Takehisa Matsumoto

Career

Takehisa is a student of top title holder Cho Chikun. In 1997 he became a professional at the Nihon Ki-in institute in Japan. He quickly moved up the ranks, being promoted to 3 dan just the next year.

In 2003 he reached a total amount of 200 wins as a professional go player.

Takehisa took the first game, but Ko would come back and take the second.

Achievements

• In 2006 he won his first title, the Shinjin-O. His opponent in the final was Ko Iso. The title came down to the last game, and Takehisa won by 5.5 points.