This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.Find sources: "Jiro Akiyama" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Jiro Akiyama
Full nameJiro Akiyama
Kanji秋山次郎
Born (1977-11-23) November 23, 1977 (age 46)
Tokyo, Japan
ResidenceTokyo, Japan
TeacherYasuro Kikuchi
Turned pro1992
Rank9 dan
AffiliationNihon Ki-in
Jiro Akiyama
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Men's Team

Jiro Akiyama (秋山 次郎, Akiyama Jirō, born November 23, 1977) is a Japanese professional Go player.[1]

Biography

Akiyama became a professional in 1992 at the age of 14. He was taught by Yasuro Kikuchi. In 1999, he was promoted to 7 dan. His biggest accomplishment came in 2002 when he was runner-up for the NEC Shun-Ei title to Shinji Takao. He currently resides in Tokyo, Japan.

Promotion record

Rank Year Notes
1 dan 1992
2 dan 1992
3 dan 1993
4 dan 1994
5 dan 1996
6 dan 1997
7 dan 1999
8 dan 2006
9 dan 2012[2]

Past runners-up

Title Years Lost
Defunct 1
Japan NEC Shun-Ei 2002

References

  1. ^ "秋山 次郎" [Jiro Akiyama]. Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  2. ^ "囲碁の日本棋院".


Categories