Hideyuki Sakai
Hideyuki Sakai (坂井秀至, Sakai Hideyuki, born April 23, 1973) is a professional Go player.
Biography
Before becoming a professional, Sakai was majoring in medical science at Kyoto University. For a long time, Sakai was the strongest amateur player in Japan, and when he won the World Amateur Go Championship in 2000, the Kansai Ki-in awarded him professional 5 dan (after defeating two 5 dan and two 7 dan). He was also the first player in Japan to be awarded a special 8 dan (amateur) diploma. In 2003, he won the biggest Kansai Ki-in tournament, the Kansai Ki-in Championship. In 2004, he was runner-up for the Shinjin-O title, losing to Mizokami Tomochika two games to one (losing both by half point). He is currently active in various tournament leagues for both the Nihon Ki-in (participation in Meijin league 2005–present) and Kansai Ki-in.
In 2010, Sakai won the Gosei title, defeating title-holder Cho U 3-2.
Titles and runners-up
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- 1979: W. Nie
- 1980: F. Imamura
- 1981: Z. Shao
- 1982: D. Cao
- 1983: X. Ma
- 1984: Q. Wang
- 1985: J. Wang
- 1986: J. Chen
- 1987: F. Imamura
- 1988: W. Zhang
- 1989: Z. Che
- 1990: H. Chang
- 1991: F. Imamura
- 1992: Y. Kikuchi
- 1993: Y. Sun
- 1994: S. Hiraoka
- 1995: H. Hirata
- 1996: J. Liu
- 1997: J. Liu
- 1998: C. Kim
- 1999: C. Yu
- 2000: H. Sakai
- 2001: D. Li
- 2002: L. Fu
- 2003: Not held
- 2004: K. Lee
- 2005: Y. Hu
- 2006: S. Hiraoka
- 2007: Z. Shan
- 2008: S. Ha
- 2009: Y. Hu
- 2010: H. Song
- 2011: B. Bai
- 2012: Z. Qiao
- 2013: H. Choi
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