Kaori Aoba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kaori Aoba

Japanese Go player

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1978

Place of Birth: Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Profession: Go professional

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Kaori Aoba (?? ???, Aoba Kaori, born July 11, 1978) is a female professional 4 dan Go player.
She is currently an affiliate of the Nihon Ki-in, the largest Go association of Japan, and was a student of Yasumasa Hane.On 4 September 2008, Aoba was defeated by Crazy Stone, a Monte-Carlo Tree Search Go playing engine, in an 8-stone handicap game in Tokyo, Japan.
The exhibition match marks the earliest official defeat of a professional by a computer with a conventional handicap.