Cho was born in South Korea, but moved to Japan at age 12 in order to become a professional. He accomplished his goal two years later in 1984. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1998. In 1999, he defeated Cho Chikun in the Honinbo, ending Chikun's 10-year run with the title.
this, korean, name, family, name, sonjin, born, april, 1970, professional, player, sonjinfull, namecho, sonjinkanji趙善津kanaチョウソンジンhangul조선진hanja趙善津revised, romanizationjo, seon, jinmccune, reischauercho, sŏn, chinborn, 1970, april, 1970, south, korearesidenceto. In this Korean name the family name is Cho Cho Sonjin born April 18 1970 is a professional Go player Cho SonjinFull nameCho SonjinKanji趙善津KanaチョウソンジンHangul조선진Hanja趙善津Revised RomanizationJo Seon jinMcCune ReischauerCho Sŏn chinBorn 1970 04 18 April 18 1970 age 52 South KoreaResidenceTokyo JapanTeacherTakeo AndoTurned pro1984Rank9 danAffiliationNihon Ki inCho was born in South Korea but moved to Japan at age 12 in order to become a professional He accomplished his goal two years later in 1984 He was promoted to 9 dan in 1998 In 1999 he defeated Cho Chikun in the Honinbo ending Chikun s 10 year run with the title Titles and runners up EditTitle Years HeldCurrent 5 Honinbo 1999 NEC Cup 2006 Agon Cup 2000 2001 Shinjin O 1991Defunct 1 Shin Ei 1991Continental 2 China Japan Agon Cup 2000 2001Title Years LostCurrent 4 Kisei 2001 Honinbo 2000 Tengen 2002 Shinjin O 1995International 1 Samsung Cup 1999See also EditGo playersExternal links EditGoBase Profile 趙善津 Nihon Ki in Profile in Japanese This biographical article relating to a South Korean Go figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cho Son jin amp oldid 1072898465, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
