What is Female Go players?
This is an article about the history of '''Female [[Go (board game)|Go]] players'''. ==Social background== Female Go players are viewed to be a [[minority]]. This is due to these reasons: * There are many male players but only few [[female]] players. ** In [[Japan]], there are only three female 8-[[dan]] players.<ref>[[Kazuko Konishi]], Kazuko Sugiuchi and [[Mika Yoshida]]</ref> And there are no female 9-dan. In addition, there are no female winners at games without gender rules. [[Asami Ueno]] was the first female player who managed to be a finalist.<ref>{{URL|https://senseis.xmp.net/?UenoAsami}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000470.html Asami Ueno profile at Nihon Ki-in]</ref> ** In [[China]], there was no female 9-dan before [[Rui Naiwei]].<ref>{{URL|https://senseis.xmp.net/?RuiNaiwei}}</ref> ** Most players and winners at World championships<ref>{{URL|https://senseis.xmp.net/?WorldAmateurGoChampionship}}</ref> are male. * Not all female players are fairly paid. [[Joanne Missingham]]<ref>{{URL|https://senseis.xmp.net/?JoanneMissingham}}</ref><ref>{{Instagram|jiajia94526|Joanne Missingham}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter|jiajia945|Joanne Missingham}}</ref> is known for her protests to this issue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joanne Missingham Stands up for Gender Equality in Go|url=http://www.usgo.org/news/2011/09/joanne-missingham-gender-equality/|publisher=[[American Go Association]]|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Moskowitz|first1=Marc|title=Go Nation: Chinese Masculinities and the Game of Weiqi in China|date=31 August 2013 |publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520276314|pages=18}}</ref> * At most Go organizations, directors are only male.<ref>At [[Nihon Ki-in]], there were no female directors before [[Chizu Kobayashi]], [[Sachiko Hara]] and [[Tomoko Ogawa]].</ref> These are caused by many reasons. One factor is they retire earlier due to [[marriage]], [[pregnancy]] and [[maternity]]. ===Comparison with female shogi players=== In Japan, Go players are always compa