Yukari Umezawa
Encyclopedia
née
is a Japan
ese Go
professional.
player in 1996. She then attained the rank of 5-dan
in 2002 at the age of 29, and was married in the same year. Umezawa 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
. Umezawa's sensei
was Masao Kato
. Umezawa is currently married to Shinya Yoshihara
.
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
is a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese Go
Go (board game)
Go , is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago...
professional.
Biography
Umezawa became a professional GoGo (board game)
Go , is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago...
player in 1996. She then attained the rank of 5-dan
Go ranks and ratings
Skill in the traditional board game Go is measured by a number of different national, regional and online ranking and rating systems. Traditionally, go rankings have been measured using a system of dan and kyu ranks...
in 2002 at the age of 29, and was married in the same year. Umezawa supervised the production of Hikaru no Go
Hikaru no Go
is a manga series, a coming of age story based on the board game Go written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata with an anime adaptation. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa...
, a manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
about Go written by Yumi Hotta
Yumi Hotta
is a Japanese manga artist, born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan in 1957.Hotta is best known as the author of the best-selling manga and anime series Hikaru no Go, about the game of go that is widely credited for the recent boom of the game in Japan. The idea behind Hikaru no Go began when Yumi Hotta...
and illustrated by Takeshi Obata
Takeshi Obata
is a Japanese manga artist. He works as the artist in collaboration with a writer. He has also mentored several manga artists, including Kentaro Yabuki of Black Cat fame, Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin and Busou Renkin, and Yusuke Murata of Eyeshield 21.He originally became noticed in 1985...
. She also became a consultant for the anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
version of Hikaru no Go and hosted Go educational programs on NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
. Umezawa's sensei
Sensei
' is a Japanese word that basically means "person born before another." In general usage, it means "master" or "teacher," and the word is used as a title to refer to or address teachers, professors, professionals such as lawyers, CPA and doctors, politicians, clergymen, and other figures of authority...
was Masao Kato
Masao Kato
- Titles and runners-up :Ranks #4 in total amount of titles in Japan.-Books:*Kato's Attack and Kill ISBN 4-87187-027-2*The Chinese Opening ISBN 4-906574-33-5-External links:...
. Umezawa is currently married to Shinya Yoshihara
Shinya Yoshihara
is a former Japanese footballer.He is married to Yukari Yoshihara.- Career History :When Yoshihara was in junior high school, he received a recommendation from his former teacher to play football at Ibaraki Prefectural Hitachi Technical High School, one of the most competitive teams in the prefecture...
.
Titles
| Title | Years Held |
|---|---|
| Current | 2 |
 Women's KiseiWomen's Kisei The Women's Kisei is a Go competition.- Outline :The Women's Kisei is sponsored by NTT DoCoMo, and uses a hayago format, unlike the male Kisei, which uses an eight hour thinking time format. The winner's purse is 3,500,000 Yen .-Past winners:... |
2007, 2008 |