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Yumi Hotta

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Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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Yumi Hotta (堀田由美 Hotta Yumi, most often written as ほったゆみ) is a Japanese mangaka, best known as the author of the best-selling manga and anime series Hikaru no Go, about the game of go that is widely credited for the recent boom of the game in Japan. The idea behind Hikaru no Go began when Yumi Hotta played a pick-up game of go with her father-in-law. She thought that it might be fun to create a manga based on this traditional board game, and began the work under the title of Nine Stars (九つの星 Kokonotsu no Hoshi), named for the nine "star points" on a go board. She later worked with Takeshi Obata (the illustrator) and Yukari Umezawa (5-Dan, the supervisor) in the creation of Hikaru no Go. She won the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award and the 2003 ...more

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	Hikaru no Go, Vol. 1: Descent of the Go Master (Hikaru no Go, #1) by Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 9,932 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hikaru no Go, Vol. 2: First Battle (Hikaru no Go, #2) by Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 2,008 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hikaru no Go, Vol. 4: Divine Illusions (Hikaru no Go, #4) by Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata 4.24 avg rating — 1,754 ratings — published 1999 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hikaru no Go, Vol. 3: Preliminary Scrimmage (Hikaru no Go, #3) by Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 1,705 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hikaru no Go, Vol. 5: Start (Hikaru no Go, #5) by Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata (Artist) 4.25 avg rating — 1,567 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hikaru no Go, Vol. 7: The Young Lions Tournament (Hikaru no Go, #7) by Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata (Artist) 4.25 avg rating — 1,424 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hikaru no Go, Vol. 6: The Insei Exam (Hikaru no Go, #6) by Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata (Artist) 4.21 avg rating — 1,416 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hikaru no Go, Vol. 9: The Pro Test Begins (Hikaru no Go, #9) by Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata (Artist) 4.27 avg rating — 1,277 ratings — published 2000 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hikaru no Go, Vol. 8: The Pro Test Preliminaries: Day Four (Hikaru no Go, #8) by Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata (Artist) 4.21 avg rating — 1,258 ratings — published 2000 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hikaru no Go, Vol. 10: Lifeline (Hikaru no Go, #10) by Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata (Artist) 4.28 avg rating — 1,222 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Yumi Hotta

ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru no Go] (23 books)
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Yumi Hotta,

Takeshi Obata (Artist)

4.20 avg rating — 35,243 ratings

ヒカルの碁完全版 [Hikaru no Go Kanzenban] (20 books)
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Yumi Hotta (原著),

Takeshi Obata

4.50 avg rating — 581 ratings

ユート [Yuuto] (3 books)
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Yumi Hotta,

Kei Kawano (Illustrator),

ほったゆみ,

河野慶 (Illustrator)

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ヒカルの碁文庫版 [Hikaru no Go bunkoban] (12 books)
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Yumi Hotta (Writer),

ほったゆみ,

Takeshi Obata (Illustrator),

小畑健

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Quotes by Yumi Hotta (?)

“Whether it's anger, panic, doubt, tension, nervousness or pressure…you can't let your emotions throw you!

That's the thing you've really gotta learn…to look only at the stones. You can do this through selfobservation and training.
It doesn't matter what your general nature is like, you can acquire the skill to overcome distraction.”
― Yumi Hotta, ヒカルの碁 16、中国棋院

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“I have, actually. I'm under pressure, but I'm also observing myself under pressure from the standpoint of an onlooker.

Once I create this other self within my mind I can proceed calmly, at my own pace.”
― Yumi Hotta, ヒカルの碁 16、中国棋院

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“Every time I played Isumi he made calm deliberate moves regardless of how the game was going.

If he can maintain that in match play he'll always have a vital edge going in.”
― Yumi Hotta, ヒカルの碁 16、中国棋院

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