Yukari Umezawa

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Yukari Umezawa

Name	Yukari Umezawa
Kanji	梅沢由香里
Born	October 4, 1973
Birthplace	Tokyo, Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Teacher	Masao Kato
Rank	5 dan
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

Yukari Umezawa (梅沢由香里, Umezawa Yukari, born October 4, 1973) is a Japanese Go professional. Umezawa is currently married to Shinya Yoshihara (吉原慎也 Yoshihara Shin'ya), a professional soccer player. And her name is accordingly changed to Yukari Yoshihara (吉原由香里, Yoshihara Yukari).

Umezawa became a professional Go player in 1996. She then attained the rank of 5-dan in 2002 at the age of 29, and was married in the same year. Umezawa supervised the production of Hikaru no Go, a manga about Go written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. She also became a consultant for the anime version of Hikaru no Go and hosted Go educational programs on NHK.

Umezawa's sensei was Masao Kato.