Hikaru&#039;s childhood friend. She begins to learn Go as well when Hikaru becomes interested and later joins the Haze Middle School Go club, serving as vice captain of the girls&#039; team, despite her being a weak player. She also seems to have feelings for Hikaru, as noted by her two friends in the carnival, though the two remain friends throughout the course of the series.

With a two-tone hairstyle and a streak of immaturity, Hikaru Shindou finds an old Go board with a hidden surprise - trapped within the Go Board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master! In the blink of an eye, Sai becomes part of Hikaru's consciousness and soon begins to learn the true essence behind this ancient game of skill and strategy. 
 
(Source: Viz Media)

__Non-Anime Roles:__
- Kula Diamond in _King of Fighters_ game series

2003 Tooniverse Voice actor in Korea Rhee Yong Sin (Hangul:이용신) is a Korean voice actor.  She joined the On-Media Voice Acting Division's voice acting division in 2003.  

(Source: Wikipedia)

Chantal Strand works with Ocean Group in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Best known for the roles of Bijou in Hamtaro, Cassie in Dragon Tales, Lacus Clyne in Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny in which she voiced both Lacus Clyne and Meer Campbell, Chantal is often cast into younger female roles, most likely because of the sound of her voice, and has occasionally been called upon to provide accents to characters, which she is able to pull off.

[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/marraradelamara/) | [Facebook](https://facebook.com/marraradelamara) | [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/marraramara4468) | [Elenco Digital](https://elencodigital.com.br/MarraraMara)

Marrara de La Mara, also known as Marrara Mara Zadurski, is a Brazilian actress, voice actress, and dancer.

[Twitter](https://x.com/moontcerezita) | [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/moontcerezita/)

A Mexican voice actress.

Hikaru is given a phone call asking him to appear in the Japan/China/Korea Junior's Tournament but he finds out he will have to take place in a preliminary tournament to choose Japan's three contestants. Upon discussing this with Akira, he discovers that Akira has already been chosen for the tournament and will not be taking place in the preliminaries. Hikaru then decides not to visit Akira's Go Salon until he takes his place on the team with Akira. That may be tougher than originally planned, as not only does Hikaru have to battle with old friends for one of two coveted spots, but he may have a new challenger, in a promising player from the Kansai Go Institute. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

After stumbling across a haunted Go board, irresponsible Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player has taken up residence in his consciousness. In his pursuit of the "Divine Move," Fujiwara-no-Sai awakens in Hikaru an untapped interest and genius for the game, and soon the schoolboy is chasing his own dream--defeating the famed Go prodigy Akira Toya!
 
(Source: Viz Media)
 Note: There are 197 chapters total in the original release.

Alternate version of the story featured in episode 64 that was shown at Jump Festa 2002 and later included with the DVD-BOX. 
 
Unlike the TV series which is digitally processed, this episode is shot on cels.

Akari Fujisaki