Hikaru no Go
Hikaru no Go

Hikaru no Go

2001 3 Seasons 75 Episodes ⭐ 7.6 Animation Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal kid with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. His life completely changes when he finds an old bloodstained go board in his grandfather's attic. The ghost of an ancient go master named Fujiwara-no-Sai was trapped in the board and soon becomes a part of Hikaru's consciousness. Together Hikaru and Sai make an unstoppable go-playing team!

Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal kid with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. His life completely changes when he finds an old bloodstained go board in his grandfather's attic. The ghost of an ancient go master named Fujiwara-no-Sai was trapped in the board and soon becomes a part of Hikaru's consciousness. Together Hikaru and Sai make an unstoppable go-playing team!

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Eternal Rival

Sixth grader Hikaru Shindo stumbles upon a mysterious Go board with a blood stain on it. Before he knows it he's hearing

EP 2

Discovered Weakness!!

With the recent defeat of the Meijin's son, Hikaru goes about his day normally. However, Akira is obsessing over the gam

EP 3

Akira Bears His Fangs

After confronting Hikaru, Akira challenges him to a rematch. As they sit down to play, Sai notices Akira's fangs bearing

EP 4

Kaga in Shogi Club

Akari invites Hikaru to the Haze Junior High festival. Hikaru reluctantly goes, but cannot find Akari anywhere. So, whil

EP 5

Prediction of an Awakening

After loosing the game to Kaga, Hikaru is forced into joining a Jr. high school Go Club Tournament. He is to join Tsutsu

EP 6

The Beautiful Match

The finals of the Third Annual Junior High Go Tournament - Kaiou Junior High V. Haze Junior High. With a score of 1-1 it

EP 7

I Won't Play Against You

Hikaru is now in Haze Middle School and joins the Go club. Akira Toya is now in Kaio. He pays a visit to Haze and challe

EP 8

The Scheme in the Rain

Akira is too good against everyone at Kaio's Go club. The members don't take this sitting down, as three of them plan to

EP 9

An Irritating Presence

Akira is still loathed in the Go club, but he doesn't care. Even the club's sensei has bad feelings about him being ther

EP 10

The Third Member

A boy named Yuki Mitani solves a challenging problem on the Haze Go club's posters. Hikaru knows they need a third membe

EP 11

The Most Inconsiderate Act

The Go Sallon Yuki goes to doesn't mind giving him money for winning games, but they are tired of him cheating to get it

EP 12

You Are The Third Board

After Hikaru gets back Yuki's money, Yuki decides to join the club, but refuses to play in the tournament. Tsutsui expla

EP 13

Each of Their Decision

Hikaru, Tsutsui, and Yuki all manage to defeat their first round opponents. But, the next next round won't be so easy as

EP 14

The Third Match

Akira is quite tense at the fact that he is finally facing Hikaru, or rather Sai. All is going well, until Hikaru notice

EP 15

The Player On The Net

Hikaru let's Sai play Go online, that way nobody will think Hikaru is really good when in reality he's not.

EP 16

Who Is Sai?

Everyone is anxious to find out just who this mysterious user named "Sai" is. How long can Hikaru keep playing before he

EP 17

The Match of Revelation

Players who have been following Sai's net matches attended the 20th International Amateur Go Tournament in Japan. A comm

EP 18

Akira vs. Sai

Akira skipped his first match of the Pro exams in order to play the match against Sai on the net. Akira is perplexed ove

EP 19

Hikaru's Strength

Hikaru is slowly, but surely, getting better as evidenced when he beats Mitani in a game though with a handicap as well

EP 20

The Road to Becoming a Pro

Kishimoto (Kaio's first board) played a match with Hikaru to find out his real strength and expressed his puzzlement as

EP 21

The Haze Jr. High Go Club

Hikaru is torn by the decision he has to make. An unlikely saviour came in the form of Kaga who proposed that Shindou qu

