Kikuyo Aoki

Kikuyo Aoki
Full name Kikuyo Aoki
Kanji 青木 喜久代
Born May 24, 1968 (1968-05-24) (age 43)
Tokyo, Japan
Residence Tokyo, Japan
Teacher Yasuro Kikuchi
Turned pro 1986
Rank 8 dan
Affiliation Nihon Ki-in

Kikuyo Aoki (青木 喜久代 Aoki Kikuyo?, born May 24, 1968) is an 8-dan[1] professional Go player.[2]

Contents

Biography

Kikuyo joined the Nihon Ki-in in 1981.[3] She is the sister of Shinichi Aoki, who is a 9 dan professional at the Nihon Ki-in. Kikuyo has won 10 major titles.[4]

Promotion Record

Rank
Year
Notes
1 dan 1986
2 dan 1987
3 dan 1989
4 dan 1992
5 dan 1993
6 dan 1995
7 dan 1997
8 dan 2000
9 dan

Titles

Title Years Held
Current 10
Women's Meijin 1990, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006
Women's Kisei 1991, 1992, 1994, 2000
Women's Saikyo 2001

See also

Strategy games portal
Japan portal
Book: Go:The Board Game
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References

  1. ^ "Aoki Kikuyo's games record". Fuseki Info. http://fuseki.info/games_list.php?lang=en&sb=full&d=0&q=Aoki+Kikuyo&q2=&bs=pl. Retrieved 20 December 2010. 
  2. ^ "Aoki Kikuyo at Sensei's Library". http://senseis.xmp.net/?AokiKikuyo. 
  3. ^ "Aoki Kikuyo's profile". GoBase.org. http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Aoki%20Kikuyo. Retrieved 20 December 2010. 
  4. ^ "Aoki Kikuyo's profile". Nihon Ki-in. http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000255.htm. Retrieved 20 December 2010.