Rin Kaiho

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Rin Kaiho
Full name	Rin Kaiho
Chinese	林海峰
Pinyin	Lín Hǎifēng
Date of birth	May 6, 1942 (1942-05-06) (age 66)
Place of birth	Shanghai, China
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Teacher	Go Seigen
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in; Tokyo branch

Rin Kaiho (Chinese: 林海峰; Pinyin: Lín Hǎifēng; born on May 6, 1942) is a professional Go player.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Promotion record 3 Titles & runners-up 4 Trivia 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Rin Kaiho was born in Shanghai, China. He was a student of Go Seigen when Go brought him to Japan in 1952. He was a promising player who won his first title at the age of 23. That title was the Meijin. He is part of the 1200 win group. Rin's rise to fame came in 1965 when he challenged Sakata Eio Meijin for his Meijin title. Rin, at the time, was still only 23 and critics thought he would stand no chance against the then powerful Sakata. Even Sakata himself said that no Go player under the age of thirty should be Meijin. Rin put up a great fightback and won the Meijin title. Rin would continue winning the Meijin on different occasions, along with the Honinbo during the late 1960s and early 1970s. His number of titles currently is 36, ranking him 4th all time on the total number of titles list. Rin has been on a dry spell of titles lately, with the last time he even challenged for one was in 2001 for the Meijin. Rin became the first professional in Nihon Ki-in history to reach 1,300 career wins. He won the game against Nobuaki Anzai on October 19, 2006 in a preliminary match for the 32nd Kisei.[1] Rin currently resides in Tokyo, Japan, but maintains Republic of China citizenship.

[edit] Promotion record

Rank	Year	Notes
1 dan	1955
2 dan	1955
3 dan	1957
4 dan	1958
5 dan	1959
6 dan	1960
7 dan	1962
8 dan	1965
9 dan	1967

[edit] Titles & runners-up

Ranks #5 in total number of titles in Japan.

Title	Years Held
Current	18
Meijin	1977
Honinbo	1968 - 1970, 1983, 1984
Judan	1975
Tengen	1989 - 1993
Oza	1973
Gosei	1994
NEC Cup	1989
NHK Cup	1970, 1974, 1978
Defunct	15
Old Meijin	1965 - 1967, 1969, 1971 - 1973
Kakusei	1979, 1992, 1998
Hayago Championship	1984, 1987
Asashi Pro Best Ten	1966, 1974
Continental	2
China-Japan Tengen	1990, 1991
International	1
Fujitsu Cup	1990

Title	Years (1st Runner up)
Current	27
Kisei	1980, 1982, 1984
Meijin	1978, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2001
Honinbo	1967, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1985
Judan	1976, 1978, 1989
Tengen	1994, 1996
Oza	1966, 1974, 1986
Gosei	1993, 1995
NEC Cup	1986, 1995
NHK Cup	1987
Ryusei	1994
Defunct	7
Old Meijin	1968, 1979, 1974
Hayago Championship	1990, 1995
Nihon-Kiin Championship	1967
Asashi Pro Best Ten	1969
Continental	3
China-Japan Tengen	1992 - 1994
International	3
Fujitsu Cup	1988, 1989
Tong Yang Cup	1992

[edit] Trivia

• Rin is Honorary Tengen.
• He needs to win the Kisei tournament and he will have won all 7 major Japanese titles.
• In 1968 he became the second player to hold the Meijin and Honinbo titles at the same time.

×Starting in 1964, Rin had entered the Meijin League and remained in the league (including being the Meijin title holder) for 39 consecutive years, which is a historical record for all Go tournaments in Japan.

• In 2007 Lee Changho mentioned to the media that Rin is his most respected professional Go player for his respectable personality.
• His students are Cho U, Rin Kanketsu, and Rin Shien.

[edit] External links

• GoBase Profile
• Sensei's Library Profile