About the Author

Toshiro Kageyama was born in 1926 in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. A go player since his youth, he won the All-Japan Amateur Honinbo tournament in 1948 and turned professional the following year. His promotion record is: Shodan 1949 2-dan 1950 3-dan 1951 4-dan 1953 5-dan 1955 6-dan 1961 7-dan 1977 In 1953 he took first place in the second division of the Oteai (the professional ranking tournament), and in 1965 and 1966 he was runner-up in the Kodansha tournament (a competition among 5- to 7-dan professionals). In 1967 he won the Takamatsu-no-miya prize. He was known for his steady style of play and accuracy at calculation.