Yumi Hotta

Hikaru Shindo is a normal twelve-year-old until the day he finds an old bloodstained Go board in his grandfather's attic. Trapped inside the Go board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master who once taught the game of Go to the Emperor of Japan. Sai becomes a part of Hikaru's consciousness and together they make an unstoppable Go-playing team.

Hikaru teams up with a Shogi named Tetsuo in hopes of defeating Akira.

Akira skips his pro test for an online Go rematch with "Sai," determined to find out if Sai is really Hikaru.

Hikaru Shindo must compete against his friend, Isumi, in the main round of the pro test competition.

Hikaru Shindo, a pretty normal Japanese sixth-grader, finds an old, bloodstained Go board in his grandfather's attic, and soon he discovers that Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master, is trapped inside the board, but when Sai becomes a part of Hikaru's consciousness, together they make an unstoppable Go-playing team.

The preliminary rounds of the pro test are approaching and Hikaru prepares to eliminate all of his opponents. Presented in graphic novel format.

Hikaru Shindo, a schoolboy whose consciousness houses the spirit of a master Go player, struggles to turn his losing streak at the insei school around in time for the Young Lions Tournament, where he could have a chance to play against his rival, Go prodigy Akira Toya.

"The main storyline takes a holiday, making way for six tales that offer fresh insight into the characters and lives of Akira Toya, Tetsuo Kaga, Asumi Nase, Yuki Mitani, Atsushi Kurata and Fujiwara-no-Sai. Hikaru Shindo figures in some of these and takes center stage in the final tale when he challenges a crooked antique shop owner to a game of go in an attempt to restore an heirloom vase to its rightful owner"--From publisher's web site.

Now that he has turned pro, it will take everything in Hikaru's power to beat his old rival, and before he can face Akira, Hikaru must defeat all the students at the insei school.

The Hokuto Cup games are about to begin, and Hikaru gets caught up in some misunderstandings that make it difficult for him to concentrate on go. In the first match between Japan and China he starts out poorly and seems well on the way to a resounding defeat. Only by getting a tight grip on himself can he possibly make a showing, but that's far easier said than done!