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Hikaru no go

IMDb ID: tt0426711 · Rating: 8.2 (1,596 votes)

Genres: Animation · Adventure · Comedy

A sixth-grader Hikaru Shindo accidentally awakens the spirit of a deceased Go prodigy Fujiwara no Sai who then accompanies Hikaru and helps him develop his Go skills.

IMDb Details

Content TypeTVSeriesAlternate TitlesAustralia: Hikaru No Go
Canada: Hikaru No Go (English)
Germany: Hikaru No Go
United Kingdom: Hikaru No Go
Ireland: Hikaru No Go (English)
India: Hikaru No Go (English)
New Zealand: Hikaru No Go (English)
Philippines: Hikaru No Go (English)
United States: Hikaru No Go
World-wide: Hikaru No Go (English)
South Africa: Hikaru No Go (English)
Hong Kong: 棋靈王 (Mandarin)
Malaysia: 棋靈王 (Mandarin)
Singapore: 棋靈王 (Mandarin, literal title)
Taiwan: 棋靈王
Japan: Hikaru's Go (Alternative Title)
World-wide: Hikaru's Go (English, literal English title)
World-wide: Hikago (English, short title)
France: Hikaru no go
Brazil: Hikaru no Go
Russia: Хикару и Го
Ukraine: Хікару та Го
Japan: ヒカルの碁 (Japanese)
China: 光之棋 (Mandarin, literal title)
China: 光的围棋 (Mandarin, literal title)
Taiwan: 光的圍棋 (literal title)
Taiwan: 棋灵王 (Alternative Title)
China: 棋魂 (Mandarin)
Hikaru No Go
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Spanish
Tagalog
Mandarin
Chinese
Japanese
Keywordsbromance
based on manga
tournament
friendship
competition
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Stars

Tomoko Kawakami
Susumu Chiba
Sanae Kobayashi
Yumi Kakazu
Sam Vincent
Scott Perrie
Brad Swaile
Chantal Strand
Matthew Erickson
Kristian Ayre

Directors

Kei Imabayashi
Rob Bakewell
Noriyuki Abe
Jun Kamiya
Tetsuya Endô
Susumu Nishizawa
Shin'ichi Masaki
Katsuyoshi Yatabe
Setsuo Takase
Hideki Tonokatsu
Harume Kosaka
Yûji Sekimoto
Kunitoshi Okajima
Toshinori Narita
Hiroshi Kuruo
Yûichirô Miyake
Narumi Nase
Saeko Aoki
Masakatsu Iijima
Masaaki Kumagai
Gogyô Mahara
Toshiya Niidome
Takuya Nonaka
Mashu Itô
Takaharu Ôkuma

