Kaori Chinen
{{Short description|Japanese Go player}}
{{Infobox go player
| name=Kaori Chinen
| image=
| fullname=Kaori Chinen
| kanji=知念かおり
| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1974|7|28}}
| residence={{flagicon|Japan}} Tokyo, Japan
| teacher=Hajime Tokimoto
| rank=6 dan
| affiliation=Nihon Ki-in
}}
{{nihongo|Kaori Chinen|知念 かおり|Chinen Kaori|extra=born July 28, 1974, in Okinawa, Japan}} is a professional Go player.
Biography
Kaori Chinen became a professional in 1993. She was promoted to 3 dan four years later in 1997. She married fellow professional go player Yo Kagen in 1997. She holds the female record for longest defense of a title, keeping the Women's Kisei for 6 straight years.[http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/match/fkisei/index-e.html Women's Kisei Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122065129/http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/match/fkisei/index-e.html |date=2011-01-22 }}.{{Retrieved | accessdate=2010-12-27}}
Titles & runners-up
| class="wikitable"
!Title | Years Held |
| align="center" | Current
| align="center" | 9 | |
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Women's Honinbo
| 1997–1999, 2004 | |
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Women's Kisei
| 2000–2003, 2005 |
| class="wikitable"
!Title | Years Lost |
| align="center" | Current
| align="center" | 5 | |
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Women's Honinbo
| 1995, 2000, 2002 | |
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Women's Kisei
| 2004, 2006 |
Notes
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External links
- [https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000323.html Nihon Ki-in profile] (in Japanese)
- [http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Chinen+Kaori GoBase Biography]
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{{Professional Go players in Japan}}
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Category:Japanese female Go players
Category:21st-century Go players
People from Okinawa Prefecture
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