Daisuke Murakawa

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

Daisuke Murakawa
Full name	Daisuke Murakawa
Kanji	村川大介
Born	(1990-12-14) December 14, 1990 (age 34) Hyōgo, Japan
Residence	Osaka, Japan
Teacher	Naoki Moriyama
Turned pro	2002
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Kansai Ki-in

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 Iyama Yuta, 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 whom he defeated in 2014 to become the Oza title holder. Murakawa is currently 8 dan. He has also won the Nagai award.

Titles and runners-up

Domestic
Title	Wins	Runners-up
Judan	1 (2019)
Oza	1 (2014)
Agon Cup	1 (2013)
Kansai Ki-in Championship	1 (2010)	2 (2011-2012)
Shinjin-O	1 (2011)
Total	5	2
Continental
Total	0	0
International
Total	0	0
Career total
Total	5	2

External links

• GoBase Profile
• Sensei's Library
• Kansai Ki-in Profile Archived 2010-11-21 at the Wayback Machine (Japanese)