Asami Ueno

Japanese Go player (born 2001)

Asami Ueno

Kanji

上野愛咲美

Born

(2001-10-26) 26 October 2001 (age 22)
Nakano, Tokyo, Japan

Teacher

Kazunari Fujisawa

Rank

5 dan

Affiliation

Nihon Ki-in

Medal record

Women's Go

Representing Japan
Asian Games
	2022 Hangzhou	Women's team

Asami Ueno (上野愛咲美, Ueno Asami), born 26 October 2001, is a Japanese professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in since 2016.

Risa Ueno, who became a professional Go player in April 2019, is her younger sister.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Notes^[2]^[3]
2018	Defeated Xie Yimin and obtained the Women's Kisei title (女流棋聖). She became the youngest player to obtain this title. Due to this record, she was promoted to 2 dan and received the rookie award (棋道賞新人賞).
2019	Defeated Rina Fujisawa and defended the Women's Kisei title. She also defeated her again and obtained the Women's Honinbo (女流本因坊) title. In addition, she became the finalist of the Dragon Star tournament (竜星戦). This is a new record than any other female player could not accomplish. Due to this achievement, a press conference was held at the Japan National Press Club (JNPC). She became the first Go player and the youngest person to do so.

Year

Notes^[2]^[3]

2018

Defeated Xie Yimin and obtained the Women's Kisei title (女流棋聖). She became the youngest player to obtain this title. Due to this record, she was promoted to 2 dan and received the rookie award (棋道賞新人賞).

2019

Defeated Rina Fujisawa and defended the Women's Kisei title. She also defeated her again and obtained the Women's Honinbo (女流本因坊) title. In addition, she became the finalist of the Dragon Star tournament (竜星戦). This is a new record than any other female player could not accomplish. Due to this achievement, a press conference was held at the Japan National Press Club (JNPC). She became the first Go player and the youngest person to do so.

References

^ "12歳上野梨紗さん、9歳菫さんに「負けないよう」 - 社会 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-08-23.
^ Asami Ueno at Sensei's Library
^ Asami Ueno at Go Ratings