Yukari Yoshihara
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.
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.
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Yoshihara, Yukari |
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Japanese Go player |
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October 4, 1973 |
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Tokyo, Japan |
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