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Yukari Umezawa (梅澤由香里, Umezawa Yukari , October 4th 1973 -) is a player of go Japan professional ease.

Raise Kato Masao become professional in 1996, it reached the row of 4th daN in 2000, at the 26 years age, then of 5th daN in 2002.

It is technical adviser for the Manga Hikaru No go and presents the " part; go, go, igo" at the end of certain versions of the Animates. It carries out also programmes of initiation to the go for the NHK.

Yukari Umezawa married in 2002 the professional player of football Shinya Yoshihara (吉原慎也 Yoshihara Shin' ya ).

Biography

1985 (at the 12 years age): 8th place with the Japanese championship female amateur
1987 (at the 14 years age): raise of Kato Masao and insei of Nihon Ki-in as from February
January 1993: end of the studies of insei because of the age limit
August 1993: 3rd place of the tournament national Honinbō of the students
May 1994: Honinbō amateur of the town of Tōkyō
November 1994: gain the fifth international tournament of par-go
March 1995: 3rd place of the Japanese championship female amateur
December 1995: success of the female professional examination of Nihon Ki-in
March 1996: graduate of the University Keiō
April 1996: shodan (beginning as professional)
July 1998: 2nd daN
August 1999: 3rd daN
June 2000: 4th daN
September 2002: 5th daN
2002: finalist of the 4th female tournament of the strongest player pro (女流プロ最強戦)
2004: 22e price of the association of the go on television

External bonds

Personal site of Yukari Umezawa
Personal site lodged by the nihon kiin

Card of Nihon Kiin
Card of gobase.org
Card of Sensei' S Library
Interview of Yukari Umezawa

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