What is Kansai Ki-in?
The '''Kansai Ki-in''' (関西棋院, i.e., [[Kansai]] [[Go]] Association) is an organization for the game of Go in Japan, which was founded in 1950 at [[Osaka]]. It is not as large as the [[Nihon Ki-in]] based in [[Tokyo]], but it also gives diplomas to strong players and maintain their professional player system as the Nihon Ki-in does. They also hire professional players as same as the Nihon Ki-in (with different rules and age restrictions). ==Famous players at Kansai Ki-in== <!--alphabetical order--> * Daisuke Murakawa * Dogen Handa (1915-1974) * Hideyuki Sakai * Manfred Wimmer (born in [[Austria]]) * Satoshi Yuki * Shoji Hashimoto (1935-2009) * [[Utaro Hashimoto]] (1907-1994, founder of Kansai Ki-in) ===Female players=== {{see also|Female Go players}} * [[Kazuko Konishi]] * [[Mika Yoshida]] {{Clear}} ==Related pages== * [[All Japan Student Go Federation]] * [[American Go Association]] * [[British Go Association]] ==Other websites== * [http://www.kansaikiin.jp Official Website of Kansai Ki-in] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206125213/http://www.kansaikiin.jp/ |date=2020-12-06 }} {{authority control}} {{Japan-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kansai Kiin}} [[Category:1950 establishments in Japan]] [[Category:Go organizations]] [[Category:Sports organizations of Japan]]