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| Yukari Yoshihara | |
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| Full name | Yukari Umezawa (梅沢 由香里) |
| Kanji | 吉原 由香里 |
| Born | (1973-10-04) October 4, 1973 (age 51) Tokyo, Japan |
| Residence | Tokyo, Japan |
| Teacher | Masao Kato |
| Turned pro | 1996 |
| Rank | 6 dan |
| Affiliation | Nihon 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 |
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| Current | 3 |
 Women's Kisei
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2007, 2008, 2009 |
External links
- Yukari Umezawa's home page
- Sensei's Library's page on Yukari Umezawa
- A webpage about Umezawa at Nihon Ki-in's website
- A Nipponia article about Umezawa
- Yukari Umezawa manga at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- Yukari Yoshihara manga at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- Yukai Umezawa anime at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
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