Chiaki Mukai

Chiaki Mukai (向井千瑛)The Japanese astronaut whose name has the same spelling is 向井千秋. is a Japanese professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in.Chiaki Mukai at Sensei's LibraryChiaki Mukai at GoBase She is known for challenging against Xie Yimin for many times. Her mentor is Sachiko Honda.
Family
She has two older sisters, KozueCurrently known as Kozue Nagashima. and Kaori.Currently known as Kaori Mimura. Both of them are professional players. The sisters also received training by Sachiko Honda.
Records
Financial YearNotes19975th place at the National U12 Championship (少年少女囲碁大会)19986th place at the National U12 Championship.1999Victory at the National U12 Championship. She is the 3rd female player to obtain this status.20005th place at the Junior High School Championship.2003Obtained professional status.2006 and 2007Qualified to the main tournament of the Women's Grand Master title (女流名人戦).2008Finalist at the Women's Board Master title (女流棋聖戦).2010-2012Finalist at the Women's Grand Master title.The title match in 2011 was held in a schedule including March 11th (The 2nd game was exactly held on this date). The match was suspended due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In the long history of women title matches in Japan, this is the first game that spend two days to finish.2010Represented Japan at the Asian Games.2011Qualified to participate the NHK Cup. 2nd place in the female player prize money ranking. 2010 and 2011Finalist at the Women's Honinbo title (女流本因坊戦).2013Defeated Xie Yimin at obtained the Women's Honinbo title. Due to this record, she received the Women MVP (棋道賞女流賞).2016Finalist at the Senou Cup (扇興杯女流囲碁最強戦)

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Other websites
 Official profile
 GO！GO！Diary, personal website of the Mukai Sisters

Category:1987 births
Category:Go players from Tokyo
Category:Living people