Rin Kono Biography

*anese professional Go player (born 1981)

Rin Kono (河野臨, Kōno Rin, born January 7, 1981) is a *anese professional Go player.

Biography

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 Yama*a to win the Tengen in 2005. He was promoted to 9 dan after defending his Tengen *le, once more against Yama*a.

Promotion Record

*les and runners-up

External links

GoBase Profile
Nihon Ki-in Profile (*anese)
SL profile

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