This little brat is really irritating !! We looove Isumi when he says : " Shut up " We discover this young and ambitious insei when Hikaru joins the insei group too. The others boys quot OchiOchi's progress as an example but the character doesn't have much importance until the pro examination. Then, Ochi breaks out, its ambition is to succeed the pro exam with being undefeated.

A very popular character ^^

A promising player

His grand-father seems very rich and he often ask go pro to come home to play against his small son and to help him to progress. During the pro exam, he is trained by Akira who want to use him to test Hikaru. But Ochi is an intelligent boy. He isn't fool and understand that quickly.
But Ochi is also very talented for go. He is one of the best Insei and become a good go pro (even if he can't compete with Akira and Hikaru).
However, his biggest disappointment is perhaps that Akira don't consider him as a rival. So he tried to compete with Waya out of spite.

Very proud.

When he passes the pro exam (for the first time), he doesn't only want to success, he wants to be undefeated. When he realizes the interest that Akira Toya carries in Hikaru, he sets the challenge to beat this last one (and to become the rival of Akira).

In the same way, at the time of the Hokuto cup, instead of simply accepting the place of Japanese team memner (since he won his games), he makes a question of honour in beating Yashiro and claims a new game to prove he has completely his place in the team of Japan. His uprightness won't be thanked because he will lose his match against Yashiro, thus letting spin the occasion to represent his country in a great competition.

Hikaru:

Waya:

Isumi: