at AJFAC
- 2002 and 2013: Champion (
Results)
- 2003, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2017 and 2018: Ranked in the top 8 players.
- 2015:
4th place, note that Fujiwara Akiko was the champion of this year.
- 2016: Ranked in the
top 16, note that Oshima Reina was the champion of this year.
External links
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Official Website
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Official Blog
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Instructor profile, with her father who has a shidoin license