Characters — Browse every character across the manga and anime catalogue

Akari Fujisaki

Hikaru's childhood friend. She begins to learn Go as well when Hikaru becomes interested and later joins the Haze Middle School Go club, serving as vice captain of the girls&#

Akiko Touya

Akira Touya

Hikaru's biggest rival and Kaio Middle School student. The son of Koyo Toya, Akira is already a very strong Go player when Hikaru first begins playing and is amazed by Hikaru's see

Atsushi Kurata

First mentioned as a prominent 4-dan player, Kurata doesn't make an appearance until later in the story as a 6-dan. Despite being only in his early twenties, Kurata (together

Dake

Dake is called in to stop Mitani from cheating at Go. He first plays with his less dominant hand and makes bad moves on purpose. Then he gets serious and Mitani learns his lesson (

Fujiwara no Sai

A spirit from the Heian era of Japan and mentor of Hikaru Shindou. Once the Go instructor to the Emperor, Sai continually plays Go, his goal being to one day play the divine move.

Hai Yang

A Chinese pro player. Outwardly an amicable man with a relaxing attitude, Yang Hai is in fact very mature-minded and extremely keen on Go psychology. He's also known for his l

Hikaru Shindou

Hikaru is a sixth grader in elementary school. An important factor in the development of Hikaru's passion for Go was an encounter early on where Hikaru becomes the rival of Akira T

Honinbou Kuwabara

The current holder of the Honinbo title in Hikaru no Go. Kuwabara is friends with Toya Meijin, but rivals Ogata. He also has an interest in Hikaru and bets on Hikaru in his Beginne

Kaoru Kishimoto

Kaio Middle School Go club president and former insei who did not become a professional. He played Akira in a game, and had to resign early and admitted he was outclassed and right

Kimihiro Tsutsui

Tsutsui is the nerdy and kind hearted Haze junior high school Go club president who uses a play book while playing in tournaments. While he is not a strong Go player and doesn&rsqu

Kouyou Touya

Akira Toya's stoic father. As the holder of five titles (Meijin, 10-dan, Tengen, Gosei and later Ouza), he's regarded as the best Go player in the world, and, among the J

Mitani no Ane

A girl who works at an internet cafe and lets Hikaru play go on the computers for free during her shifts.

Mitsura Mashiba

Seiji Ogata

A Go professional 9-dan and student of Touya Kouyo. He first took notice of Hikaru when the latter explained a go move during a children's tournament that even professional Go

Shigeo Morishita

A 9-dan pro who is Waya's go teacher and leader of the study group which Hikaru also frequents on Waya's invitation. He considers Toya Meijin a rival, since the two of th

Suyong Hong

Suyong is a a Korean Go professional. During the month before the pro exam, Hikaru, Waya and Isumi traveled to go salons to sharpen their skills, and in one of them they met Suyong

Tae-seon Ahn

A prominent Korean player who has defeated Kurata 6-dan in the quarter final of Korea's Samsung cup. Kurata, who is referred to as "Japanese Ahn Tae-seon" in Korea,

Tetsuo Kaga

President of Haze Middle School's Shogi club. Kaga hates Go and prefers Shogi better because his father forbade Shogi and forced him to play Go from an extremely early age, an

Toshinori Honda

Honda is a strong insei who almost makes the top three players in the professional exam, but is beaten too many times and doesn't pass. However he has a potential to become a profe

Toshirou Tsubaki

An older go player who applied for the Go test. He plays against and defeats Hikaru during the test. Tsubaki has a large beard and is very loud; Tsubaki easily intimidates people.

Yeong-ha Ko

A prodigious Korean Go player who is internationally considered Korea's finest young professional. Despite his age he's played in the fifth round of the prestigious Kuksu

Yoshitaka Waya

Hikaru's "big brother" insei. Like Kaga, he has a dislike for Akira Toya because he can never defeat him and because of Akira's detached attitude towards the game. He has

Yuuki Mitani

A player at the Go Club at Haze Middle School who overcomes his cheating habit. He is angry at Hikaru for choosing to be an Insei rather than stay at the school Go club when they h