Rina Fujisawa

Fujisawa is the daughter of Kazunari Fujisawa, an 8-dan professional Go player. She is also the granddaughter of the late Honorary Kisei, Hideyuki Fujisawa. She became a professional player in 2010 at the age of 11 years and 6 months, making her the youngest player in Japan to become pro; it was announced on 5 January 2019 that this record would be broken by Sumire Nakamura on 1 April 2019.[2][3]

In 2014, she was the winner of the 1st Aizu Central Hospital Cup. The victory made her the youngest female title holder in Japan at 15 years and 9 months.[4] Later that year, she won the Female Honinbo title. She was the youngest Female Honinbo title holder at the age of 16 years and 1 month. The previous record was set by Hsieh Yimin at the age of 17 years and 11 months.[5]

In 2015. she lost the Female Honinbo title to Hsieh Yimin. Fujisawa won the first two games, but lost the remaining three games.[6]

In March 2016, she won the 2nd Ibero-Japan Cup, a tournament limited to players under 18. She beat Toramaru Shibano in the final and became the second female player to win an open title after Hsieh Yimin.[7] In October, she beat Hsieh Yimin to retake the Female Honinbo title.[8]

In March 2017, Fujisawa won the Female Meijin title. She beat Hsieh Yimin by 2–0.[9] In June 2017, she beat Hsieh Yimin by 2–1 to win her second Aizu Central Hospital Cup.[10] In July 2017, Fujisawa beat Hsieh Yimin to win the second Senko Cup. [11]

In November 2020, Fujisawa became the first woman to win an official go tournament in which female and male young professional players competed, and the first woman to win a coed professional official go tournament in Japan (same tournament).[12][13]

• 2013: 24–14[14]
• 2014: 42–16[15]
• 2015: 34–27[16]
• 2016: 35–20[17]
• 2017: 40–24[18]

• 1 Dan: April 2010
• 2 Dan: October 2013
• 3 Dan: August 2015
• 4 Dan: April 2018