Mika Yoshida

Mika Yoshida (吉田美香) is a Japanese professional Go player at Kansai Ki-in,Mika Yoshida at Sensei's LibraryMika Yoshida at GoBase Osaka. She is known as one of the most strongest player from Osaka in the 1990s through the 2000s.
Records
YearNotes1986Obtained professional status1993-1996Obtained the Women's Honinbo (女流本因坊), she is the first Kansai Ki-in player to obtain this title.1994 and 1996Received the Kansai Go & Shogi Reporter Club Award (関西囲碁将棋記者クラブ賞)1995Lecturer at NHK Go Lessons (:ja:NHK囲碁講座) at NHK Educational TV2000Victory at the Professional Pair Go Championship. She also reached to 7 dan rank in this year (In Japan, only few female players have reached to this rank).2001Finalist at the Women's Champion title (女流最強位)2002Written an essay on Asahi Shinbun (棋士のひとりごと)2002-2005Victory at Kansai Ladies Go Tournament2003Reached to 8 dan rank in this year (She is the first female 8-dan player at Kansai Ki-in, and the 3rd female 8-dan player in Japan)2019She became the first female commentator at the NHK Cup Television Go Tournament (she commented about Rina Fujisawa's and Yukari Yoshihara's game). 

Awards from Kansai Ki-in
Name of awardNotesRookie Award (新人賞)Received in 1989Yamano Award (山野賞This is an award named after a famous player at Kansai Ki-in)Received 5 timesDogen Award (道玄賞)Received 4 timesRisen Award (利仙賞), Nagai Award (永井賞), and the Special AwardReceived Once

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Other websites
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category:1971 births
Category:Japanese Go players
category:Sportspeople from Osaka
category:Sportswomen
category:Living people