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al Go player at

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.Reiko Kobayashi at GoBase
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Achievements

Notable family members

Reiko Kobayashi has several professional players in her family. * Father:

Minoru Kitani was one of the most celebrated professional Go players and teachers of the Go (board game), game of Go in the twentieth century in Japan. Biography He earned the nickname "the Prodigy" after winning a knockout tournament. He defeated eight op ...

, 9-dan professional go player * Husband:

Koichi Kobayashi is a Japanese Go player. He is one of the 'Six Supers' who championed Japanese Go in the last three decades of Japanese Go. Biography Koichi Kobayashi was born in Asahikawa, Japan. In 1965, he came to Tokyo to be a disciple of Minoru Kitani. ...

, 9-dan professional go player, holder of three honorary titles * Daughter: Izumi Kobayashi, former female title holder * Son in law:

Cho U Cho U (; born on 20 January 1980) is a Taiwanese professional Go player. He currently ranks 6th in the most titles won by a Japanese professional; his NEC Cup win in 2011 put him past his teacher Rin Kaiho and Norimoto Yoda. Cho is the first p ...

, 9-dan professional player from

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Cho U at Sensei's Library
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Personal life

Reiko Kitani was trained by her father

, and eventually married one of his best students,

, who was 13 years younger. They had one daughter Izumi Kobayashi. Reiko Kobayashi died after an 18-month battle with cancer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kobayashi, Reiko 1939 births 1996 deaths Japanese female Go players 20th-century Go players 20th-century Japanese sportswomen