Tomoko Kato is a Japanese professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in.[1][2][3] Her mentor is Kazuko Sugiuchi (Sachiko Honda's sister).
Records
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Notes[1][2][3]
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| 1991
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Obtained professional status
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| 1992
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Obtained the Women Honinbo title (女流本因坊) and the female MVP (棋道賞女流賞)
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| 1993
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Obtained the Rookie Award (棋道賞新人賞)
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| 1994
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Semi-finalist at the World Women Go Championship (ja:宝海杯世界女子選手権戦 ).[4] Obtained the female MVP
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| 1995
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Defeated Kazuko Sugiuchi and obtained the Women Grand Master title (女流名人). This is the first title match fought by players with apprenticeship (teacher-student relationship). She was also the 1st place in the female player prize money ranking.
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| 2000
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Obtained the Women Champion title (女流最強位)
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| 2001
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Ranked in the top 8 players at the International Women Professional Weiqi Championship (ja:山水黔城杯国際女子プロ囲棋選手権戦)[5] She was promoted to 5 dan in this year.
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| 2005
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Obtained 300 career wins
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| 2013
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Promoted to 6 dan
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