Yoshinori KanoYoshinori Kano was born on April 28, 1928 in Kyoto, Japan. He went to Tokyo at the age of nine ad became a disciple of Hideko Suzuki, 5-dan. He became 1-dan in 1943 and in 1968 he attained the top rank of 9-dan. In1948 he won the Young Professional'sChampionship, in 1955 he won the top section of the Oteai, and in 1961 he won the 5th Prime Minister's Cup. He has played in the 14th, 20th, 25th, and 16th Honinbo leagues. He graduated from the Japanese Literature Department of Japan Uniersity, making him one of the few professional go players to have graduated from university. Read More Read Less