Dogen Handa

{{Short description|Japanese Go player}} {{Infobox go player | name=Dogen Handa | image= | fullname=Dogen Handa | kanji=半田道玄 | birth_date={{birth date|1915|10|25|mf=y}} | birth_place=Japan | death_date={{death date and age|1974|04|13|1915|10|25|mf=y}} | death_place=Japan | teacher=Tamejiro Suzuki | rank=9 dan }}

{{nihongo|'''Dogen Handa'''|半田道玄|Handa Dōgen|extra=October 25, 1915 – April 13, 1974}} also known as '''Hayami Handa''', was a professional Go player.<ref name="rat">[https://www.goratings.org/en/players/883.html Handa Dogen at Go Ratings]</ref><ref name="base">[https://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Handa+Dogen Handa Dogen at GoBase]</ref>

== Biography == Handa grew up as Tamejiro Suzuki's disciple. He started as a pro in the Nihon Ki-in, but after the Kansai Ki-in's founding, he joined Utaro Hashimoto in the Kansai-Kiin. He became a 9p in 1959.<ref name="rat"/><ref name="base"/>

== Titles & runners-up == {| class="wikitable" !Title || Years Held |- | align="center" | '''Current''' | align="center" | '''6''' |- | {{flagicon|Japan}} Judan | 1963 |- | {{flagicon|Japan}} Oza | 1960, 1965 |- | {{flagicon|Japan}} KK Championship | 1958, 1960, 1961 |}

{| class="wikitable" !Title || Years Lost |- | align="center" | '''Current''' | align="center" | '''5''' |- | {{flagicon|Japan}} Honinbo | 1962 |- | {{flagicon|Japan}} Judan | 1962, 1964 |- | {{flagicon|Japan}} Oza | 1957, 1958 |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Oza}} {{Judan}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Handa, Dogen}} Category:1915 births Category:1974 deaths Category:Japanese Go players