Daisuke Murakawa

Daisuke Murakawa
Full name	Daisuke Murakawa
Kanji	村川大介
Born	December 14, 1990 (1990-12-14) (age 20) Hyōgo, Japan
Residence	Osaka, Japan
Teacher	Naoki Moriyama
Turned pro	2002
Rank	5 dan
Affiliation	Kansai Ki-in

Daisuke Murakawa (村川大介, Murakawa Daisuke^?, born December 14, 1990) is a professional Go player.

Biography

Murakawa was still just a 6th grader when he became a professional Go player at the Kansai Ki-in. He was only one month older than Cho Chikun, making him the second youngest professional in Japan. This also made him the youngest Kansai Ki-in professional, edging out Yuki Satoshi by a small margin. Murakawa is the youngest ever tsumego (life and death) problem creator and number created. His rival is Iyama Yuta from the Nihon Ki-in. Murakawa is currently 7 dan. He has also won the Nagai award.

External Links

• GoBase Profile
• Sensei's Library
• Kansai Ki-in Profile (Japanese)

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Name	Murakawa, Daisuke
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Date of birth	December 14, 1990
Place of birth	Hyōgo, Japan
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