Reiko Kobayashi (Go player) explained

Reiko Kobayashi
Fullname:	Reiko Kobayashi
Kanji:	小林禮子
Birth Date:	23 December 1939
Residence:	Tokyo, Japan
Teacher:	Minoru Kitani
Rank:	7 dan
Affiliation:	Nihon Ki-in

, formerly, was a Japanese female 7-dan^[1] professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in.^{[2] [3]}

Achievements

Year	Notes
1973 and 1975	Obtained the Women's Meijin (女流名人)
1967, 1968, 1970, 1980 and 1982	Received the female MVP (棋道賞女流賞)

Notable family members

Reiko Kobayashi has several professional players in her family.^{[2] [3]}

• Father: Minoru Kitani, 9-dan professional go player
• Husband: Koichi Kobayashi, 9-dan professional go player, holder of three honorary titles^{[4] [5]}
• Daughter: Izumi Kobayashi, former female title holder^{[6] [7]}
• Son in law: Cho U, 9-dan professional player from Taiwan^[8]

Personal life

Reiko Kitani was trained by her father Minoru Kitani, and eventually married one of his best students, Koichi Kobayashi, who was 13 years younger. They had one daughter Izumi Kobayashi. Reiko Kobayashi died after an 18-month battle with cancer.

Notes and References

1. She was promoted to 7-dan from 6-dan in occasion of her death.
2. https://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Kobayashi+Reiko Reiko Kobayashi at GoBase
3. http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000112.html Official profile at Nihon Ki-in
4. https://senseis.xmp.net/?KobayashiKoichi Koichi Kobayashi at Sensei's Library
5. https://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Kobayashi%20Koichi Koichi Kobayashi at GoBase
6. https://senseis.xmp.net/?KobayashiIzumi Izumi Kobayashi at Sensei's Library
7. https://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Kobayashi%20Izumi Izumi Kobayashi at GoBase
8. https://senseis.xmp.net/?ChoU Cho U at Sensei's Library