Rin Kono grew up as one of Koichi Kobayashi's students. He became a professional when he was 15 in 1996. He was promoted to 8 dan after beating Keigo Yamashita to win the Tengen in 2005. He was promoted to 9 dan after defending his Tengen title, once more against Yamashita.
Promotion Recordedit
Rank
Year
Notes
1 dan
1996
Promoted to professional dan rank after passing qualifying test.
kono, 河野臨, kōno, born, january, 1981, japanese, professional, player, full, namekanji河野臨born, 1981, january, 1981, tokyo, japanresidencetokyo, japanteacherkoichi, kobayashiturned, pro1996rank9, danaffiliationnihon, contents, biography, promotion, record, title. Rin Kono 河野臨 Kōno Rin born January 7 1981 is a Japanese professional Go player Rin KonoFull nameRin KonoKanji河野臨Born 1981 01 07 January 7 1981 age 43 Tokyo JapanResidenceTokyo JapanTeacherKoichi KobayashiTurned pro1996Rank9 danAffiliationNihon Ki in Contents 1 Biography 2 Promotion Record 3 Titles and runners up 4 External linksBiography editRin Kono grew up as one of Koichi Kobayashi s students He became a professional when he was 15 in 1996 He was promoted to 8 dan after beating Keigo Yamashita to win the Tengen in 2005 He was promoted to 9 dan after defending his Tengen title once more against Yamashita Promotion Record editRank Year Notes1 dan 1996 Promoted to professional dan rank after passing qualifying test 2 dan 19963 dan4 dan5 dan 19996 dan 20017 dan8 dan 2005 Won Tengen title against Keigo Yamashita 9 dan 2006 Defended Tengen title against Keigo Yamashita Titles and runners up editDomesticTitle Wins Runners upMeijin 1 2014 Tengen 3 2005 2007 1 2008 Agon Cup 1 2016 1 2014 Ryusei 1 2008 1 2013 NEC Cup 2 2008 2010 Total 6 4External links editGoBase Profile Nihon Ki in Profile Japanese SL profile nbsp This biographical article relating to a Japanese Go figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rin Kono amp oldid 1087582200, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