Writers

Yumi Hotta
Takeshi Obata
Atsuhiro Tomioka
Michiko Yokote
Yukiyoshi Ôhashi

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Tomoko Kawakami | Character: Hikaru Shindo
Actor: Susumu Chiba | Character: Sai Fujiwara, Sai Fujiwarano
Actor: Sanae Kobayashi | Character: Akira Touya, Akira Toya
Actor: Yumi Kakazu | Character: Akari Fujisaki
Actor: Sam Vincent | Character: Hikaru Shindou, Hikaru Shindo
Actor: Scott Perrie | Character: Akira, Akira Toya
Actor: Brad Swaile | Character: Sai Fujiwara, Sai
Actor: Chantal Strand | Character: Akari
Actor: Matthew Erickson | Character: Yoshitaka Waya
Actor: Kristian Ayre | Character: Shinichiro Isumi
Actor: Burkely Duffield | Character: Kosuke Ochi
Actor: Takuo Kawamura | Character: Customer, Attendant, Go Player, Reporter, Baseball Team Member, Chinese Pro, Executive Committee B, Insei, Kawasaki, Man, Manager, Opponent, Participant, Pro, Salesperson, Student, Tajima, Voice
Actor: Michael Adamthwaite | Character: Seiji Ogata
Actor: Paul Dobson | Character: Toya Meijin
Actor: Maryke Hendrikse | Character: Mitani's Sister
Actor: Keith William Miller | Character: Kimihiro Tsutsui
Actor: Cathy Weseluck | Character: Yuki Mitani
Actor: Andrew Toth | Character: Tetsuo Kaga
Actor: Toshitaka Shimizu | Character: Koji Saeki
Actor: Kelly Sheridan | Character: Harumi Ichikawa
Actor: Kenji Hamada | Character: Customer
Actor: Satsuki Yukino | Character: Ms. Ichikawa
Actor: Mitsuaki Hoshino | Character: Shinan Yaku
Actor: Mami Horikoshi | Character: Sensei
Actor: Kôji Yusa | Character: Actor
Actor: Toshiaki Kuwahara | Character: Actor
Actor: Mizuki Saitô | Character: Actor
Actor: Takuo Kawakami | Character: Actor
Actor: Akeno Watanabe | Character: Actress
Actor: Katsuyuki Konishi | Character: Hiroyuki Ashiwara
Actor: Ross Douglas | Character: Gokiso
Actor: Yu Asakawa | Character: Mitani Yuki
Actor: Mayumi Asano | Character: Moriyama
Actor: Eriko Fujimaki | Character: Shi Zhao
Actor: Keiji Fujiwara | Character: Seiji Ogata
Actor: Kentarô Itô | Character: Kaga Tetsuo
Actor: Youko Matsuoka | Character: Ochi Kousuke
Actor: Rokurô Naya | Character: Kuwabara Honinbou
Actor: Takahiro Sakurai | Character: Honda Toshinori
Actor: Ken'ichi Suzumura | Character: Isumi Shinichirou
Actor: Reiko Takagi | Character: Waya Yoshitaka
Actor: Eizô Tsuda | Character: Touya Meijin
Actor: Makoto Tsumura | Character: Kimihiro Tsutsui
Actor: Kirby Morrow | Character: Ito
Actor: Michael Coleman | Character: Mitsura Mashiba
Actor: Mark Louie | Character: Chinese pro player

[Directors Group]
Name: Kei Imabayashi | Role: Director
Name: Rob Bakewell | Role: Director
Name: Noriyuki Abe | Role: Director
Name: Jun Kamiya | Role: Director
Name: Tetsuya Endô | Role: Director
Name: Susumu Nishizawa | Role: Director
Name: Shin'ichi Masaki | Role: Director
Name: Katsuyoshi Yatabe | Role: Director
Name: Setsuo Takase | Role: Director
Name: Hideki Tonokatsu | Role: Director
Name: Harume Kosaka | Role: Director
Name: Yûji Sekimoto | Role: Director
Name: Kunitoshi Okajima | Role: Director
Name: Toshinori Narita | Role: Director
Name: Hiroshi Kuruo | Role: Director
Name: Yûichirô Miyake | Role: Director
Name: Narumi Nase | Role: Director
Name: Saeko Aoki | Role: Director
Name: Masakatsu Iijima | Role: Director
Name: Masaaki Kumagai | Role: Director
Name: Gogyô Mahara | Role: Director
Name: Toshiya Niidome | Role: Director
Name: Takuya Nonaka | Role: Director
Name: Mashu Itô | Role: Director
Name: Takaharu Ôkuma | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Yumi Hotta | Role: Writer
Name: Takeshi Obata | Role: Writer
Name: Atsuhiro Tomioka | Role: Writer
Name: Michiko Yokote | Role: Writer
Name: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Jong Soo Choi | Role: Producer
Name: Takashi Harada | Role: Producer
Name: Keisuke Iwata | Role: Producer
Name: Kôichi Mikami | Role: Producer
Name: Yūji Nunokawa | Role: Producer
Name: Taihei Yamanishi | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Kei Wakakusa | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Masahide Okino | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Masanori Matsumura | Role: Editor

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Sawako Takagi | Role: Art Director

