Toshiro Kageyama

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Toshiro Kageyama

Name	Toshiro Kageyama
Kanji
Born	June 21, 1926
Died	July 31, 1990
Birthplace	Shizuoka, Japan
Teacher	-
Rank	7 dan

Toshiro Kageyama (June 21, 1926 - July 31, 1990) was a professional Go player.

[edit] Biography

Kageyama was born in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan. In 1948, he won the biggest amateur Go tournament in Japan, the All-Amateur Honinbo. The year after that, he passed the pro exam. His promotion record is as follows :

Rank	Year	Age
1 dan	1949	23
2 dan	1950	24
3 dan	1951	25
4 dan	1953	27
5 dan	1955	29
6 dan	1961	35
7 dan	1977	51

For two years straight, Kageyama was runner up for the Prime Minister Cup. First, against Otake Hideo, then Hoshino Toshi. His style was a very calm one with deep calculations, similar to what Ishida Yoshio would use later on. The greatest accomplistment of his life, in his own opinion, was beating Rin Kaiho in the Prime Minister Cup semi-finals. At the time, Rin was the Meijin, the highest in Japan. Kageyama commentated of the game in his book "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go", where he wrote "Experiences like the following are what make it impossible to stop playing Go. The year was 1965. I had advanced to the semifinals of the Prime Minister Cup, and in the semifinal game I scored the upset of my life by beating the current Meijin, Rin Kaiho. Even now the memory is so intoxicating that I am embarrassed to think what this commentary is going to sound like, but I don't care. This game is one of my lifetime masterpieces,".