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{{short description|Japanese professional Go player (born 1981)}}
{{Infobox go player
| name=Rin Kono
| image=
| fullname=Rin Kono
| kanji=河野臨
| birth_date={{birth date and age|1981|1|7}}
| birth_place= [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| residence={{flagicon|Japan}} [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| teacher=[[Koichi Kobayashi]]
| turnedpro=1996
| rank=9 dan
| affiliation=[[Nihon Ki-in]]
}}

{{nihongo|'''Rin Kono'''|河野臨|''Kōno Rin''|extra=born January 7, 1981}} is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] professional [[Go (board game)|Go]] [[Go players|player]].

== Biography ==
Rin Kono grew up as one of [[Koichi Kobayashi]]'s students. He became a professional when he was 15 in 1996. He was promoted to 8 dan after beating [[Keigo Yamashita]] to win the [[Tengen (Go)|Tengen]] in 2005. He was promoted to 9 dan after defending his Tengen title, once more against Yamashita.

== Promotion Record ==
{{Promotion record
| 1 dan
| 1996
| Promoted to professional dan rank after passing qualifying test.
| 2 dan
| 1996
|
| 3 dan
| 
|
| 4 dan
| 
|
| 5 dan
| 1999
|
| 6 dan
| 2001
|
| 7 dan
| 
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| 8 dan
| 2005
| Won [[Tengen (Go)|Tengen]] title against [[Keigo Yamashita]].
| 9 dan
| 2006
| Defended Tengen title against Keigo Yamashita.
}}

==Titles and runners-up==
{|  class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=3|Domestic
|-
!Title || Wins || Runners-up
|-
| [[Meijin (go)|Meijin]] || || 1 (2014)
|-
| [[Tengen (Go)|Tengen]] || 3 (2005–2007) || 1 (2008)
|-
| [[Agon Cup]] || 1 (2016)|| 1 (2014)
|-
| [[Ryusei (competition)|Ryusei]] || 1 (2008) || 1 (2013)
|-
| [[NEC Cup]] || 2 (2008, 2010) ||
|- align="center" 
| '''Total''' || '''6''' || '''4'''
|}

==External links==
*[http://gobase.org/information/players/?pp=Kono%20Rin GoBase Profile]
*[http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000345.htm Nihon Ki-in Profile] (Japanese)
*[[senseislibrary:KonoRin|SL profile]]  

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[[Category:Japanese Go players]]
[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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