Othello World Cup 2013 - Players

Team Japan

List of players that will play in the Othello World Cup Tourney. Check the OWC website  for the names of all players (including Grand Othello, 8star Othello and Miracle5) plus additional info. 

ESAKI Yuta
HAYASAKA Toshie (f)
ITO Junya
KOZUKA Katsuhiko
KURAHASHI Satoshi (<12 year)
KURITA Seiya
MIYAZAKI Yuji
NAKAJIMA Tetsuya
OKAMOTO Kazuki
SHINOHARA Jun (<12 year)
SHINOHARA Ryo (<12 year)
SUEKUNI Makoto
TAKANASHI Yusuke
TAKIZAWA Masaki
TAMENORI Hideshi
TODA Tomoya
TOKI Yugo (<12 year)
URASHIMA Mei (f)
YAMANAKA Mami (f)
Team World Players

These are the players who have confimed they will play for team world in the Othello World Cup Tourney. List updated Monday December 10th.

AUBROECK Patrick, Netherlands
BECK David, Great Britain
BERG Matthias, Germany
BIGGELAAR, Nicky van den, Netherlands
BIRGER SKOGEN Tor, Norway
CHEN Kai, China
CUPIAL Milosz, Poland
DELAUNAY Arnaud, France
DONG Zhen, China (f)
FELDBORG Karsten, Denmark
FRONMARK Marcus, Sweden
HAND David, Great Britain
HELMES Jiska, Netherlands (f)
HIDAYAT Romy, Indonesia
JUIGNER Arthur, France (<12 year)
KANG Le, China
KASHIWABARA Takuji, France
KINPIOW Tan, Malaysia
KORTENDIJK Albert, Netherlands
KOH Bo Chao Alex, Singapore
LEE Choon Foong, Singapore
MARCONI Francesco, Italy
MORENO Borja, Spain
NORGREN Cecilia, Sweden (f)
NOWAK Dominik, Poland
ODEGARD Martin, Norway
ODSELL Caroline, Sweden (f)
PRASEPTYO Linda, Netherlands (f)
ROSE Brian, USA
SCHOTTE Tom, Belgium
SONG Yan, China
STENBERG Veronica, Sweden (f)
SURY Bartlomiej, Poland
TSOI Chun Yip, Hong Kong
VINAR Matt, Australia
VORACEK Miroslav, Czech Republic
WILLIAM Joanna, Indonesia (f)
WU Katie, Hong Kong (f)
YAP Siew Kun, Malaysia (f)

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Staff Othello 40th Anniversary Project:

OKUYAMA Iwao (project owner) (JPN)
AMANO Masayuki (project leader) (JPN)
KOIDE Masato (tournament director) (JPN)
STEENTOFT Benkt (tournament director) (SWE)
KUDO Hiroyoshi (tournament director) (JPN)
ISHIMOTO Kazuhiro ( tounament director) (JPN)
GRAAF Jan de (NLD)
IKARASHI Toshiyuki (JPN)
IWASAKI Masaaki (JPN)
NODA Bintatsu (JPN)
SASAKI Sadayuki (JPN)
SEGGELEN Trees van (NLD)
SNEEK Marcel (NLD)
SOSNOWSKI  Mateusz (SWE)
SUGA Yoshihiro (JPN)
TATSUMI Jun (JPN)

Brian Rose and Hideshi Tamenori at the WOC in London in 2004

Hideshi Tamenori (Japan) is considered the best player of all time. He won the Meijin 3 times ( 1988 , 1989 and 1990 ),  seven-time champion of Japan ( 1986 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 , 1995 , 2004 and 2005 ) and seven-time world champion ( 1986 , 1988 , 1989 ,1990 , 1995 , 2005 and 2006 ).

Brian Rose (USA) won the WOC in 2001 and was runner-up in 2000 and 1981. He finished 3rd in 1983 and 2004 and 4th place in 1990 and 1991. He played at the WOC 13 times between 1981 and 2004. 10 times national champion.  Best Meijin: 10th (2000). Author of "Othello: A Minute To Learn..... A Lifetime To Master".