Yukari Yoshihara

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Yukari Yoshihara
Full name	Yukari Yoshihara
Kanji	吉原 由香里
Date of birth	October 4, 1973 (1973-10-04) (age 34)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Teacher	Masao Kato
Turned pro	1996
Rank	5 dan
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

Yukari Yoshihara (吉原 由香里, Yoshihara Yukari^?, born October 4, 1973) née Yukari Umezawa (梅沢 由香里, Umezawa Yukari^?) is a Japanese Go professional.

[edit] Biography

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. Umezawa is currently married to Shinya Yoshihara.

[edit] Titles

Title	Years Held
Current	2
Women's Kisei	2007 , 2008

[edit] External links

• Yukari Umezawa's home page
• Sensei's Library's page on Yukari Umezawa
• A webpage about Umezawa at Nihon Ki-in's website
• A Nipponia article about Umezawa

v • d • e Current title holders Female Honinbo - Kumiko Yashuro Female Meijin - Keiko Kato Female Kisei - Yukari Yoshihara Female Saikyo - Xie Yimin Kansai Lady's - Konishi Kazuko