[Art Department]
Name: Mika Iwami | Role: Art Department
Name: Tetsuya Endô | Role: Art Department
Name: Yoshiyuki Kishi | Role: Art Department
Name: Hideyuki Motohashi | Role: Art Department
Name: Shin'ichi Masaki | Role: Art Department
Name: Susumu Nishizawa | Role: Art Department
Name: Hideki Tonokatsu | Role: Art Department
Name: Jun Kamiya | Role: Art Department
Name: Hiroshi Kuruo | Role: Art Department
Name: Hon Shimazu | Role: Art Department
Name: Tomokazu Tokoro | Role: Art Department
Name: Katsuyoshi Yatabe | Role: Art Department
Name: Kazuhiro Ozawa | Role: Art Department
Name: Harume Kosaka | Role: Art Department
Name: Toshinori Narita | Role: Art Department
Name: Toshiya Niidome | Role: Art Department
Name: Setsuo Takase | Role: Art Department
Name: Narumi Nase | Role: Art Department
Name: Akihiro Enomoto | Role: Art Department
Name: Minoru Ôhara | Role: Art Department
Name: Itsurô Kawasaki | Role: Art Department
Name: Kazuhito Kikuchi | Role: Art Department
Name: Takuya Nonaka | Role: Art Department
Name: Yûji Sekimoto | Role: Art Department
Name: Takahiro Ômori | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Mutsuhiro Nishimura | Role: Sound Department
Name: Nobuhiro Ogawa | Role: Sound Department
Name: Hiroyuki Suzuki | Role: Sound Department
Name: Hideo Takahashi | Role: Sound Department
Name: Hitoshi Yamada | Role: Sound Department

[animation department]
Name: Hideyuki Motohashi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Takeshi Obata | Role: Animation Department
Name: Kanami Sekiguchi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Sayuri Sugitô | Role: Animation Department
Name: Minako Shiba | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yukie Sakô | Role: Animation Department
Name: Kinuko Izumi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Nanae Morita | Role: Animation Department
Name: Chikara Sakurai | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yoshinori Tokiya | Role: Animation Department
Name: Shin'ichi Miyamae | Role: Animation Department
Name: Takehiro Hamatsu | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yukiko Ban | Role: Animation Department
Name: Satoko Miyachi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Tatsuya Oka | Role: Animation Department
Name: Satoshi Tazaki | Role: Animation Department
Name: Toyoaki Fukushima | Role: Animation Department
Name: Hiromi Maesawa | Role: Animation Department
Name: Miyuki Ueda | Role: Animation Department
Name: Ikuchi Kimishima | Role: Animation Department
Name: Takumi Ôshima | Role: Animation Department
Name: Hiromi Okazaki | Role: Animation Department
Name: Katsunori Kimizuka | Role: Animation Department
Name: Miho Nakata | Role: Animation Department
Name: Masakazu Saitô | Role: Animation Department
Name: Junko Abe | Role: Animation Department
Name: Takako Ônishi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Se Kwon Jeong | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yoshitaka Kôno | Role: Animation Department
Name: Kaito Mori | Role: Animation Department
Name: Shinji Ochi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Naoyuki Onda | Role: Animation Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Shigeki Hiratsuka | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Masaaki Ishikawa | Role: Editorial Department

[Music Department]
Name: Takayuki Nagasawa | Role: Music Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Yukari Umezawa | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Yukari Umezawa | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tetsuya Watanabe | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

Hikaru No Go | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi749535513/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi749535513/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1564592450812.mp4?Expires=1788426048&Signature=lPhiPz7pvs6knYe3FWBuV2cL~7l09LzqzzdflQ6~dtD9~-8La7TLFQLCQZs7mnhmsHN96bFXq~lwfH-6zYaOEkfjZfDlKsE4kbGnRoBt4EYGep1NPy7Jiqvu8onqzOCbJLKTT7dPf2ydUxsRBqid-gdGbQVhnvPNMxC3i8UJDG7VxPbVv6E8m7eAznubkzyHA04ZpeDImty1MPJ3KTt7YVtgIbGu75hEZyla0b~TjBy1C09hEXZbOWYgh9WYj-IJ2c-nD9MD0rZ8pF085WwmbhJxVn0e3nOKsS929bcPmJSwEzeya6MajOuBZRAmXj4czft3emy3IftFVQj6Ol9uTA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA

Release Schedule

Japan: October 10, 2001
United States: July 2006

Awards

Winner | 2002 | Tokyo Anime Award | Notable Entry | TV Category | Susumu Nishizawa, Hikaru No Go

Box Office

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