The Most Famous
GO PLAYERS from Japan
This page contains a list of the greatest Japanese Go Players. The pantheon dataset contains 2 Go Players, 1 of which were born in Japan. This makes Japan the birth place of the 2nd most number of Go Players.
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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Japanese Go Players of all time. This list of famous Japanese Go Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Hon'inbō Shūsaku (1829 - 1862)
With an HPI of 55.49, Hon'inbō Shūsaku is the most famous Japanese Go Player. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Shusaku (本因坊秀策, Yasuda Eisai, Kuwahara Shusaku, Invincible Shusaku, born Kuwabara Torajiro (桑原虎次郎); June 6, 1829 – September 3, 1862) was a Japanese professional Go player during the 19th century. He is known for his undefeated streak of 19 games during the annual castle games; his thirty-game match with Ota Yuzo; the eponymous Shusaku opening; and his posthumous veneration as a "Go sage". Next to his teacher, Hon'inbō Shūwa, he is considered to have been the strongest player from 1847/8 to his death in 1862. He was nicknamed Invincible Shusaku because of his castle games performance.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as go players born between 1829 and 1829. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased go players include Hon'inbō Shūsaku.
