Cho Son-jin

Cho Sonjin
Personal information
Native name
Full nameCho Sonjin
Born (1970-04-18) April 18, 1970
Sport
Turned pro1984
TeacherTakeo Ando
Rank9 dan
AffiliationNihon Ki-in

Cho Sonjin (Korean조선진; born April 18, 1970) is a professional Go player.

Cho was born in South Korea, but moved to Japan at age 12 in order to become a professional. He accomplished his goal two years later in 1984. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1998. In 1999, he defeated Cho Chikun in the Honinbo, ending Chikun's 10-year run with the title.