Yukari Umezawa

Yukari Umezawa (梅澤由香里 Umezawa Yukari, born October 4, 1973) is a Japanese Go professional.

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October 4 - 1973 - Japan - Go

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Umezawa became a professional Go player in 1996. She then attained the rank of 4-dan in 2002 at the age of 26. Umezawa, currently at the rank of 5-dan, 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.

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4-dan - 2002 - Hikaru no Go - Manga - Yumi Hotta - Takeshi Obata - Anime - NHK

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Umezawa's sensei was Masao Kato. Umezawa is currently married to Shinya Yoshihara (???? Yoshihara Shin'ya), a professional soccer player.

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Masao Kato - Shinya Yoshihara - Soccer

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