Cho U, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Cho U

Taiwanese Go player

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1980

Place of Birth: Taipei

Profession: Go professional

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Cho U

  • Cho U (simplified Chinese: ??; traditional Chinese: ??; 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 Heavenly Kings".
  • His wife is one of Japan's best female go professionals, Izumi Kobayashi, the great Kitani's granddaughter and daughter of Kobayashi Koichi.

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