Tetsuya Kiyonari Explained

Tetsuya Kiyonari
Fullname:	Tetsuya Kiyonari
Kanji:	清成哲也
Kana:	きよなりてつや
Birth Date:	27 November 1961
Birth Place:	Miyazaki, Japan
Residence:	Osaka, Japan
Teacher:	Shozo Kurahashi
Turnedpro:	1976
Rank:	9 dan
Affiliation:	Kansai Ki-in, Osaka branch

is a professional Go player.

Biography

Tetsuya became a professional go player in 1976. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1986. He holds the record of fastest promotion from 1 dan to 9 dan in the Kansai Ki-in.^[1] Tetsuya has been runner up twice, once in the NHK Cup in 1995, and in the Shinjin-O in 1980. He resides in Osaka, Japan.^[1]

Runners-up

Title	Years Lost
NHK Cup	1995
Shinjin-O	1980

^[1]

Promotion record

^[1]

Awards

• Kansai Ki-in Best Player Award one time.
• Dougen Prize winner three times.
• Fields and Mountains Prize one time.
• Kansai Ki-in Best Newcomer Award one time.^[2]

External links

• Kansai Ki-in profile

Notes and References

1. http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Kiyonari%20Tetsuya GoBase.org profile
2. http://www.kansaikiin.jp/profile/cgi/profile.cgi?id=kiyonaritetsuya Kansai Ki-in profile