SHIBANO Toramaru

Tora-chan (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

Reading, watching YouTube videos. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

Japanese

His older brother Ryunosuke Shibano is also a professional go player. (nihonkiin, 14 Apr 2023)

He began playing go in 2004 at age five, and took up the sport seriously in grade three of primary school. (tokyo-np, 04 Dec 2022; number, 07 Nov 2022)

His father read the Japanese manga 'Hikaru no Go', which featured go. His father then bought an online go game and introduced Toramaru to the sport. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023; number, 07 Nov 2022)

He trains for 10 hours each day. (tokyo-np, 04 Dec 2022)

His parents. (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

His older brother Ryunosuke Shibano, and Japanese go player Keigo Yamashita. (tokyo-np, 04 Dec 2022; Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)

"Positively and politely." (Athlete, 23 Sep 2023)