Hikaru no Go: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hikaru Shindou is an average 12-year-old 6th grader. One day, while searching through his grandfather's attic, he finds an old Go board. Upon touching the Go board, Hikaru is possessed by the spirit of Fujiwara no Sai, and continues to be haunted by him soon after. Sai was once a great Go player, who committed suicide and continued to stay in the world as a spirit desiring only to play Go once again. Finally bending to Sai's pleas, Hikaru allows Sai to play Go through himself, unknowingly attempting the first game with the young prodigy Touya Akira. Time has finally started moving, as Sai's quest for the perfect game, "The Hand of God", is set underway. Based on the manga by Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata.

Series details

• Title: Hikaru no Go
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2001-10-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2003-03-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11370
• IMDb ID: tt0426711
• TVDB ID: 72905

Cast and credited roles

• Youko Matsuoka — Ochi Kousuke
• Tomoko Kawakami — Hikaru Shindo
• Rokuro Naya — Kuwabara Honinbou
• Mayumi Asano — Moriyama
• Matthew Erickson — Yoshitaka
• Maryke Hendrikse — Mitani's Sister
• Kentaro Ito — Kaga Tetsuo
• Keiji Fujiwara — Seiji Ogata
• Eriko Fujimaki — Shi Zhao
• Yuu Asakawa — Mitani Yuki

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-10-10; final listed air date 2002-05-08.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-05-15; final listed air date 2002-12-04.
• Season 3: premiered 2002-12-11; final listed air date 2003-03-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hikaru no Go on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.