Michael Redmond

What pulls me to Michael Redmond is how he made himself the exception in a game that almost never produces one. Go's deepest waters run through China, Korea, and Japan, yet this Californian crossed the Pacific and climbed all the way to 9-dan, the only Westerner ever to hold the top rank. I think that says less about talent alone and more about decades of stubborn immersion in a culture not his own. To me he's quietly remarkable: not a celebrity in the loud sense, but proof that mastery sometimes means leaving everything familiar behind and outworking a tradition on its home ground.

Name (English)

Michael Redmond

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・レドモンド

Reading

まいける・れどもんど

Born

May 25, 1963 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

Origin

California, United States

Occupation

Go professional

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/RedmondGo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%89%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89

Tags

• California
• Go professional

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.