The family inheritance of the Go world is common in China and South Korea, and the second generation of parents and children is rarely more than three generations, and the only thing that can really be called a century-old family can only be found in Japan.
Today I want to introduce a century-old shop in the Japanese Go industry that has been passed down for four generations, and its originator is Kitani Shikudan, who opened a new layout era with Wu Qingyuan. Mr. Mu's most prestigious is the opening of the Kitani Shi Go Dojo, this disciple-style training and learning model has achieved unprecedented success, contributing a large number of superstars to the Japanese chess world, and the famous Japanese Six Super League occupies five of them: Otake Hero, Masao Kato, Masaki Takemiya, Koichi Kobayashi, and Cho Ji-hoon. There are also big names such as Shuzo Odaira, Yoshio Ishida, and Kyaw Kobayashi (currently the chairman of the Japanese Chess Academy).
Mr. and Mrs. Kitani and Mr. and Mrs. Kobayashi
Due to the large number of students and the fact that Mr. Kitani was not in good health, many of the affairs of the dojo were handled by his daughter Reiko Kitani. During this period, due to the late arrival and the very young age, Kobayashi seemed to be quite uncomfortable after arriving at the dojo, and Reiko Kidani was particularly concerned about him. As Kobayashi grew up, he became more and more dependent and devoted to this Reiko girl who was 13 years older than him. Unexpectedly, the two lovers who have been in love for a long time have hidden everyone because of their excellent work of secrecy (it seems that they are natural lurking masters), and the fact that the eldest sister cares more for the little brother is completely normal.
Her daughter in her 30s is still single and has no belonging, and Reiko's mother is extremely worried. On this day in 1974, when her daughter suddenly told her that she was going to have a wedding, the mother was surprised and firmly opposed. Although Kobayashi Koichi was tepid among the apprentices in the dojo at that time, and the results of the competition were average, Mrs. Kitani had no prejudice against them, she was worried about the age difference between the two, afraid that the two could not be harmonious to grow old. To digress, here I have to admire the old lady's "foresight": Kobayashi and Reiko did not help each other to old age, but that is not because of emotional changes, but Reiko suffered from lung cancer in 1996 Xian died, 54-year-old Kobayashi is very sad because of this.
Kobayashi's family photo
Lady Reiko is definitely a kennaisuke, under her full support, Kobayashi Koichi's chess skills have soared, and his mentality has gradually matured, and in the third year after marriage, that is, in 1976, he won the Tianyuan laurel in the seven major chess battles, and after the mid-1980s, he opened the great cause of the eight consecutive chess masters and the celebrity seven consecutive masters, and his outstanding record was second only to Zhao Zhixun in the Japanese Six Super League.
A son and a daughter are the crystallization of the love between the two, but the son unexpectedly did not embark on the road of professional Go, and the daughter Kobayashi Izumi was responsible for continuing the family's Go incense. Under the careful tutelage of her parents, Izumi, who was born in 1977, lived up to expectations and later surpassed her mother's achievements to become the first Japanese woman to play Go.
Perhaps inheriting her father's good genes, Quanmei also took the initiative to attack in marriage and love, and did not live up to Shaohua. I remember a reporter once asked Quan Mei what kind of boyfriend she wanted to find? Quan Mei's reply was: First, it is necessary to be handsome, and second, the chess skills should be similar to Lee Chang-ho. Interjection digression: Haha, although it is not required to be rich and handsome, but her standard seems to be more difficult, is her goal the stone Buddha.
Zhang Xu and Xiaolin Quanmei couple
At this time, the chess power is recognized as the first in Japan, and the handsome teenager Zhang Xu of Taiwan has lost love. Zhang Xu once had a Chinese mainland girlfriend who studied in Japan, but after his girlfriend returned to China, she hoped that Zhang Xu could also go to the mainland with her, which obviously made Zhang Xu reluctant. Zhang Xu was very painful after the loss of love, and it was difficult to extricate himself during that time.
Xiaolin Quanmei, who has always had a love for Zhang Xu, "decisively and timely", while launching an offensive against Zhang Xu, also "cut off" the "connection" opportunities between other female chess players and Zhang Xu, for example, Zhang Xu plays chess in the chess courtyard, she waits outside the chess courtyard, even if it is in the middle of the night, and then accompanies Zhang Xu home. Sure enough, under her "winning and losing hand", Zhang Xu finally bowed down to the subject, and a year and a half later, he married Xiaolin Quanmei. At that time, Zhang Xu was 23 years old and Kobayashi Quanmei was 26 years old.
Izumi Kobayashi is also a blue-hearted heart. After the marriage, she was asked who she would support if Zhang Xu and her father Kobayashi Koichi met in a match. Izumi Kobayashi cleverly replied, "I hope that the two of them will play a good game of chess regardless of whether they win or lose." I'll make my father feel like I'm cheering him on, and I'll make my husband think I'm cheering him on. ”
Zhang Xu defeated Yu Bin in 2005 to win the 8th LG Cup trophy, japan's last world champion to date.
Today, Zhang Xu and Kobayashi Izumi's precious daughter Zhang Xincheng (born in 2006) have become professional beginners in February 2020, and the inheritance of the Kitani family has successfully reached the fourth generation.
Finally, I would like to summarize the bloodline continuation of the Go family of Mugu Shi, Kobayashi Koichi and Zhang Xu in one sentence: two gentle love stories, four generations of inheritance across national boundaries, and a rare chess story in the world.