EP 22

The Insei Examination

Hikaru is losing the game in his anxiousness to win it. He freaks out when he realised that he didn't necessarily have w

EP 23

The Room of Yuugen

Hikaru aims to progress to the first class of the Insei program where Waya and Isumi take the top spots. Both of them wa

EP 24

Ouza vs. Akira

Although Ouza initally contemplated letting Akira win the match as a form of encouragement, he is angered by Akira's non

EP 25

Sai's Sword Unsheathed (1)

HIkaru can't seem to get any better at Go, despite the fact that he plays with Sai every day. If he wants any chance to

EP 26

The Greatest Wall for Hikaru (2)

With help from Sai, Hikaru overcomes his weakness and finally makes it into the A league. Back at school, Kaga and Kimih

EP 27

A Place To Go Back To

Yuuki Mitani decides to go back to the Go Club.

EP 28

The Wakajishisen

The top 16 in the A league all take part in the Young Lions Tournament. If Hikaru can manage to get past the first round

EP 29

Kuwabara Honinbou

Ogata and Kuwabara are anticipating their matches for the Honinbou title, both anxious to greet the upcoming wave of pro

EP 30

Ogata vs Honinbou

Ogata and Kuwabara Honinbou continue their set of matches for the Honinbou title. They are on their final match, both ha

EP 1

The Preliminary Starts

Hikaru takes the prelims to qualify for the Pro exams whereas Waya/Isumi are admitted straight to the finals being among

EP 2

The Last Day of the Preliminaries

Hikaru is overwhelmed in playing go with adults and his second loss placed him at a precarious position (third loss mean

EP 3

Team Formed!

This is a very fun episode where Waya, Isumi and Hikaru form a team to go around challenging the patrons of the various

EP 4

Don't Win

At a Friendly Go festival, Akira was invited to play a 4-way game with a council member and his three assistants. Though

EP 5

There Is Only One Winner

Isumi, Waya and Hikaru decides to go to a recommeded Go Salon and Hikaru bumps into a rude young boy at the convenience

EP 6

My Name is...

Hikaru plays a Korean Insei-equivilant at a Go Salon.

EP 7

The Pro Exam Begins

The Pro Exam has finally begun, and the intensity reaches new heights after the pairings are chosen. Everyone seems so t

EP 8

The Challengers

Hikaru and Tsubaki must face each other in the Pro matches, and Akira begins teaching Ochi in an attempt to learn how st

EP 9

The Dead Moment

Isumi has gone on undefeated, while Hikaru has lost only one game so far. The time finally comes for them to play each o

EP 10

Whereabouts of the Win

After losing to Hikaru, Isumi begins to break down and begins losing his matches. Hikaru is also having trouble concentr

EP 11

Three Weeks Isn't Enough!

Realizing that Hikaru is getting stronger, Ochi swallows his pride and decides to ask Akira for help. When Akira tells O

EP 12

The First One to Pass

The Pro Exam is nearing its end as the last three matches arrive. Ochi, Waya, and Hikaru are currently the top three, an

EP 13

Waya vs Shindou

Hikaru and Waya finally face each other, and both are desperate to win. However, Waya has other reasons for wanting to w

EP 14

A Desperate Life

As the match between Hikaru and Ochi draws near, Ochi becomes more and more annoyed with Akira's obsession of Hikaru. Th

EP 15

Hikaru vs Ochi

Hikaru and Ochi finally face-off. Determined to prove his worth to Akira, Ochi goes all out against Hikaru, while Hikaru

EP 16

The Last Day of the Pro Exam Finals

With all of the other matches finished, the final decision of the Pro Exams rests upon Hikaru and Ochi's match. Can Hika

EP 17

To the World of the Pros

Having defeated Ochi, Hikaru has gained Akira's respect, and Akira is now awaiting their next match. As Hikaru wonders h

EP 18

Sai vs Meijin

Hikaru got a call that the Meijin is to play him in the first new dan series. Hikaru denies Sai's request to play instea

