The 4th Okage cup was held from 15th and 16th May 2013 in Mie prefecture.
In the final of the 4th Okage cup, Ichiriki Ryo 3-dan pro (B) defeats Anzai Nobuaki 6-dan pro by resignation after 225 moves. He won his first Okage cup title. Anzai could not achieve the third consecutive Okage cup title.
Ichiriki became a pro in 2011 when he was thirteen years old.
The first game of the 68th Honinbo title match (best-of-seven series) was played in Shimane prefecture on 16 and 17 May 2013. (Shimane is a well known place where Honinbo Dosaku was born.) Iyama (W) beat Takao Shinji 9-dan pro by 4.5 points after 266 moves. Iyama made a good start to defend Honinbo.
Schedule of the Honinbo title match
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Date |
Place |
| Game1 |
16 and 17 May |
Ota-shi Shimane prefecture |
| Game2 |
28 and 29 May |
Kitakyushu-shi Fukuoka prefecture |
| Game3 |
5 and 6 June |
Kushiro-shi Hokaido |
| Game4 |
17 and 18 June |
Shiraishi-shi Miyagi prefecture |
| Game5 |
24 and 25 June |
Fukida-shi Osaka-Fu |
| Game6 |
10 and 11 July |
Toba-shi Mie prefecture |
| Game7 |
17 and 18 July |
Hatano-shi Kanagawa prefecture |
Please be informed that the Nihon Ki-in has set up a ‘National Team’ to unify a team and to let the players make better performance at international pro matches.
Please be advised the members of the team as follows:
| Head Coach |
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Yamashiro Hiroshi 9-dan pro (vice-president of the Nihon Ki-in) |
| Coaches |
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Cho U 9-dan pro, Takao Shinji 9-dan pro, Cho Birei 8-dan pro |
| Team Members |
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＜Mens ＞
| Iyama Yuta |
Yamashita Keigo |
Yuki Satoshi |
Cho U |
| Hane Naoki |
Takao Shinji |
O Meien |
Ryu Shikun |
| Kono Rin |
Mizokami Tomochika |
Seto Taki |
Murakawa Daisuke |
| Uchida Shuhei |
Anzai Nobuaki |
Shida Tatsuya |
Fujita Akihiko |
| Kanazawa Makoto |
Suzuki Shinji |
Terayama Rei |
Ichiriki Ryo |
＜Women ＞
| Hsieh Yi Min |
Aoki Kikuyo |
Yoshida Mika |
Kato Keiko |
| Suzuki Ayumi |
Mukai Chiaki |
Chinen Kaori |
Osawa Narumi |
| Okuda Aya |
Ishii Akane |
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| * Note : |
Those who are under twenty-year-old pros may also be qualified to the members of the national team to get trained. |
Jonas Welticke, a 17-year-old German high school student, started insei at the Nihon Ki-in Tokyo from 11th May 2013.
Having won 10 out of 11 matches in the first week, he made a good start to get promoted to the D class.
