née 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

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!Title || Years Held

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| align="center" | Current

| align="center" | 3

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| Women's Kisei

| 2007, 2008, 2009

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  • 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
  • Yukari Yoshihara manga at Media Arts Database
  • Yukai Umezawa anime at Media Arts Database