Rin Kaiho

Rin Kaiho
Go Seigen teaching to a young Rin Kaiho.
Personal information
Native name
  • 林海峰 (Chinese)
  • Lín Hǎifēng (Pinyin)
Full nameRin Kaiho
Born (1942-05-06) May 6, 1942
Sport
TeacherGo Seigen, Goro Fujita
PupilCho U
Rank9 dan
AffiliationNihon Ki-in; Tokyo branch

Rin Kaihō or Lin Haifeng (Chinese: 林海峰; pinyin: Lín Hǎifēng; born May 6, 1942) is a professional Taiwanese Go player who made his name in Japan. He is, along with Cho Chikun, Kobayashi Koichi, Otake Hideo, Takemiya Masaki and Kato Masao, considered one of the 'Six Supers' who dominated the Japanese Go world in the last three decades of the twentieth century.