Cho U

Cho U
Full name	Cho U
Chinese	Trad. 張栩 Simp. 张栩
Pinyin	Zhāng Xù
Date of birth	January 20 1980 (1980-01-20) (age 28)
Place of birth	Taipei, Taiwan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Teacher	Rin Kaiho
Turned pro	1994
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in; Tokyo branch

Cho U Gosei (traditional Chinese: 張栩; simplified Chinese: 张栩; pinyin: Zhāng Xù; born on January 20, 1980) is a professional Go player.

Biography

Cho U was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He moved to Japan in 1990. He is currently one of the strongest players in the world. He is married to Kobayashi Izumi and they have one daughter.

Titles & runners-up

Ranks #10-t in total amount of titles in Japan.

Title	Years Held
Current	18
Meijin	2004, 2005, 2007
Honinbo	2003, 2004
Oza	2003–2005
Gosei	2006, 2007
NEC Cup	2005, 2007
NHK Cup	2002, 2005
Agon Cup	2006, 2007
Ryusei	2006, 2007
Shinjin-O	2002
Continental	1
Asian TV Cup	2005
International	1
LG Cup	2005
Total	20

Title	Years Lost
Current	9
Meijin	2006
Honinbo	2001, 2005
Judan	2004
Oza	2006
Agon Cup	2002, 2003
Ryusei	2001
Daiwa Cup	2006
Defunct	1
JAL Super Hayago Championship	2003
Continental	1
China-Japan Agon Cup	2006
International	1
World Oza	2006
Total	12

Trivia

• His 70 wins (and 14 losses) in 2002 set a record for the greatest number of wins.
• Michael Redmond, 9 dan, commented that Cho is a very territorial player, someone who reads better than other pros.
• According to Toshio Takashima, a Japanese Go fan, the character "栩" in Cho's name should be pronounced "ku" in Japanese, not "u". Cho's teacher Rin, however, decided to use "Cho U" instead of the resulting "Cho Ku", since that is a homonym for "chalk" in Japanese.