is a Japanese professional 9-dan

Go player This article gives an overview of well-known professional and amateur players of the board game Go throughout the ages. The page has been divided into sections based on the era in which the Go players played and the country in which they play ...

. As Go player, he was a pupil of So Kofuku. Since 2020 he has also worked as a journalist for

Kahoku Shimpo is a Cities of Japan, city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 35,188 in 12787 households, and a population density of 550 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Kahoku is located ...

Early life

Ichiriki was born in 1997 in Sendai into a wealthy family which has run media companies. His grandfather, Kazuo Ichiriki, then CEO of Kahoku Shimpo and

Tohoku Broadcasting Company is a Japanese TV and radio network affiliated with the Japan News Network (JNN), Japan Radio Network (JRN) and National Radio Network (NRN). Its headquarters are located in Miyagi Prefecture, Tōhoku region. History Tohoku Shimbun establishe ...

, was a big fan of Go and taught him playing Go. Ichiriki took Go lessons from other local amateur players too. Ichiriki went to

Nihon Ki-in The Nihon Ki-in (), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system and issuing diplomas for amateur dan rankings. It is based in Tokyo. The other major Go associat ...

Go School as professional candidate from his childhood, first visited the school from Sendai, later from Tokyo. He moved to Tokyo with his mother in 2008. In Summer 2010 he was qualified as Go professional.

Go player

In 2014, he won the 1st

Globis Cup The Globis Cup is an international Go competition for players under the age of 20. The tournament was created in 2014 and is held annually. It is organized by the Nihon Ki-in and sponsored by Globis, a Japanese company. Rules The Globis Cup is a ...

, an international U-20 tournament held annually in Japan. He won his first title in a top-seven Japanese Go competition at the 45th Gosei in 2020, defeating Naoki Hane 3–0 in the title match. The same year, he won the 46th Tengen title in a 3–2 victory over Yuta Iyama to take his second major title. In 2021, he finished in the top four in the 9th

Ing Cup The Ing Cup () is an international Go tournament with a cash prize of over US$400,000. It was created by, and is named after, Ing Chang-ki. The tournament is held once every four years and hence often nicknamed the Go Olympics. In the 7th In ...

, after being defeated by Xie Ke in the semifinal. In 2024, he won the

with a 3-0 in the final against Xie Ke. This marked the first major international title for a Japanese player in more than 20 years.

Titles

International: *

2024 *

2014 (under-20 tournament) Major domestic titles: * Kisei 2022–2024 *

Meijin is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi player, professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word ( "excellent, artful", "person") refers to a highly skilled master of a certain field (the ...

2024 *

Honinbo Honinbo (or Hon'inbō, 本因坊) is a title used by the head of the Honinbo house or the winner of the Honinbo tournament. Honinbo house The Honinbo house was a school of Go players officially founded in 1612 and discontinued in 1940. The foun ...

2023–2024 * Tengen 2020, 2023–2024 * Gosei 2020 Other domestic tournaments won: *

Wakagoi Cup The Wakagoi or Young Carp is a Go competition in Japan for players 30 years of age or younger and at most 7 dan in rank A rank is a position in a hierarchy. It can be formally recognized—for example, cardinal, chief executive officer, gene ...

2013, 2016 *

Shinjin-O The Shinjin-Ō (新人王, King of the New Stars) is a professional Go competition. An annual Japanese tournament, it has been held continuously since 1976. Format The Shinjin-Ō tournament is organised by the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. The tourna ...

2014 * Ryusei 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 *

Agon Kiriyama Cup The Agon Kiriyama Cup (阿含･桐山杯) is a Japanese Go competition. Outline The Agon Kiriyama Cup is a Go competition endorsed by the Nihon Kiin. It was started in 1994Nihon Ki-in, Japanese languagtournament results page retrieved on Decem ...

2018, 2023, 2024 * NHK Cup 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 *

Okage Cup ''Okage: Shadow King'', known in Japan as , is a 2001 role-playing video game developed by Zener Works and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It was never released in PAL regions until the PlayStation 2 classic lineup ...

2020 *

Teikei Cup Shunei is a system of community-supported agriculture in Japan, where consumers purchase food directly from farmers. Teikei is closely associated with small-scale, local, organic farming, and volunteer-based, non-profit partnerships between producers and ...

2023

Journalist

Alongside his professional Go career, Ichiriki enrolled in the

Waseda University Waseda University (Japanese: ), abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, prime ministe ...

School of Social Sciences in 2016. He graduated in 2020 and began working at Kahoku Shimpo, his family's newspaper. He is a journalist at its Tokyo branch office. However, his main focus is still his career as a Go player.

References

External links

Ichiriki Ryo on Go Ratings

(in Japanese) Living people 1997 births People from Sendai Waseda University alumni Japanese Go players Japanese journalists Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in go Go players at the 2022 Asian Games {{Japan-Go-bio-stub