Ryo Ichiriki (一力 遼, Ichiriki Ryō, born 10 June 1997) is a Japanese professional 9-dan Go player and journalist. As Go player, he was a pupil of So Kofuku.^[1] Since 2020 he has also worked as a journalist for Kahoku Shimpo.^[2]

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Ryo Ichiriki
Full name	Ryo Ichiriki
Kanji	一力 遼
Born	(1997-06-10) 10 June 1997 (age 27) Sendai, Japan
Residence	Japan
Turned pro	2010
Rank	9 dan
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in
Medal record Men's Go Representing  Japan Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Men's team

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Ichiriki was born in 1997 in Sendai into a wealthy family which has run media companies.^[2] His grandfather, Kazuo Ichiriki, then CEO of Kahoku Shimpo and Tohoku Broadcasting Company, was a big fan of Go and taught him playing Go. Ichiriki took Go lessons from other local amateur players too. ^[3]

Ichiriki went to Nihon Ki-in Go School as professional candidate from his childhood, first visited the school from Sendai, later from Tokyo. He moved to Tokyo with his mother in 2008. ^[4]

In Summer 2010 he was qualified as Go professional.^[5]

In 2014, he won the 1st Globis Cup, an international U-20 tournament held annually in Japan.^[6][7][8][9]

He won his first title in a top-seven Japanese Go competition at the 45th Gosei in 2020, defeating Naoki Hane 3–0 in the title match.^[10] The same year, he won the 46th Tengen title in a 3–2 victory over Yuta Iyama to take his second major title.^[11]

In 2021, he finished in the top four in the 9th Ing Cup, after being defeated by Xie Ke in the semifinal.^[12]

Alongside his professional Go career, Ichiriki enrolled in the Waseda University School of Social Sciences in 2016.^[13] He graduated in 2020 and began working at Kahoku Shimpo, his family's newspaper. He is a journalist at its Tokyo branch office. However, his main focus is still his career as a Go player.^[2]