Toshiro Kageyama

Infobox Go player
playername=Toshiro Kageyama


fullname=Toshiro Kageyama
kanji=影山利郎
dateofbirth=birth date|1926|6|21|mf=y
cityofbirth= Shizuoka
countryofbirth=Japan
dateofdeath=death date and age|1990|7|31|1926|6|21
rank=7 dan

nihongo|Toshiro Kageyama|影山利郎|Kageyama Toshirō|extra=June 21, 1926—July 31, 1990 was a professional Go player.

Biography

Kageyama was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In 1948, he won the biggest amateur Go tournament in Japan, the All-Amateur Honinbo. The year after that, he passed the pro exam.

For two years straight, Kageyama was runner up for the Prime Minister Cup. First, against Otake Hideo, then Hoshino Toshi. His style was a very calm one with deep calculations, similar to what Ishida Yoshio would use later on. [Preface from his book "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go" ISBN 4-906574-28-9] The greatest accomplishment of his life, in his own opinion, was beating Rin Kaiho in the Prime Minister Cup semi-finals. At the time, Rin was the Meijin, the top player in Japan. Kageyama gave a commentary on this game in his book "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go", where he wrote cquote|Experiences like the following are what make it impossible to stop playing Go. The year was 1965. I had advanced to the semifinals of the Prime Minister Cup, and in the semifinal game I scored the upset of my life by beating the current Meijin, Rin Kaiho. Even now the memory is so intoxicating that I am embarrassed to think what this commentary is going to sound like, but I don't care. This game is one of my lifetime masterpieces. [Kageyama 2003:255]

Promotion record

Promotion record
1 dan
1949|
2 dan
1950|
3 dan
1951|
4 dan
1953|
5 dan
1955|
6 dan
1961|
7 dan
1977

8 dan
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9 dan
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Runners-up

Awards

*Takamatsu-no-miya Prize once (1967)

Books

*"Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go" ISBN 4-906574-28-9
*"Kage's Secret Chronicles of Handicap Go" ISBN 4-87187-017-0

References

Persondata
NAME=Toshiro Kageyama
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Kageyama Toshiro
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional go player, author
DATE OF BIRTH=June 21, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH=Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
DATE OF DEATH=July 31, 1990
PLACE OF DEATH=Japan