Cho Hun-hyun

Cho Hunhyun
Personal information
Native name
Full nameCho Hunhyun
Nickname
The God of War
Born (1953-03-10) 10 March 1953
Mokpo, South Jeolla, South Korea
Sport
Turned pro1962 (Korea)
1966 (Japan)
TeacherKensaku Segoe,
Hideyuki Fujisawa
PupilLee Chang-ho
Rank9 dan
AffiliationHanguk Kiwon
Cho Hun-hyun
조훈현
Secretary-General of the Future Korea Party
In office
6 February 2020 – 21 March 2020
PresidentHan Sun-kyo
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byYeom Dong-yeol
Member of the National Assembly
In office
30 May 2016 – 29 May 2020
ConstituencyProportional representation
Personal details
PartyFuture Korea

Cho Hunhyun (Korean: 조훈현; born 10 March 1953) is a South Korean professional Go player and politician. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Cho reached professional level in Korea in 1962. Since then, Cho has amassed 150 professional titles, more than any other player in the world. He held all of the open tournaments in Korea three times: in 1980, 1982 and 1986. Cho has also won 11 international titles, third most in the world behind Lee Chang-ho (21) and Lee Sedol (18). He reached 1,000 career wins in 1995.