Daisuke Murakawa

Daisuke Murakawa
Full name Daisuke Murakawa
Kanji 村川大介
Born December 14, 1990 (1990-12-14) (age 21)
Hyōgo, Japan
Residence Osaka, Japan
Teacher Naoki Moriyama
Turned pro 2002
Rank 5 dan
Affiliation Kansai Ki-in

Daisuke Murakawa (村川大介 Murakawa Daisuke?, born December 14, 1990) is a professional Go player.

Biography

Murakawa was still just a 6th grader when he became a professional Go player at the Kansai Ki-in. He was only one month older than Cho Chikun, making him the second youngest professional in Japan. This also made him the youngest Kansai Ki-in professional, edging out Yuki Satoshi by a small margin. Murakawa is the youngest ever tsumego (life and death) problem creator and number created. His rival is Iyama Yuta from the Nihon Ki-in. Murakawa is currently 7 dan. He has also won the Nagai award.

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