Kaori Chinen

is a professional Go player.

Biography Kaori Chinen became a professional in 1993. She was promoted to 3 dan four years later in 1997. She married fellow professional go player Yo Kagen in 1997. She holds the female record for longest defense of a title, keeping the Women's Kisei for 6 straight years.

Titles & runners-up Title Years Held Current 9 Women's Honinbo 1997–1999, 2004 Women's Kisei 2000–2003, 2005

Title Years Lost Current 5 Women's Honinbo 1995, 2000, 2002 Women's Kisei 2004, 2006