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Izumi Kobayashi (小林 泉美, Kobayashi Izumi, born June 20, 1977) is a professional Go player.

Biography

Izumi Kobayashi grew up in a family of accomplished Go players. She has joked that she first played Go in her mother's womb. Her father is Koichi Kobayashi, the man who ranks third in number of titles held in Japan. Her maternal grandfather was Kitani Minoru, one of the leading players and probably the greatest Go teacher. Her mother was Reiko Kobayashi née Kitani (1939–1996), 6 dan, who won the All-Japan Women's Championship several times. She became a professional go player in 1995, and was promoted to her current rank, 6 dan, in 2004. She is married to Cho U, one of the top players in Japan.

Promotion record

Titles & runners-up

Title	Years Held
Current	9
Women's Honinbo	2001–2003
Women's Meijin	2001, 2003, 2004
Women's Kisei	1998, 1999
Women's Saikyo	2005
Defunct	1
Women's JAL Super Hayago	2004

Title	Years Lost
Current	6
Women's Honinbo	1999, 2004
Women's Meijin	2000, 2002, 2005
Women's Kisei	2000
Defunct	3
Women's Kakusei	1996, 1999, 2001

References

1. 小林 泉美｜財団法人日本棋院 (in Japanese). Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 29 December 2010.

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