Biography

The Ryusei is a Go

Go (board game)

Go , is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago...

 competition used by the Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 Nihon-Kiin. It was started in 1991 and is a fast go tournament. The tournament consists of four sections. The winner from each section, along with the player who won the most games in each section play in a single knockout tournament. The winner is decided this way. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($43,000).

Past winners

Player	Years Held
Cho Chikun Cho Chikun Cho Chihun 25th Honinbo Honorary Meijin is a professional Go player. His total title tally of 71 titles is the most in the history of the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. Cho is the only player to hold the top three titles—Kisei, Meijin, and Honinbo—simultaneously which he did for 3 years in a row...	1991, 1993
Otake Hideo	1992
Morita Michihiro	1994
Kobayashi Satoru	1996
Kobayashi Koichi	1997, 2002, 2003
Kato Masao	1998, 2001
Yamada Kimio	1999
Takao Shinji	2000, 2004
Yuki Satoshi	2005
Cho U Cho U Cho U Kisei, Oza is a professional Go player. He currently ranks 6th in the most titles won by a Japanese professional; his NEC Cup win in 2011 put him past his teacher Rin Kaiho and Norimoto Yoda. Cho is the only player in history to have held five of the top seven major titles...	2006, 2007
Kono Rin	2008
Iyama Yuta	2009
Yamashita Keigo	2010
Iyama Yuta	2011