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First to hold five Japanese titles at once

Biography

Cho U (born 1980 in Taipei) went to Japan as a live-in student of Rin Kaiho and became a Nihon Ki-in professional in 1994.

He has won 24 major Japanese titles: the Oza 7 times, Meijin 5, Gosei 4, Kisei 3, Honinbo 2, Judan 2 and Tengen once. In 2009 he became the first player to hold five of the seven major titles at the same time.

Internationally he won the 9th LG Cup in 2005, beating Yu Bin in the final. He is married to Kobayashi Izumi, one of Japan's leading women players.

vs. Yu Bin, 9th LG Cup, Final Game 4

April 20, 2005

Cho U took White against China's Yu Bin in game 4 of the final and won by 2 points to take the series 3-1. It was the first international title for a Japanese player since Cho Chikun's Samsung Cup in 2003.