Mitsuru MASHIBA
Young pro, we immediately hate him. He was an Insei with Waya and Isumi the year before Hikaru come.
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Toshiyuki MATSUNAGA
Go pro, 6 dan, he lost against Akira Toya.
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Yuki MITANI
High school student in Haze and member of the go club.
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MITANI's sister
She's Mitani's older sister, she works in a cyber coffee and lets play Internet go for free.
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MIWA
High school boy, member of the Kaio's go club. He doesn't like Akira Toya.
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MORI
Go pro, he come with Ogata to the junior go tournament.
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Kazuo MORISHITA
He is Shigeo Morishita's son, he is a student.
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Shigeko MORISHITA
She is Shigeo Morishita's daughter, she doesn't play go but seems rather interested in Waya ...
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Shigeo MORISHITA
Go pro, he is Waya's master. He manages a study group. He considers himself as the Meijin's rival
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Shinichi MURAKAMI
Young go pro, he isn't very nice. He was Hikaru's opponent (when Shindo was an insei) at the young lions tournament.
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NAKAYAMA
Young pro player, he was Waya's opponent at the young lions tournament. He knows Waya quite well because he was an insei two years ago.
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Asumi NASE
She is one of the few insei girls. She is in class 1, she is friend with Waya, Isumi, Hikaru....
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NATSUME
He is in Mitani's class. He is a nice boy and he joins the Go club.
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NOGI
Old go pro, he was Meijin few years ago.
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Kousuke OCHI
Insei then Go pro.
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OCHI's Grand-Father
He is himself an amateur go player. He initiated his grandson at go game. He seems very rich, directs surely a company and makes come from the pros at his house to teach the go to him. He takes care much Ochi.
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OKA
Insei who faces Hikaru at the young lions tournament. He is still very young, very hard-working and his idol is Akira Toya. He often disputes with Shouji, another insei.
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OKAMURA
Young schoolboy who joined Haze's go club after Akari leaved. Recruited by Kaga (he was forced), he wanted at the beginning to play the shogi.
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OKUMURA
Student at Kaïo college and member of the club of go. He first tries to overcome Akira while using mirror game then he assembles a plot to make him lose.
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Seiji OGATA
Go pro and Member of Toya Meijin's study group. He is one of the best japanese players.
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Go club owner
Owner of the go club where Kawai often comes. When Hikaru prepares himself to the pro examination, he comes several times in this club where the owner, benevolent, does not make him pay the entry. This one even proposes amusing challenges to him to exert him. He also gives him old newspapers so that the young boy learns more about the world of the go.
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Le PING
Jeune joueur de go chinois, troublesome, he looks like Waya. He faces Isumi many times in China. He isn't very serious in his training of go.
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The tropical fish
I don't know why, but they have traumatized me... I'd like to know why there are also some in the hall of the Go Institute. Is this Ogata who imposed their presence. Or perhaps people must have ones while becoming go pro? Mystery....
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Kurata's teacher
Trainee teacher in Kurata's College, he discovers the aptitude of this one to predict the winner in horses races.
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Japanese's pro
Japanese pro of a good level, he faces Master Kuwabara. He doesn't seems impressed by the words of this last one.
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Sai's rival
He is the other go teacher of the emperor. He did not hesitate to cheat to win against Sai. He has a real unpleasant face, hasn't he ?
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Koji SAEKI
Young go pro, member of Morishita's study group.
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SAKAMAKI
We doesn't knwo exactly who he is (pro player?) but he works at the Nihon Ki In and shouts at Shindo when this one miss his games.
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Chiekko SAKURANO
Go pro and member of the same study group as Isumi. She went in China with him.
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SASAKI
Go pro and member of Toya Meijin's study group.
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Secretary of the city council man
He is rather good at Go and more crafty than the adviser, he guesses the first Akira fooling them. His goal was to humiliate Akira Toya to be able to brag.
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Chang-Won SEO
Excellent korean go pro. He faces Toya Meijin many times in international tournaments.
They seems to be good friends. They meet each other again at the end of the manga in the Chinese championship.
