Xie Yimin
| Hsieh Yimin | |
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| Full name | Hsieh Yimin |
| Chinese | Trad. 謝依旻 Simp. 谢依旻 |
| Pinyin | Xiè Yīmín |
| Born |
16 November 1989  Miaoli, Taiwan
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| Residence |
 Tokyo, Japan
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| Teacher | Kou Mousei |
| Turned pro | 2004 |
| Rank | 6 dan |
| Affiliation | Nihon Ki-in; Tokyo branch |
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| Traditional Chinese | 謝依旻 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 谢依旻 | ||||||||
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| Kanji | 謝依旻 | ||||||||
| Kana | しぇい いみん | ||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiè Yīmín |
| Bopomofo | ㄒ｜ㄝˋ ｜ ㄇ｜ㄣˊ |
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| Romanization | Shei Imin |
Hsieh Yimin (simplified Chinese: 谢依旻; traditional Chinese: 謝依旻; pinyin: Xiè Yīmín; born on 16 November 1989) is a Taiwanese-born professional Go player in Japan. She holds the titles of Honorary Female Honinbo and Honorary Female Meijin, and currently holds two major female titles in Japan: Female Meijin and Female Kisei.
Hsieh started playing Go at the age of five at the Go school that her older brother was attending. At age seven, she competed in a children's group tournament held in South Korea as the fifth member of the Taipei team, and won three out of three matches. After winning the Kaiho National Children's Go Cup at age eight, Cheng Mingchi introduced her to Kou Mousei, her future teacher. Hsieh became an insei at the Nihon Ki-in in 2002.
Hsieh became a professional Go player in 2004. By becoming a professional at age 14 years and 4 months, she set the record for the youngest female professional player at the time. Also, she was the fourth female player to become a professional through the main league rather than the females-only special league.
In 2006, Hsieh became the first winner of the Wakagoi Cup, a tournament among players 30 years old or younger and 5-dan or lower. This was the first victory of a mix-gender tournament by a female player in the history of Nihon Ki-in. Also in 2006, she won the title of Female Saikyo. This set the record for the youngest female holder of a title, at age 17 and 1 month. Due to these achievements she won the annual Kido Female Award from Nihon Ki-in.
In 2007, Hsieh entered the NHK Cup TV Go Tournament. She won the first match against Lin Tzuyuan, but lost the second against Rissei Ō. She entered the Female Honinbo tournament and defeated Kumiko Yashiro, becoming the youngest Female Honinbo at age 17 and 11 months. She also was the challenger for Female Meijin title, and had the third highest number of wins among all players (40 wins and 16 losses). She won the Kido Female Award for the second consecutive year.
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