Suzuki Ayumi

(鈴木歩) Nihon Ki-in female professional 7 dan Go player. Born September 23, 1983 in Tokyo. Student of Iwata Hajime, who also taught Hara Sachiko and others. Married to Rin Kanketsu on June 4, 2013.

As of 2024-01-02, Suzuki Ayumi is the #33 ranked female player and #443 overall, and #6 ranked female player in Japan.

Promotion history

• 1 and 2 dan in 2001
• 3 dan in 2002
• 4 dan in 2007
• 5 dan in 2010
• 6 dan in 2011
• 7 dan in 2016

Titles

• 5th Female Strongest in 2003
• 9th Female Strongest in 2007
• Runner-up for 27th Female Honinbo in 2008, she challenged to Xie Yimin
• Reached challenger final for the Female Kisei and 2nd place in the Female Meijin league in 2010
• Missed a berth in the Kisei league (and instant promotion to 7 dan) by a single game in 2011
• Won 23rd Female Kisei in 2020 by defeating Ueno Asami 3d 2-1
• Runner up to Ueno in the 24th (1-2) and 25th (0-2) editions of the Female Kisei

Head-to-head scores against current female rivals

(Based on Suzuki Ayumi, Go Ratings and game list), as of 5 Jan 2024

• Ueno Asami, 5p, #5 female and #200 overall in the world, and #1 female and #27 overall in Japan: 3–14
• Fujisawa Rina, 6p, #8 female in world, #2 female in Japan after several years as #1: 1–10
• Xie Yimin, 7p, Fujisawa's predecessor as many years #1 female in Japan, #30 ranked female in the world, #5 ranked female in Japan: 5–12
• Ueno Risa, 2p, Asami's younger sister, #21 female and #4 female teenager in world, #4 female in Japan: 0–1
• Nakamura Sumire, 3p, new star, #28 ranked female and #5 female teenager in the world, #4 ranked female in Japan: 4–1 (the best percentage against Nakamura of any Japanese female pro)
• Aoki Kikuyo, 8p, 5× Women's Meijin, 4× Women's Kakusei, once Female Kisei: 4–2
• Kobayashi Izumi, 7p, 3× Female Honinbo], 3× Female Meijin, 2× Female Kisei: 2–3
• Koyama Terumi, 6p, 4× Women's Meijin: 3–3
• Yoshida Mika, 8p, 4× Female Honinbo, 4× Kansai Ladies' Tournament, once Women's Kakusei: 7–3
• Chinen Kaori, 6p, 5× Female Kisei, 4× Female Honinbo: 4–5
• Yashiro Kumiko, 2× Female Honinbo: 6–3
• Kato Keiko, 6p, once Women's Meijin, 5–4
• Nyu Eiko, 4p, #34 ranked female player and #304 overall, and #7 ranked female player in Japan, 2× Female Strongest: 2–5
• Mukai Chiaki, 6p, once Female Honinbo: 10–6
• Joanne Missingham, 7p, aka Hei Jiajia, #1 female in Taiwan: 0–0
• Yang Zixuan, #2 female in Taiwan: 0–0
• Rui Naiwei, 9p, long-time world female #1: 1–1
• Choi Jeong, 9p, current Korean and World #1 female: 0–0
• O Yujin, 9p, #7 female in world, #3 female in South Korea: 0–0
• Yu Zhiying, 8p, #2 female in world, #1 female in China: 0–1
• Zhou Hongyu, 7p, current World #4 female: 0–0
• Wang Chenxing, 5p, #16 female in world, #8 female in China: 0–1
• Kim Eunji, 9p, the highest rated female teenager in the world, and #3 ranked of all female players, #2 female in Korea: 1–0
• Wu Yiming, 4p, #11 female and #2 female teenager in world, #5 female in China: 0–1
• Cho Seunga, 6p, #12 ranked female player and #304 overall, and #5 ranked player in Korea: 0–0
• Tang Jiawen, 5p, #13 female and #3 female teenager in world, and #6 female in China: 0–0

Weblinks

• Wikipedia
• Nihon Ki-in player page