Rina Fujisawa

Rina Fujisawa (藤沢　里菜 Fujisawa Rina, born 18 September 1998) is a Japanese professional Go player.[1]

Biography

Fujisawa is the daughter of Kazunari Fujisawa, an 8-dan professional Go player. She's the granddaughter of the late Honorary Kisei, Hideyuki Fujisawa. She became a professional player in 2010 at the age of 11 years and 6 months, making her the youngest player in Japan to become pro; it was announced on 5 January 2019 that this record will be broken by Sumire Nakamura on 1 April 2019.[2][3]

Achievements

In 2014, she was the winner of the 1st Aizu Central Hospital Cup. The victory made her the youngest female title holder in Japan at 15 years and 9 months.[4] Later that year, she won the Female Honinbo title. She was the youngest Female Honinbo title holder at the age of 16 years and 1 month. The previous record was set by Hsieh Yimin at the age of 17 years and 11 months.[5]

In 2015. she lost the Female Honinbo title to Hsieh Yimin. Fujisawa won the first two games, but lost the remaining three games.[6]

In March 2016, she won the 2nd Ibero-Japan Cup, a tournament limited to players under 18. She beat Toramaru Shibano in the final and became the second female player to win an open title after Hsieh Yimin.[7] In October, she beat Hsieh Yimin to retake the Female Honinbo title.[8]

In March 2017, Fujisawa won the Female Meijin title. She beat Hsieh Yimin by 2–0.[9] In June 2017, she beat Hsieh Yimin by 2–1 to win her second Aizu Central Hospital Cup.[10] In July 2017, Fujisawa beat Hsieh Yimin to win the second Senko Cup. [11]

Titles

Title	Years Held
Current	6
Aizu Central Hospital Cup	2014, 2017
Female Honinbo	2014, 2016
Female Meijin	2017
Senko Cup	2017

Career Record

• 2013: 24–14[12]
• 2014: 42–16[13]
• 2015: 34–27[14]
• 2016: 35–20[15]
• 2017: 40–24[16]

Ranking

• 1 Dan: April 2010
• 2 Dan: October 2013
• 3 Dan: August 2015
• 4 Dan: April 2018

References

1. -, Nihon Kiin. "藤沢　里菜（フジサワ　リナ / Fujisawa Rina）". Nihon Kiin. Nihon Kiin. Retrieved 2 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. "Girl to be youngest pro Go board game player in Japan aged 10 in April". Kyodo News. 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
3. Yoshida, Reiji (2019-01-05). "Osaka girl, 9, to become Japan's youngest pro go player in April". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
4. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "Amazing Rina Becomes the Youngest-ever Title Holder!". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 2 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "Fujisawa Rina Won Women's Honinbo!". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 2 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
6. Power, John. "Xie regains Women's Honinbo title". American Go E-Journal. American Go E-Journal. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
7. Power, John. "Fujisawa Rina wins junior tournament". American Go E-Journal. American Go E-Journal. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
8. Power, John. "Fujisawa Rina wins Women's Honinbo". American Go E-Journal. American Go E-Journal. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
9. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "第29期 女流名人戦". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 2 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
10. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "第4回　会津中央病院・女流立葵杯". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 24 June 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
11. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "第2回　扇興杯女流最強戦". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 18 July 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
12. "Japanese win-loss 2013". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
13. "Japanese win-loss 2014". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
14. "Japanese win-loss 2015". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
15. "Japanese win-loss 2016". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
16. "Japanese win-loss 2017". igokisen.web.fc2.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.