Ryo Ichiriki

Ryo Ichiriki
Personal information
Native name
Full nameRyo Ichiriki
Born (1997-06-10) 10 June 1997
Sendai, Japan
Sport
Turned pro2010
Rank9 dan
AffiliationNihon Ki-in
Medal record
Men's Go
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Men's team

Ryo Ichiriki (一力 遼, Ichiriki Ryō; born 10 June 1997) is a Japanese professional 9-dan Go player. As Go player, he was a pupil of So Kofuku.[1] Since 2020 he has also worked as a journalist for Kahoku Shimpo.[2]

Early life

Ichiriki was born in 1997 in Sendai into a wealthy family which has run media companies.[2] His grandfather, Kazuo Ichiriki, then CEO of Kahoku Shimpo and Tohoku Broadcasting Company, was a big fan of Go and taught him playing Go. Ichiriki took Go lessons from other local amateur players too. [3]

Ichiriki went to Nihon Ki-in 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. [4]

In Summer 2010 he was qualified as Go professional.[5]

Go player

In 2014, he won the 1st Globis Cup, an international U-20 tournament held annually in Japan.[6][7][8][9]

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.[10] The same year, he won the 46th Tengen title in a 3–2 victory over Yuta Iyama to take his second major title.[11]

In 2021, he finished in the top four in the 9th Ing Cup, after being defeated by Xie Ke in the semifinal.[12]

In 2024, he won the Ing Cup 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.

International competitions

Competitions 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Ing Cup - × - SF - W -
Samsung Cup × × × × × × QF × R16 × R32 ×
LG Cup × × R16 R32 R16 × R32 QF × × ×
Mlily Cup - R64 - × - QF - R32 -
Chunlan Cup × - R32 - R32 - × - R32 - R16 -
Kuksu Mountains - R16 × - × R16 × QF ×
Lanke Cup - × R64 ×
Asian TV Cup × QF × SF × QF -
Nongshim Cup 1:1 3:1 1:1 0:1 0:1 0:1 0:1 0:1 0:1 0:1 0:1

(W) Winner; (RU) Runner-up; (SF) Semifinalist; (QF) Quarterfinalist; (R16) Round of 16; (R32) Round of 32; (R64) Round of 64.

  • Note 1: Some competitions last for more than one year. Usually the beginning year of the competition is recorded as the year of competition.
  • Note 2: The light green background indicates that the player is still competing in the competition.
  • Note 3: '×' means the player did not participate (or lost in the qualification round), while '-' means the competition was not held in that year.
  • Note 4: The result of Nongshim Cup means the result of the player (matches won : matches lost). The result '0:0' means the player qualified for his/her national team of Nongshim Cup, and the team won before the player compete in the cup.

Titles

International:

Major domestic titles:

Other domestic tournaments won:

Journalist

Alongside his professional Go career, Ichiriki enrolled in the Waseda University School of Social Sciences in 2016.[13] 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ichiriki Ryo at Sensei's Library". senseis.xmp.net.
  2. ^ a b c "囲碁の一力八段が河北新報に 棋士と記者、二足のわらじ". asahi.com. April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  3. ^ 「次世代人 囲碁棋士 一力遼さん 13 王子が始動 まず一勝」『読売新聞』夕刊 2010年8月7日
  4. ^ 「顔 若手棋戦で優勝した高校棋士 一力遼さん」『読売新聞』2013年5月25日
  5. ^ "夏季採用棋士決定". Nihon Ki-in. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ^ "The Power Report (Part 1): Yamashita Increases Lead In Meijin League; Ichiriki Wins New International Tournament". American Go E-Journal. 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  7. ^ "The Power Report: E-Journal to cover Globis Cup". American Go E-Journal. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Ichiriki Wins GLOBIS Cup!". Nihon Ki-in. 28 May 2014.
  9. ^ "1st GLOBIS CUP WORLD GO U-20". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  10. ^ "The Power Report: Moon wins Globis Cup; Takei wins Discovery Cup; Kisei S League; Ichiriki wins 45th Gosei". American Go E-Journal. 26 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  11. ^ "The Power Report: Ichiriki wins Tengen; Shibano defends Oza; Ke Jie wins Samsung Cup". American Go E-Journal. 12 February 2021. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  12. ^ "The Power Report: Korea wins Go Legends National Competition; Ing Cup". American Go E-Journal. 27 February 2021. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022.
  13. ^ "一力遼七段、早稲田の杜へ 「文碁両道」まっしぐら". Sankei Shimbun. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
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