Japanese Go player
Ryo Ichiriki (一力 遼, Ichiriki Ryō, born 10 June 1997) is a Japanese professional 9-dan Go player. As Go player, he was a pupil of So Kofuku.[1] Since 2020 he has also worked as a journalist for Kahoku Shimpo.[2]
Early life
Ichiriki was born in 1997 in Sendai into a wealthy family which has run media companies.[2] His grandfather, Kazuo Ichiriki, then CEO of Kahoku Shimpo and Tohoku Broadcasting Company, was a big fan of Go and taught him playing Go. Ichiriki took Go lessons from other local amateur players too. [3]
Ichiriki went to Nihon Ki-in Go School as professional candidate from his childhood, first visited the school from Sendai, later from Tokyo. He moved to Tokyo with his mother in 2008. [4]
In Summer 2010 he was qualified as Go professional.[5]
Go player
In 2014, he won the 1st Globis Cup, an international U-20 tournament held annually in Japan.[6][7][8][9]
He won his first title in a top-seven Japanese Go competition at the 45th Gosei in 2020, defeating Naoki Hane 3–0 in the title match.[10]
The same year, he won the 46th Tengen title in a 3–2 victory over Yuta Iyama to take his second major title.[11]
In 2021, he finished in the top four in the 9th Ing Cup, after being defeated by Xie Ke in the semifinal.[12]
In 2024, he won the Ing Cup with a 3-0 in the final against Xie Ke. This marked the first major international title for a Japanese player in more than 20 years.
Titles
International:
Major domestic titles:
Other domestic tournaments won:
Journalist
Alongside his professional Go career, Ichiriki enrolled in the Waseda University School of Social Sciences in 2016.[13] He graduated in 2020 and began working at Kahoku Shimpo, his family's newspaper. He is a journalist at its Tokyo branch office. However, his main focus is still his career as a Go player.[2]
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