Go Background

• 8 years old

  Began playing Go

  I began attending a Go academy in secret because I wanted to play with my grandfather, who is a highly ranked player.

• 9 years old

  Began taking Go lessons on Cafetalk

  I started because I wanted to play against strong opponents. I found out that Cafetalk was offering scholarships, saw who'd I'd be playing against and thought they looked good, so I applied.

• May 2016

  Became a Cafetalk Go scholarship student Interview #1

  My teacher is always really nice and teaches me patiently! I'll work really hard to make my dream come true!

• Jun. 2016

  Competed in the Arakawa-ku Kids Igo Tournament. Won a special recognition award.

  I won a special recognition award at the Arakawa-ku Kids Igo Tournament. They specially created the award for me because I played a great game against a girl who was the same level as me (2 dan). I was so upset when I lost that I even cried, but it was really nice to have my hard work acknowledged.

• Jul. 2016

  Seishonen Igo Ikuseikai (Kyu Rank Class) Champion

  I won first place at the Seishonen Igo Ikuseikai (Kyu Rank Class) !!

• Jul. 2016

  Scholarship Program Interview Shoot

  Kagami-san came and we got to talk about all sorts of stuff and had a fun video shoot. We took a bunch of different shots so I was nervous at first, but I got comfortable pretty quickly.

• Oct. 2016

  Upcoming Tournaments

  I'm planning to compete in the Youth International Go Tournament, Suginami-ku Seishonen Igo Festival, Noryo Igo Girls Fest Championship Indiscriminent Class (5 dan and up). My ultimate goal is to compete in the Kurashiki Kodomo Kiseisen in October. I will practice as hard as I can to pass the preliminaries!