EP 19

A Painful Match

Hikaru/Sai spends half hour to decide on the first move while the others are having a field day discussing Hikaru. With

EP 20

Fujiwara no Sai

This episode is basically a recap of Sai's past journeys, from playing Go in the palace and his eventual suicide, playin

EP 21

Kurata 6-dan

Hikaru and Sai thwart the efforts of some con-artists trying to take advantage of unsuspecting amateur Go players, but o

EP 22

Hikaru vs Akira

All dressed up to receive his 1-dan certificate, Hikaru learns about the Oteai, a series of games that determine a playe

EP 23

The Confession of Sai

Toya Meijin has a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital. Hikaru visits him and discovers that he has been playing i

EP 24

Excitement (A.K.A. Excited Spirits)

Now that Toya Meiji is playing Internet Go, the world is abuzz with excitement. But little do they know that a challenge

EP 25

Sai vs. Toya Koyo

The wait is over! Sai and Toya Meijin face off in a match that has the entire world glued to their computer screens. Who

EP 26

The Thousand Year Answer

When the match comes to a close, Sai is left the victor. However, when Hikaru discovers a flaw in the game that not even

EP 27

Let Me Play Sai!

Ogata walks in on Hikaru and Koyo's conversation and overhears Hikaru mentioning Sai. Convinced that Hikaru knows Sai, O

EP 28

One-Color Go

Hikaru encounters Kurata at a restaurant, and, after learning how much Akira is improving, begs him for a match.

EP 29

Toya Koyo Retires!

The Go World goes into a state of shock after Toya Meijin announces that he is retiring as Professional Go player. As ev

EP 30

Farewell Hikaru

Hikaru continuously ignores Sai's worries of his leaving and ends up allowing Sai to engage a drunk Ogata in a Go match.

EP 1

Sai is Gone?

Hikaru discovers that Sai is missing and searches all over him. Unable to locate him, he travels to Inno Island to visit

EP 2

The Top Player in Hiroshima

The #1 Amateur Go Player in Japan, Shuhei, challenges Hikaru to a match while Hikaru is looking for Sai in Hiroshima.

EP 3

I Won't Play Anymore

Unable to locate Sai, Hikaru makes a vow to never play Go again without him.

EP 4

Keichou Flowerpots

This episode shows us a young Hikaru, back from 7th grade before the Insei exam. When Sai is disturbed by the owner of a

EP 5

Isumi no Go

Isumi and other semi-pro's from japan go to a good will competition against pros in china. although he starts off confid

EP 6

The Fated Encounter

In this flashback before Akira Toya met Hikaru Shindo, a young children's Go champion challenges Akira to a game at the

EP 7

Isumi tested

Still in China improving his game, Isumi challenges Le Ping to a rematch. Meanwhile, Asumi encounters Hikaru and demands

EP 8

Forfeits

Hikaru is still forfeiting his Go matches, and everyone round his is worried and confused. Can the young player's friend

EP 9

The Determined Visitor

Isumi return from China, now a stronger and more focused player. When he hears Hikaru is losing his games by default he

EP 10

Sai was here...

After much convincing, Hikaru agrees to play Isumi. However, he will play him for Isumi’s sake, not his own. He will n

EP 11

The First Comeback Match

Hikaru has finally started to play Go again. He has found Sai within his moves, within his Go. But can Hikaru win his fi

EP 12

And so they began to run

The Go world is moving. Everything is changing. Hikaru has won his first comeback match and dives into his next one. Isu

EP 13

Shindou vs Touya

The long awaited day has finally arrived. Hikaru Shindou V. Akira Touya! The two reminisce about the past and the last t

EP 14

Forever Inside You

The game between Hikaru and Akira wages on. They are both into the game and excited about it. Meanwhile, Amano tells new

EP 15

That Same Old Smile

The match between Hikaru and Akira comes to an end. Hikaru tells Akira that one day, he will tell him everything. At nig

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