Yumi Hotta

thumb|All you are is the Go you play. Yumi Hotta (堀田 由美, most often written as ほった ゆみ, born October 15, 1957) is a Japanese manga artist, born in Aichi Prefecture. Quotes I wanted to learn Go, so I paid a go school and started to attend classes once a week with a pro. He was mean, and never let the students win the teaching games. This was frustrating to me, because I was thinking "Why am I paying to lose all the time?" I wished that I had a guardian angel or a ghost that could help me beat him really bad. It was at that moment that Hikaru no Go was born. Interview at the International Go Symposium, 5 August 2012. Hikaru no Go thumbnail|Why I play go? The answer inside me is clear... To link the far past with the far future. Hikaru no Go All you are is the Go you play. In the manga series, Akira says this to Hikaru. This is the universe! And I'm placing stones one by one on that. Like I'm increasing the number of stars one by one... I'm making the universe. It's like I'm a God. I'm going to become a God! On this Go Board. In the anime, Hikaru says this when he plays in a Go tournament for the first time. To link the far past, with the far future. Hikaru's reason for playing Go (Volume 23, chapter 189) External links Category:Comics authors Category:Authors from Japan Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Manga artists Category:Women artists