Hikaru no Go (ヒカルの碁) is a popular Japanese anime and manga coming of age story based on the board game Go. First released in Japan in 1998, Hikaru no Go has achieved tremendous success, spawning a popular Go fad of almost unprecedented proportions. The manga is published in Japan 23 volumes comprising 189 chapters)plus 11 "omake" or extra chapters). The anime is comprised of 75 half hour episodes.

In January 2004, the series will debut in the United States in the English language periodical Shonen Jump published by Viz.

Series Premise

Hikaru, the title character, is a grade school student in Tokyo. While exploring his grandfather's attic, he stumbles across a Go board haunted by the spirit of Fujiwara no Sai, a fictional Go player from the Heian era, who 140 years earlier had also inhabited the mind of the genius Shusaku of the Edo era. Urged by Sai, Hikaru starts playing Go. Thus begins an obsession which will come to dominate the rest of Hikaru's life while captivating the reader's (or viewer's) attention.

Manga Volume Contents

Volume 1
  • Chapter #1 - Holy Encounter
  • Chapter #2 - From High Above
  • Chapter #3 - Point of Defeat
  • Chapter #4 - Unforgivable Statements
  • Chapter #5 - Akira, Fangs Exposed
  • Chapter #6 - Sliced in Half
  • Chapter #7 - Three Go Problems

Volume 2
  • Chapter #8 - Should I Lose?
  • Chapter #9 - Captain, Vice-Captain, Third-Captain
  • Chapter #10 - Starting Position
  • Chapter #11 - Sense of Stimulation
  • Chapter #12 - Growth
  • Chapter #13 - I Can't Play You
  • Chapter #14 - Above the Best
  • Chapter #15 - Copy Go
  • Chapter #16 - The Plot in the Rain

Volume 3
  • Chapter #17 - Leave the Go Club!
  • Chapter #18 - If Only You Weren't Here
  • Chapter #19 - ¥1,000 A Game
  • Chapter #20 - The Third Member
  • Chapter #21 - The Worst Possible Action
  • Chapter #22 - Honinbo Shusaku
  • Chapter #23 - Tsutsui's Anxiety
  • Chapter #24 - Kaio's Third Captain
  • Chapter #25 - Pre-Game

Volume 4
  • Chapter #26 - You Play
  • Chapter #27 - The Third Match-Up
  • Chapter #28 - Vision of God
  • Chapter #29 - Zelda
  • Chapter #30 - Sai
  • Chapter #31 - Who is Sai?
  • Chapter #32 - He is Not Sai
  • Chapter #33 - Akira
  • Chapter #34 - Game of Memory

Volume 5
  • Chapter #35 - Sai vs. Akira
  • Chapter #36 - Sai's Identity
  • Chapter #37 - 2nd Semester
  • Chapter #38 - A 1,000 Years of Selfishness
  • Chapter #39 - I Want To See Your Ability
  • Chapter #40 - Commencement
  • Chapter #41 - Excited Go Club
  • Chapter #42 - Each's Decision
  • Chapter #43 - The Next Step

Volume 6
  • Chapter #44 - Insei Test
  • Chapter #45 - Black Coffee
  • Chapter #46 - Trigger Device
  • Chapter #47 - The Room of Profound Darkness
  • Chapter #48 - Ouza vs. Akira [1]
  • Chapter #49 - Ouza vs. Akira [2]
  • Chapter #50 - Ouza vs. Akira [3]
  • Chapter #51 - The Place I'd Like to Return to From Time to Time
  • Extra Chapter-The Haze Jr. High Go Plyers in Honnouji Enjou

Volume 7
  • Chapter #52 - The Two Study Groups
  • Chapter #53 - Anxiety
  • Chapter #54 - Everyone's Tomorrow
  • Chapter #55 - Welcome to Class One
  • Chapter #56 - Sai's Disciple
  • Chapter #57 - Since Then
  • Chapter #58 - Young Lion's Tournament
  • Chapter #59 - Touya's Turning Around
  • Chapter #60 - It's Coming!! Pro Exam

Volume 8
  • Chapter #61 - Kuwabara Honinbo
  • Chapter #62 - I Can Play?
  • Chapter #63 - I've Come This Far
  • Chapter #64 - The Man of the Pro Exam Prelim's First Day
  • Chapter #65 - Seeking Three Wins
  • Chapter #66 - Pro Exam Prelims Day Two
  • Chapter #67 - Pro Exam Prelims Day Three
  • Chapter #68 - The Pro Exam, Day 4, And Then...
  • Chapter #69 - Team Assembled
  • Extra Chapter Honnouji Enjou Rhearsal

Volume 9
  • Chapter #70 - Training! Training!!
  • Chapter #71 - Can't Win
  • Chapter #72 - Four
  • Chapter #73 - A Perfect Coincidence
  • Chapter #74 - Hon Suyon
  • Chapter #75 - Only One Winner
  • Chapter #76 - My Name Is...
  • Chapter #77 - Main Test Begins
  • Chapter #78 - Flood of Wins
Volume 10
  • Chapter #79 - Hikaru vs. Tsubaki
  • Chapter #80 - Substitute
  • Chapter #81 - Careful Game
  • Chapter #82 - Moment of Evil
  • Chapter #83 - The Whereabouts of the Win
  • Chapter #84 - Waya vs. Ochi
  • Chapter #85 - Revival
  • Chapter #86 - Unpredictable
  • Chapter #87 - Who's This Black?

