Cho Chikun

South Korean professional go player
Person human Q484087
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Cho Chikun

Summary

Cho Chikun is a human[1]. He was born in Busan[2]. He was born on +1956-06-20T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a Go professional[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #7,279 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Cho Chikun was born in Busan[2].
  • Cho Chikun was born on +1956-06-20T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Cho Chikun held citizenship in South Korea[6].
  • Korean was Cho Chikun's native language[7].
  • Cho Chikun worked as a Go professional[4].
  • Cho Chikun was educated at Tokyo Korean School[8].
  • A notable student of Cho Chikun was Kim Shushun[9].
  • A notable student of Cho Chikun was Kim Kwangsik[10].
  • A notable student of Cho Chikun was Takehisa Matsumoto[11].
  • A notable student of Cho Chikun was Atsushi Tsuruyama[12].
  • Cho Chikun received the Medal with Purple Ribbon[13].
  • Cho Chikun's image is recorded as Cho Chikun at World Go Festival20190630.jpg[14].
  • Cho Chikun is recorded as male[15].
  • Cho Chikun's instance of is recorded as human[16].
  • Cho Chikun's ISNI is recorded as 0000000067309708[17].
  • Cho Chikun's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 95000921[18].
  • Cho Chikun's GND ID is recorded as 104464804X[19].
  • Cho Chikun's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82056003[20].
  • Cho Chikun's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16962061g[21].
  • Cho Chikun's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA02527984[22].
  • Cho Chikun's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00087530[23].
  • Cho Chikun's dan/kyu rank is recorded as 9 dan[24].
  • Cho Chikun's sport is recorded as go[25].
  • Cho Chikun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09j_zq[26].
  • Cho Chikun's family name is recorded as Cho[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Cho Chikun was born in Busan[2]. He was born on +1956-06-20T00:00:00Z[3]. Korean was his native language[7].

Education

Cho Chikun was educated at Tokyo Korean School[8]. He studied under Minoru Kitani[28].

Career and Affiliations

Cho Chikun worked as a Go professional[4]. Notable students include Kim Shushun[9], a Go professional[29], b. 1979[30], of Japan[31]; Kim Kwangsik[10], a Go professional[32], b. 1979[33], of South Korea[34]; Takehisa Matsumoto[11], a Go professional[35], b. 1980[36], of Japan[37]; and Atsushi Tsuruyama[12], a Go professional[38], b. 1981[39], of Japan[40].

Recognition

Cho Chikun received the Medal with Purple Ribbon[13].

Why It Matters

Cho Chikun ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #7,279 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] He is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

FAQs

Where was Cho Chikun born?

Born in Busan[2], Cho Chikun…

What did Cho Chikun do for work?

Cho Chikun worked as Go professional[4].

Where did Cho Chikun go to school?

Cho Chikun was educated at Tokyo Korean School[8].

What awards did Cho Chikun receive?

Honors received include Medal with Purple Ribbon[13].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [14] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . bingoweiqi.com. bingoweiqi.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [16] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] . wikidata.org.
  14. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [23] . wikidata.org.
  17. [24] . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] . bingoweiqi.com. bingoweiqi.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [25] . Go Ratings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [27] . wikidata.org.
  22. [9] . nihonkiin.or.jp. nihonkiin.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [10] . baduk.or.kr. baduk.or.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [11] . nihonkiin.or.jp. nihonkiin.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [12] . nihonkiin.or.jp. nihonkiin.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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