Yukari Yoshihara

Yukari Yoshihara
Full nameYukari Umezawa (梅沢 由香里)
Kanji吉原 由香里
Born (1973-10-04) October 4, 1973 (age 51)
Tokyo, Japan
ResidenceTokyo, Japan
TeacherMasao Kato
Turned pro1996
Rank6 dan
AffiliationNihon Ki-in

Yukari Yoshihara (吉原 由香里, Yoshihara Yukari, born October 4, 1973) née Yukari Umezawa (梅沢 由香里, Umezawa Yukari) is a Japanese Go professional.

Biography

Yukari Umezawa was born in Tokyo in 1973, and graduated from Keio University in 1996. She first played Go at the age of 6 and she became a professional Go 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. In 2002 she was starring in her own videogame Umesawa Yukari no Igo Seminar (梅沢由香里の囲碁セミナー) on Xbox - a Go simulator. 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 married to Shinya Yoshihara. They have a son (born 2011).

Titles

Title Years Held
Current 3
Japan Women's Kisei 2007, 2008, 2009