Reason why Japanese genius Go girl moved to South Korea = South Korean report

Sumire Nakamura, a 14-year-old female Kisei player (3rd dan), who is known as the ``genius Go girl'' in Japan, submitted a transfer application to the Korea Ki Institute in July this year, and will be joining Korea from March next year. Official activities at
Start. On the 30th of this month, Nakamura held a press conference at Nihon Ki-in in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, and revealed his intention to move to South Korea. Mr. Nakamura said, ``I want to become a shogi player who can compete in the Korean Go League.''
sea bream. I don't have enough skill right now, but I want to get stronger and compete against Japan's strong players such as Yuta Iyama.'' The Korea Ki Association held a board meeting on the 26th of this month, and the guest chess table submitted by Mr.
Approved the applicant's application. After Nakamura defends her title as Japan's female Kisei champion in February next year, she will begin her official career in South Korea in March.
Mr. Nakamura started playing Go at the age of three due to the influence of his father, Shinya Nakamura, who is a 9-dan professional player. After that from 2017
In 2019, he honed his Go skills at the Han Jeong-jin Go Dojo in South Korea. Mr. Nakamura became a professional shogi player in 2019, when he was 10 years old, through Nihon Ki-in's special recommendation system for gifted shogi players.
After that, he became the youngest player in history to win the title of professional shogi player, which attracted attention. Then, in February of this year, she won the Women's Kisei Tournament and achieved the record of being the ``youngest titleholder in history'', proving her ability.
. Mr. Nakamura is the first professional shogi player from Nippon Kiin to transfer overseas. Mr. Nakamura said, ``I started thinking about transferring in June of this year,'' and added, ``Not only are there strong players in Korea, but there are also many regular players.
We were able to create a sense of tension, and the overall level was a little high." He continued, ``I admire the Korean lifestyle where we eat kimchi-jjigae every day, and I also really like bulgogi and dakgalbi.''
``I would like to play against Park Jeong-hwan, who is always kind and wonderful even though he is active all over the world,'' he said.