Hsu Chia-yuan

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Hsu Chia-yuan

Hsu Chia-yuan or Kyo Kagen (許家元; born 24 December 1997[1]) is a Taiwanese Go player who plays professionally in Japan.

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Hsu Chia-yuan
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Hsu Chia-yuan (left) with Iyama Yuta in 2019
Born24 December 1997
Taipei, Taiwan
TeacherTakabayashi Takuji
Turned pro2013
Rank9 dan
AffiliationNihon Ki-in
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Hsu Chia-yuan
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese許家元
Simplified Chinese许家元
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXǔ Jiāyuán
Wade–GilesHsü3 Chia1 Yüan2
Japanese name
Kanji許家元
Kanaきょ かげん
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RomanizationKyo Kagen
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Biography

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Hsu was born in Taipei, Taiwan.[2][3] After graduating from elementary school, he moved to Japan in 2010 to study as an insei with Takabayashi Takuji 6 dan as his teacher.[2][3][4] Hsu became a Nihon Ki-in professional in 2013, based on the results of the professional qualification league held in late 2012.[4][5]

His first championship in an official tournament was at the Shinjin-O (King of the New Stars) in 2015.[6]

In 2018, he won the 43rd Gosei, his first major title. He won the title match 3–0 against Iyama Yuta, ending Iyama's reign as the simultaneous holder of all seven major Japanese titles. At the time of his win, Hsu had been a professional for only 5 years 4 months. This broke the record of 6 years 0 months set by Ida Atsushi in 2015 for being the fastest to go from becoming professional to winning a major title.[7][8][9][3]

In his 2019 Gosei title defense, he was defeated 3–2 by Hane Naoki.[10] Later that year, Hsu was the challenger for the 45th Tengen, and lost 3–2 to Iyama Yuta.[11] Hsu challenged Shibano Toramaru for the 68th Oza in 2020, and was defeated 3–1.[12]

In 2021, he won the 59th Judan, his second major title, in a 3–2 victory over Shibano Toramaru.[2] He successfully defended the Judan title in 2022 against Yu Zhengqi, who is also from Taiwan.[13]

Promotion record

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1 dan 2013
2 dan 2014
3 dan 2015
4 dan 2016
5 dan
6 dan
7 dan 2017 Entered Kisei S League.[14]
8 dan 2018 Won the 43rd Gosei.[15]
9 dan 2021 Won the 59th Judan.[16]
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