Cho U
| Cho U | |
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| Full name | U Chō |
| Chinese | Trad. 張栩 Simp. 张栩 |
| Pinyin | Zhāng Xǔ |
| Born |
20 January 1980 Taipei, Taiwan |
| Residence | Tokyo, Japan |
| Teacher | Rin Kaiho |
| Turned pro | 1994 |
| Rank | 9 dan |
| Affiliation | Nihon Ki-in; Tokyo branch |
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| Traditional Chinese | 張栩 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张栩 | ||||||||||
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| Kanji | 張栩 | ||||||||||
| Kana | ちょう う | ||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāng Xǔ |
| Bopomofo | ㄓㄤ ㄒㄩ |
| Wade–Giles | Chàng Sŭ |
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| Romanization | Chō U |
Cho U (simplified Chinese: 张栩; traditional Chinese: 張栩; pinyin: Zhang Xu; Wade–Giles: Chang Hsu; born on 20 January 1980) is a Taiwanese professional Go player. He currently ranks 6th in the most titles won by a Japanese professional; his NEC Cup win in 2011 put him past his teacher Rin Kaiho and Norimoto Yoda. Cho is the first player in history to have held five of the top seven major titles simultaneously with Iyama Yuta being the second. Cho U, Naoki Hane, Keigo Yamashita and Shinji Takao make up the group of players in Japan called the "Four Emperors". His wife is one of Japan's best female go professionals, Izumi Kobayashi, the great Kitani's granddaughter and daughter of Kobayashi Koichi.
Cho U was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He began playing poker and bridge as a young child. Cho's father Chang Yuen-hsi taught him to play Go, and he began beating family members by the age of three. He credits Shen Chun-shan as one of his early Go teachers; he first played against Shen at age seven. Shen was impressed by the young Cho's skill and introduced his family to Rin Kaiho.
He earned a spot in the 13th Fujitsu Cup in 2000 through the qualifying tournament. In his first game, Cho defeated Dutch amateur 7 dan Rob van Zeijst. In the second round, Cho defeated former number one Chinese representative Ma Xiaochun. Cho lost to Mok Jin-seok in the quarter-finals. In May 2000, Cho won a place in the 25th Kisei, the first edition to feature a league system. Cho was the youngest player in the league at 20 years. He finished the league with a record of three wins and three losses. Later in the year, Cho qualified for the 56th Honinbo league. He missed out on qualifying for the 26th Meijin league when he lost to Hideki Komatsu in the last qualifying round. Cho finished the year with the second best record behind Keigo Yamashita with 53 wins, 12 losses and one jigo. He also won the Kido award for the best winning percentage (81.1%). Cho was promoted to 7 dan on 16 April 2001.
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