Mika Yoshida

For the Japanese singer, see Mika Nakashima.

Mika Yoshida

Personal information
Occupation	Professional Go player

Mika Yoshida (吉田美香) is a Japanese professional Go player at Kansai Ki-in, Osaka. She is known as one of the most strongest player from Osaka in the 1990s through the 2000s.

Records

Year	Notes
1986	Obtained professional status
1993-1996	Obtained the Women's Honinbo (女流本因坊), she is the first Kansai Ki-in player to obtain this title.
1994 and 1996	Received the Kansai Go & Shogi Reporter Club Award (関西囲碁将棋記者クラブ賞)
1995	Lecturer at NHK Go Lessons (ja:NHK囲碁講座) at NHK Educational TV
2000	Victory at the Professional Pair Go Championship. She also reached to 7 dan rank in this year (In Japan, only few female players have reached to this rank).
2001	Finalist at the Women's Champion title (女流最強位)
2002	Written an essay on Asahi Shinbun (棋士のひとりごと)
2002-2005	Victory at Kansai Ladies Go Tournament
2003	Reached to 8 dan rank in this year (She is the first female 8-dan player at Kansai Ki-in, and the 3rd female 8-dan player in Japan)
2019	She became the first female commentator at the NHK Cup Television Go Tournament (she commented about Rina Fujisawa's and Yukari Yoshihara's game).

Awards from Kansai Ki-in

Name of award	Notes
Rookie Award (新人賞)	Received in 1989
Yamano Award (山野賞)	Received 5 times
Dogen Award (道玄賞)	Received 4 times
Risen Award (利仙賞), Nagai Award (永井賞), and the Special Award	Received Once

Other websites

• Official profile Archived 2021-01-15 at the Wayback Machine