Hideyuki Sakai


Hideyuki Sakai is a professional Go player.

Biography

Before becoming a professional, Sakai was majoring in medical science at Kyoto University. For a long time, Sakai was the strongest amateur player in Japan, and when he won the World Amateur Go Championship in 2000, the Kansai Ki-in awarded him professional 5 dan. He was also the first player in Japan to be awarded a special 8 dan diploma. In 2003, he won the biggest Kansai Ki-in tournament, the Kansai Ki-in Championship. In 2004, he was runner-up for the Shinjin-O title, losing to Mizokami Tomochika two games to one. He is currently active in various tournament leagues for both the Nihon Ki-in and the Kansai Ki-in.
In 2010, Sakai won the Gosei title, defeating title-holder Cho U 3-2.

Titles and runners-up