List of Go players
Japan
At the start of the Tokugawa Shogunate, four Go academies were established. This table lists all heads of these houses, as well as some that were appointed heir but died before they became head of the house.

List of Go players

Section Title: Japan
Table Section Text: At the start of the Tokugawa Shogunate, four Go academies were established. This table lists all heads of these houses, as well as some that were appointed heir but died before they became head of the house.

Origin	Name	DOB–DOD	Peak rank*	Notes

Japan	Honinbo Sansa (本因坊算砂)	1559–1623	Meijin, 9 dan	Founder and first head of the house Honinbo.

Japan	Nakamura Doseki (中村道碩)	1582–1630	Meijin, 9 dan	Retrospectively seen as founder of the house Inoue.

Japan	Hayashi Monnyusai (林門入斎)	1583–1667	7 or 8 dan	Founder and first head of the house Hayashi.

Japan	Yasui Santetsu (安井算哲)	1589–1652	8 dan	Founder and first head of the house Yasui.

Japan	Inoue Genkaku (井上玄覚)	1605–1673	7 dan	First head of the Inoue house on the unrevised numbering (not counting Nakamura Doseki).

Japan	Honinbo Sanetsu (本因坊算悦)	1611–1658	8 dan	Second head of the house Honinbo, Jun-Meijin.

Japan	Yasui Sanchi (安井算知)	1617–1703	Meijin, 9 dan	Second head of the house Yasui.

Japan	Honinbo Doetsu (本因坊道悦)	1636–1727	7 dan	Third head of the house Honinbo.

Japan	Honinbo Dosaku (本因坊道策)	1645–1702	Meijin, 9 dan	Fourth head of the house Honinbo. One of the greatest players of all time, and the first Kisei (go saint); an important influence on go theory.

Japan	Honinbo Doteki (本因坊道的)	1669–1690	7 dan	Heir to the house Honinbo. Was considered an extremely talented Go prodigy.

Japan	Hayashi Monnyu (林門入)	1678–1719	6 dan	Second head of the Hayashi house.

Japan	Honinbo Dochi (本因坊道知)	1690–1727	Meijin, 9 dan	Fifth head of the house Honinbo.

Japan	Honinbo Chihaku (本因坊知伯)	1710–1733	6 dan	Sixth Honinbo.

Japan	Honinbo Shuhaku (本因坊秀伯)	1716–1741	6 dan	Seventh head of the house Honinbo.

Japan	Honinbo Satsugen (本因坊察元)	1733–1788	Meijin, 9 dan	Ninth head of the house Honinbo.

Japan	Honinbo Genjo (本因坊元丈)	1775–1832	8 dan	Eleventh head of the house Honinbo.

Japan	Honinbo Jowa (本因坊丈和)	1787–1847	8 dan	Was dubbed Kisei (go sage), played the famous "Blood Vomiting Game" with Akaboshi Intetsu.

Japan	Ota Yuzo (太田雄蔵)	1807–1856	7 dan	was a close friend of Honinbo Shusaku and once played a famous sanjubango (30 game match) with him.

Japan	Intetsu Akaboshi (赤星因徹)	1810–1835	7 dan

Japan	Honinbo Shusaku (本因坊秀策)	1829–1862	7 dan	One of the greatest players ever, he died young. He was posthumously awarded the title of Kisei (go sage).

Japan	Honinbo Shuho (本因坊秀甫)	1838–1886	8 dan	Was the founder of Hoensha and the man who taught Go to Oskar Korschelt.

Japan	Honinbo Shuei (本因坊秀栄)	1854–1907	9 dan	was the 17th and again 19th head of the Honinbo house. Very active and innovative in the 1890s.

Japan	Honinbo Shusai (本因坊秀哉)	1874–1940	9 dan	was the last and 21st head of "Honinbo" House, and founder of the Nihon Ki-in.

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Akaboshi Intetsu ( 1810 - 1835) was a Japanese 7 dan Go player.

final_sentence: Akaboshi Intetsu ( 1810 - 1835) was a Japanese 7 dan Go player.