Xie Yimin
- January 10, 2024
- Go Professional
Quick Facts
Full Name | Xie Yimin |
Occupation | Go Professional |
Date Of Birth | Nov 16, 1989(1989-11-16) |
Age | 35 |
Birthplace | Taiwan |
Country | Taiwan |
Horoscope | Scorpio |
Xie Yimin Biography
Name | Xie Yimin |
Birthday | Nov 16 |
Birth Year | 1989 |
Place Of Birth | Taiwan |
Birth Country | Taiwan |
Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Xie Yimin is one of the most popular and richest Go Professional who was born on November 16, 1989 in Taiwan, Taiwan.
Hsieh started playing Go at the age of five at the Go school that her older brother was attending. At age seven, she competed in a children’s group tournament held in South Korea as the fifth member of the Taipei team, and won three out of three matches. After winning the Kaiho National Children’s Go Cup at age eight, Cheng Mingchi introduced her to Kou Mousei, her future teacher. Hsieh became an insei at the Nihon Ki-in in 2002.
Hsieh became a professional Go player in 2004. By becoming a professional at age 14 years and 4 months, she set the record for the youngest female professional player at the time. Also, she was the fourth female player to become a professional through the main league rather than the females-only special league.
Xie Yimin Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Go Professional |
House | Living in own house. |
Xie Yimin is one of the richest Go Professional from Taiwan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Xie Yimin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Hsieh Yimin (simplified Chinese: 谢依旻 ; traditional Chinese: 謝依旻 ; pinyin: Xiè Yīmín ; born on 16 November 1989) is a Taiwanese-born professional Go player in Japan. She holds the titles of Honorary Female Honinbo and Honorary Female Meijin, and currently holds three major female titles in Japan: Female Meijin, Female Kisei and Female Honinbo.
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In 2010, she obtained the Female Kisei title by defeating Umezawa Yukari, and became the first player to hold the three major female titles simultaneously. She defended the Female Honinbo and Meijin titles from the challenger Chiaki Mukai, winning the Kido Yushu Kishi Award and her fifth Kido Female Award.
Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Go Professional. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Taiwan. Xie Yimin celebrates birthday on November 16 of every year.
In 2012, Hsieh and O Meien won the Pair Go Tournament again. She lost her Female Kisei title to the challenger Kikuyo Aoki, losing her reign as the three-title holder. In the following Female Meijin tournament, Hsieh defeated Chiaki Mukai for the third consecutive year, winning the title for the fifth year in row. This gave her the title of Honorary Female Meijin. She also formed a singer group MONOTONE along with fellow Go players Taiki Seto and Seiken Takanashi, and released their first single, i★GO.