Sachiko Honda

Sachiko Honda (本田幸子, December 30, 1930 - May 1st, 2020) is a female 8-dan Japanese professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in.

Notable achievements

Year	Notes
1969 and 1972	Received the female MVP (棋道賞女流賞)
1982 and 1984	Obtained the female Honinbo title (女流本因坊)
2004	Received the Kishichiro Ohkura Award (大倉喜七郎賞, Award for individuals strongly promoting Go)

Related players

The Mukai sisters (Kozue, Chiaki, Kaori) are her pupils, and all of them are professional players. She also has two sisters: Kazuko Sugiuchi (Older sister, mentor of Tomoko Kato) and Teruko Kusunoki (Younger sister), both of them are professional players.

Related pages

Go Seigen (Sachiko Honda visited Taiwan with him in 1952. This visit was organized for the promotion of Go)
Masao Sugiuchi (Her brother in law)

Other websites

Official profile at Nihon Ki-in

Notes

↑ She was promoted to 7-dan from 6-dan in occasion of her player retirement in 2000
↑ She was promoted to 8-dan from 7-dan in occasion of her death.
1 2 3 4 Sachiko Honda at GoBase^{[permanent dead link]}
1 2 3 4 Sachiko Honda at GoRatings
1 2 3 4 Sachiko Honda at Sensei's Library

[1] She was promoted to 7-dan from 6-dan in occasion of her player retirement in 2000

[2] She was promoted to 8-dan from 7-dan in occasion of her death.

[base-3] 1 2 3 4 Sachiko Honda at GoBase^{[permanent dead link]}

[gr-4] 1 2 3 4 Sachiko Honda at GoRatings

[sensei-5] 1 2 3 4 Sachiko Honda at Sensei's Library