Keiko Kato

Keiko Kato is a Japanese professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in.Keiko Kato at GoBaseKeiko Kato at Sensei's LibraryOfficial Profile Her husband is also a professional Go player. She has several title match appearances since the 2000s.
Records
Year  Notes1999Obtained professional status by passing the general examination. She is the 3rd female player to pass the general examination.Xie Yimin was the 4th female player to do this. She was also the finalist at the challenger determination tournament for the Women Board Master title (女流棋聖).2001, 2003 & 2009Finalist at the Women Board Master title2002Obtained 100 career wins2005 & 2006She was the finalist at the challenger determination tournament for the Women Honinbo title (女流本因坊)2005Obtained 12 consecutive wins in official games. This is the 3rd record among female players.2006Promoted to 5 dan2007Obtained 200 career wins. She also obtained the Women Grand Master title (女流名人)2008Obtained 6 dan and the Women Champion title (女流最強位). She was also qualified to the main tournament of the Tengen titleOnly few female players have reached to this status. (天元).2012 & 2013Qualified to the challenger determination league for the Women Grand Master title2014Finalist at the Women Grand Master title

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category:1978 births
Category:Japanese Go players
category:Sportswomen
category:Living people