Yukari Yoshihara (吉原 由香里, Yoshihara Yukari, born October 4, 1973) née Yukari Umezawa (梅沢 由香里, Umezawa Yukari) is a Japanese Go professional.

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Yukari Yoshihara
Full name	Yukari Umezawa (梅沢 由香里)
Kanji	吉原 由香里
Born	(1973-10-04) October 4, 1973 (age 50) Tokyo, Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Teacher	Masao Kato
Turned pro	1996
Rank	6 dan
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

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Yukari Umezawa was born in Tokyo in 1973, and graduated from Keio University in 1996. She first played Go at the age of 6 and she became a professional Go player in 1996. She then attained the rank of 5-dan in 2002 at the age of 29, and was married in the same year. Umezawa supervised the production of Hikaru no Go, a manga about Go written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. She also became a consultant for the anime version of Hikaru no Go and hosted Go educational programs on NHK. Umezawa's sensei was Masao Kato. Umezawa is married to Shinya Yoshihara. They have a son (born 2011).

• Yukari Umezawa's home page
• Sensei's Library's page on Yukari Umezawa
• A webpage about Umezawa at Nihon Ki-in's website
• A Nipponia article about Umezawa
• Yukari Umezawa manga at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
• Yukari Yoshihara manga at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
• Yukai Umezawa anime at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)

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