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SERIZAWA
High level Japanese pro. He seems to be in the majority of the leagues of the important titles. He is of an intermediate generation between Toya Meijin and Akira.
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Zhao SHII
Young Chinese go pro (younger than Hikaru). He faces Isumi at the time of the stay of this one in China then he is selected like third captain of the Chinese national team at the Hokuto cup.
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SHIMANO
Best amateur player of Japan, he represents his country at the amateurs world championships. He formerly attended Toya Meijin's study group.
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Heïhachi SHINDO
Hikaru's Grand-Father, he was a good amateur player in his youth, he encourages his little son to devote himself to his passion.
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Hikaru SHINDO
Hero of the story. Whereas he didn't knwo anything about the game of go, he is suddenly haunted by the ghost of Sai who pushes him to play. Than, he begins to like go little by little.
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Mitsuko SHINDO
She is Hikaru's mother.
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SHINODA
Go pro and Insei director.
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Mishio SHIRAKAWA
Professional go player, he is a teacher in the district club where Hiakru came at the beginning. He is also a member of Morishita's study group.
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SHOUJI
Insei which faces Akira Toya at the young lions tournament. He is rather lazy and has a big mouth. His idol is Hikaru Shindo.
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SHUU
He is the owner of a go center where Mitani often comes. He is usually benevolent with the boy but engages Dake to give him a lesson when it realizes that this one cheating.
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SHUUHEÏ
Best japanese amateur. Hikaru meets him in Hiroshima and beats him
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Hon SUYON
Korean insei, Pro.
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Suyon's uncle
He owns a go center in Japan.
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An TAESON
Young Korean pro, he is the rival of Kurata (who is called the 'Japanese Ann Taeson' in Korea), he is the rather self confident about the victory of the korean team at the Hokuto cup.
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TAJIMA
Young pro player, he is Fuku's adversary of Fuku at the young lions tournament.
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TAMAKO
Physic teacher at the Haze junior high school. She lends his laboratory for the club of go.
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TOGARI
Owner of a large company which sponsorise the Hokuto cup.
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TORAJIRO (Shusaku)
Very good player of go (considered by some the best player of go of all times) of the XIXth century. Sai haunted him. He died young of a disease.
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Akiko TOYA
She is Koyo Toya's wife and Akira's mother.
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Akira TOYA
He is the son of the famous go player Toya Meijin and Hikaru's rival.
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Koyo TOYA
Japanese go pro. He is considered as the best Go player in the world. He is Akira's father.
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Translator
Young Korean who is the translator of Yongha at the time of an interview before the Hokuto cup. He knows Japanese quite good and is at the origin of the misunderstanding relating to Shusaku.
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Toshiro TSUBAKI
Motorcyclist player of go who tries to pass the examination pro and which frightens much Hikaru at the beginning...
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Kumoko TSUDA
She is Akari's friend and she joined Haze go club. She is weak at go and seems quite shy.
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Tadao TSUJIOKA
He made a success at the pro examen the same year has Akira. He seems calm, intelligent and nice.
He is interested by Hikaru when he hears Akira Toya see him as his rival.
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Kimihiro TSUTSUI
High school boy from Haze, he try hard to create a go club.
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TSUZUKI
Go pro 7 dan from Meijin's study group. He is rather nice.
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UESHIMA
High school boy brought by Yabe at Haze's go club. He was doing athletics but he was forced to stop because of health problem. He used to play go with his father.
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WATANABE
Japanese go pro (8 dan) who supervises the qualifications for the Hokuto cup.
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Yoshitaka WAYA
Insei (then pro) and Hikaru's friend.
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YABE
Young student, he is forced by Kaga to join Haze's go club after Akari and the others left.
He already knows how to play go, he'll become first captain.
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Kiyoharu YASHIRO
Young go pro from Kansai, he is 3rd board in the japanese team at the Hokuto cup.
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Ko YONGHA
Young korean prodigy, member of the corean team at the Hokuto cup.
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YUN
Go teacher at Kaio high school.
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Cheng XUE-MING
Young and talented Chinese go pro who faces Toya Meijin twice. He has been crush twice.
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ZAMA
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