Volume 11
  • Chapter #88 - The First Passer
  • Chapter #89 - Always Together
  • Chapter #90 - Come to the Pros!
  • Chapter #91 - I Have Lost
  • Chapter #92 - Defeat Shindo
  • Chapter #93 - Pro Exam Final Game
  • Chapter #94 - Violent Battle
  • Chapter #95 - The Second Passer
  • Chapter #96 - Finally!

Volume 12'
  • Chapter #97 - The Awaiting Pros
  • Chapter #98 - The Beginner Dan Series
  • Chapter #99 - I'll Play
  • Chapter #100 - Hikaru's Long Thought
  • Chapter #101 - The Invisible Game
  • Chapter #102 - Determined To Play Again
  • Chapter #103 - The Fraudulent Signature
  • Chapter #104 - Kurata 6-Dan
Volume 13
  • Chapter #105 - First Pro Game
  • Chapter #106 - Pressure
  • Chapter #107 - Confession
  • Chapter #108 - Alone In The Hospital Room
  • Chapter #109 - toya koyo
  • Chapter #110 - Excited Mind
  • Chapter #111 - Sai, Once Again
  • Chapter #112 - Sai vs Toya Koyo [1]
  • Chapter #113 - Sai vs Toya Koyo [2]

Volume 14
  • Chapter #114 - Sai vs Toya Koyo [3]
  • Chapter #115 - Sai vs Toya Koyo [4]
  • Chapter #116 - The Thousand Year Answer
  • Chapter #117 - Revelation
  • Chapter #118 - Investigations
  • Chapter #119 - Test of Strength
  • Chapter #120 - One-Color Go
  • Chapter #121 - Touya Kouyo's Retirement
  • Estra Chapter - Treat Me,Waya-kun!

Volume 15
  • Chapter #122 - Stupid Hikaru!!
  • Chapter #123 - I Don't Want to Disappear!!!
  • Chapter #124 - Goodbye
  • Chapter #125 - Sai Has Disappeared?
  • Chapter #126 - Searching for Sai
  • Chapter #127 - Hiroshima's Strongest Player
  • Chapter #128 - The Final Clue
  • Chapter #129 - Come Back!!
  • Chapter #130 - I Won't Play Anymore

Volume 16
  • Chapter #131 - Chinese Go Institute
  • Chapter #132 - Le Ping
  • Chapter #133 - Isumi Tested
  • Chapter #134 - Yang Hai's Advice
  • Chapter #135 - Isumi vs. Le Ping
  • Chapter #136 - Forfeit, Forfeit...
  • Chapter #137 - The Final Tournament
  • Chapter #138 - The Visitor
  • Chapter #139 - From This Game

Volume 17
  • Chapter #140 - Resolution
  • Chapter #141 - First Return Game
  • Chapter #142 - The Sprinting Two
  • Chapter #143 - Go World Rumblings
  • Chapter #144 - Finally This Day
  • Chapter #145 - Hikaru vs. Akira
  • Chapter #146 - Hikaru's Go
  • Chapter #147 - Only I Know
  • Chapter #148 - The Nostalgic Smile

Volume 18
  • Sidestory #1 - Touya Akira
  • Sidestory #2 - Kaga Tetsuo
  • Sidestory #3 - Nase Asumi
  • Sidestory #4 - Mitani Yuuki
  • Sidestory #5 - Kurata Atsushi
  • Sidestory #6 - Fujiwarano Sai

Volume 19
  • Chapter #149 - The Strongest Beginner Dan Ever
  • Chapter #150 - A New Stage
  • Chapter #151 - Me Too!
  • Chapter #152 - The Opponent is 7-Dan
  • Chapter #153 - One Step Forward!
  • Chapter #154 - The Arrival of Ueshima!
  • Chapter #155 - The Two That Don't Come
  • Chapter #156 - Hikaru vs. Kadowaki

Volume 20
  • Chapter #157 - Memories
  • Chapter #158 - First Hand, Tengen
  • Chapter #159 - Kansai Go Institute
  • Chapter #160 - A Moment's Timidness
  • Chapter #161 - The Young Lions
  • Chapter #162 - Graduation
  • Chapter #163 - The Members Will Be...?
  • Chapter #164 - Yashiro vs. Hikaru
  • Chapter #165 - Second Hand,Tengen

Volume 21
  • Chapter #166 - Yashiro's Loss
  • Chapter #167 - The Youngsters
  • Chapter #168 - A Month Before The Hokuto Cup
  • Chapter #169 - The Burden Of Expectations
  • Chapter #170 - The Korean Go Association
  • Chapter #171 - Proof Of Existance
  • Chapter #172 - Touya's Home
  • Chapter #173 - First Board Is Touya
  • Chapter #174 - Hokuto Cup Gathering

'Volume 22
  • Chapter #175 - Suyon And Yongha
  • Chapter #176 - Fighting Words
  • Chapter #177 - Let Me Be First Board!
  • Chapter #178 - China Vs Japan [1]
  • Chapter #179 - China Vs Japan [2]
  • Chapter #180 - China Vs Japan [3]
  • Chapter #181 - China Vs Japan [4]
  • Chapter #182 - Defeat Ko Yongha
  • Chapter #183 - Ko Yongha'[s Big Question

'Volume 23
  • Chapter #184 - Japan Vs Korea [1]
  • Chapter #185 - Japan Vs Korea [2]
  • Chapter #186 - Japan Vs Korea [3]
  • Chapter #187 - Japan Vs Korea [4]
  • Chapter #188 - End Game
  • Chapter #189 - I Call Out To You
  • Extra Chapter 1 - Fujiwara no Sai Vs Touya Akira
  • Extra Chapter 2 - Oka And Shouji