Hikaru no Go: Hokuto Hai e no Michi
Hikaru no Go: Journey to the North Star Cup, ヒカルの碁 北斗杯への道
Hikaru receives a call inviting him to participate in the Japan/China/Korea Juniors Tournament. However, upon further investigation, he learns that he must first compete in a preliminary tournament to select Japan's three representatives for the main event. After discussing this with Akira, Hikaru discovers that Akira has already been chosen and will not be participating in the preliminaries. As a result, Hikaru decides to postpone visiting Akira's Go Salon until he secures his spot on the team alongside Akira. This task may prove more challenging than anticipated, as Hikaru must battle against old friends for one of two available spots and potentially face a new competitor from the Kansai Go Institute.
Akira Touya
ProtagonistIn the world of Go, Hikaru's greatest competitor is Akira Touya, a student at Kaio Middle School and son of Koyo Touya. Initially, Akira was already quite skilled in Go when Hikaru first started playi...
Hikaru Shindou
ProtagonistIn the beginning of the series, hikaru was a sixth-grade student who initially found go uninteresting. however, his passion for the game grew after he became rivals with akira toya. despite initially ...
Seiji Ogata
A Go player named Ogata, who studied under Touya Kouyo, first became interested in Hikaru when he explained a move during a children's tournament that even professional players would take time to see....
Yeong-ha Ko
A 16-year-old Korean Go player is widely considered one of Korea's top young professional players. Despite his age, he has played in the fifth round of the prestigious Kuksu title (equivalent to Honin...
Honinbou Kuwabara
Who currently holds the honinbo title in hikaru no go? this individual is kuwabara, who maintains a friendly relationship with toya meijin but competes against ogata. furthermore, kuwabara has express...
Kiyoharu Yashiro
A young man named Yashiro studied Go at the Kansai institute when he was ten years old. He became a professional player at age fifteen and gained recognition from his teacher and fellow members of the...
Shigeo Morishita
Morishita Sensei is a 9-dan professional Go player who teaches and leads a study group at Wayas. He views Toya Meijin as his rival, as they both became professionals around the same time. Additionally...
Kousuke Ochi
In the same group as Hikaru, there is another young player named Ochi who is only 12 years old when he was introduced. Despite being quite outspoken about his abilities, Ochi's boasting of his strengt...
Shinichiro Isumi
In the manga, there's a player named Isumi who was friendly with Hikaru and did well in the first pro exam until he faced him in a match. During this game, rumors about Hikaru's incredible strength pu...
Akari Fujisaki
One of Hikarus childhood companions starts learning Go after Hikaru becomes interested and later joins the Haze Middle School Go club as vice captain of the girls team, despite being a weak player. Sh...
Yoshitaka Waya
Hikarus "big brother" insei. Like Kaga, he has a dislike for Akira Toya because he can never defeat him and because of Akiras detached attitude towards the game. He has once faced Sai in Internet Go a...
Atsushi Kurata
Kurata was initially introduced as a promising 4-dan player but did not appear until later in the story as a 6-dan. Despite being young, Kurata, along with Ogata who is also a professional, is conside...
