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Eventually, Hikaru agrees to play Go, and his first opponent is Akira Toya, the son of the national champion. With Sai's instructions, Hikaru manages to win the match, much to the surprise of Akira. Game based on (Sai): Hon'inbō Dōsaku vs. Yasui Chitetsu (1669) Game based on (Hikaru): Hon'inbō Shūsaku vs. Hon'inbō Shūwa (1851) [2]
The cover of Hikaru no Go volume 1 as released by Shueisha on April 30, 1999. Hikaru no Go (ヒカルの碁, lit. "Hikaru's Go") is a coming of age manga, based on the board game Go, written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.
Hikaru no Go was adapted into an anime television series by Studio Pierrot.It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 10, 2001, to March 26, 2003, for 75 episodes. A New Year's Special titled Hikaru no Go: Journey to the North Star Cup (ヒカルの碁 スペシャル 北斗杯への道, Hikaru no Go Hokuto-hai e no Michi) aired on January 3, 2004.
Takeshi Obata (小畑 健, Obata Takeshi, born February 11, 1969) is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He first gained international attention for Hikaru no Go (1999–2003) with Yumi Hotta, but is better known for Death Note (2003–2006) and Bakuman (2008–2012) with Tsugumi Ohba.
Yumi Hotta (堀田 由美, Hotta Yumi, most often written as ほった ゆみ, born October 15, 1957) is a Japanese manga artist.Hotta is best known as the author of the best-selling manga and anime series Hikaru no Go, which is widely credited for the late 90s-2000s boom of the game of go in Japan.
In 2002 she was starring in her own videogame Umesawa Yukari no Igo Seminar (梅沢由香里の囲碁セミナー) on Xbox - a Go simulator. She also became a consultant for the anime version of Hikaru no Go and hosted Go educational programs on NHK. Umezawa's sensei was Masao Kato. Umezawa is married to Shinya Yoshihara. They have a son (born ...
Fujiwara no Sai (藤原佐為) Voiced by: Susumu Chiba (Japanese); Brad Swaile (English) A spirit from the Heian era of Japan and mentor of Hikaru Shindo. Once the Go instructor to the Emperor, Sai continually plays Go, his goal being to one day play the divine move.
The mangaka Tamiki Wakaki, for example, has cited YU-NO as an influence on the manga and anime series, The World God Only Knows. Other visual novel and manga authors who cited YU-NO as an influence include Romeo Tanaka, Poyoyon Rock, Jun Maeda, Type-Moon's Hikaru Sakurai, White Album 2 and Saekano author Fumiaki Maruto, and To Heart author Toru ...