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Hikaru no Go: Season 1

30 episodes Premiered Oct 10, 2001 Updated Jul 19, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Eternal Rival

Oct 10, 2001 · 24 min

Sixth grader Hikaru Shindo stumbles upon a mysterious Go board with a blood stain on it. Before he knows it he's hearing voices, one voice to be exact. The voice of an ancient Go i

S1·E2

Discovered Weakness!!

Oct 17, 2001 · 24 min

With the recent defeat of the Meijin's son, Hikaru goes about his day normally. However, Akira is obsessing over the game he lost. He won't do anything but stare at the Go board an

S1·E3

Akira Bears His Fangs

Oct 24, 2001 · 24 min

After confronting Hikaru, Akira challenges him to a rematch. As they sit down to play, Sai notices Akira's fangs bearing down on him. Will Sai go easy on Akira, or will he crush hi

S1·E4

Kaga in Shogi Club

Oct 31, 2001 · 24 min

Akari invites Hikaru to the Haze Junior High festival. Hikaru reluctantly goes, but cannot find Akari anywhere. So, while walking around he stumbles upon a group of kids around a G

S1·E5

Prediction of an Awakening

Nov 7, 2001 · 24 min

After loosing the game to Kaga, Hikaru is forced into joining a Jr. high school Go Club Tournament. He is to join Tsutsui and Kaga as the third member for the Haze Jr. High Go Club

S1·E6

The Beautiful Match

Nov 14, 2001 · 24 min

The finals of the Third Annual Junior High Go Tournament - Kaiou Junior High V. Haze Junior High. With a score of 1-1 it is up to Hikaru to win it for Haze. Can he do it? And what

S1·E7

I Won't Play Against You

Nov 21, 2001 · 24 min

Hikaru is now in Haze Middle School and joins the Go club. Akira Toya is now in Kaio. He pays a visit to Haze and challenges Hikaru to a match. Will Hikaru accept to play him?

S1·E8

The Scheme in the Rain

Nov 28, 2001 · 24 min

Akira is too good against everyone at Kaio's Go club. The members don't take this sitting down, as three of them plan to take him down.

S1·E9

An Irritating Presence

Dec 5, 2001 · 24 min

Akira is still loathed in the Go club, but he doesn't care. Even the club's sensei has bad feelings about him being there. How long will Akira stay in the club?

S1·E10

The Third Member

Dec 12, 2001 · 24 min

A boy named Yuki Mitani solves a challenging problem on the Haze Go club's posters. Hikaru knows they need a third member really badly, and tries to convince Yuki to join. However,

S1·E11

The Most Inconsiderate Act

Dec 19, 2001 · 24 min

The Go Sallon Yuki goes to doesn't mind giving him money for winning games, but they are tired of him cheating to get it. They hire a skilled player who pretends not to know anythi

S1·E12

You Are The Third Board

Dec 26, 2001 · 24 min

After Hikaru gets back Yuki's money, Yuki decides to join the club, but refuses to play in the tournament. Tsutsui explains how strong Kaio is and Yuki changes his mind. But will h

S1·E13

Each of Their Decision

Jan 9, 2002 · 24 min

Hikaru, Tsutsui, and Yuki all manage to defeat their first round opponents. But, the next next round won't be so easy as they face of against Kaio. Hikaru is excited about facing A

S1·E14

The Third Match

Jan 19, 2002 · 24 min

Akira is quite tense at the fact that he is finally facing Hikaru, or rather Sai. All is going well, until Hikaru notices a point that he thinks should be played and Sai doesn't pl

S1·E15

The Player On The Net

Jan 26, 2002 · 24 min

Hikaru let's Sai play Go online, that way nobody will think Hikaru is really good when in reality he's not.

S1·E16

Who Is Sai?

Jan 30, 2002 · 24 min

Everyone is anxious to find out just who this mysterious user named "Sai" is. How long can Hikaru keep playing before he gets caught?

S1·E17

The Match of Revelation

Feb 6, 2002 · 24 min

Players who have been following Sai's net matches attended the 20th International Amateur Go Tournament in Japan. A commotion occurs at the mention of Sai's name as everyone is try

S1·E18

Akira vs. Sai

Feb 13, 2002 · 24 min

Akira skipped his first match of the Pro exams in order to play the match against Sai on the net. Akira is perplexed over the identify of Sai which he thinks might be Hikaru while

S1·E19

Hikaru's Strength

Feb 20, 2002 · 24 min

Hikaru is slowly, but surely, getting better as evidenced when he beats Mitani in a game though with a handicap as well as Tsutsui. To play go with Sai, now that they decided not t

S1·E20

The Road to Becoming a Pro

Feb 27, 2002 · 24 min

Kishimoto (Kaio's first board) played a match with Hikaru to find out his real strength and expressed his puzzlement as to why Akira sees Hikaru as a opponent when he's not as stro

S1·E21

The Haze Jr. High Go Club

Mar 6, 2002 · 24 min

Hikaru is torn by the decision he has to make. An unlikely saviour came in the form of Kaga who proposed that Shindou quit the club after showing them how strong he is - by playing

S1·E22

The Insei Examination

Mar 13, 2002 · 24 min

Hikaru is losing the game in his anxiousness to win it. He freaks out when he realised that he didn't necessarily have win the game to pass as the purpose is for the examiner to ga

S1·E23

The Room of Yuugen

Mar 20, 2002 · 24 min

Hikaru aims to progress to the first class of the Insei program where Waya and Isumi take the top spots. Both of them wanted to pass the Pro exams quickly this year, due to various

S1·E24

Ouza vs. Akira

Mar 27, 2002 · 24 min

Although Ouza initally contemplated letting Akira win the match as a form of encouragement, he is angered by Akira's nonchalent attitude and decided to crush him completely. Akira

S1·E25

Sai's Sword Unsheathed (1)

Apr 10, 2002 · 24 min

HIkaru can't seem to get any better at Go, despite the fact that he plays with Sai every day. If he wants any chance to get into a tournament and face Akira, he needs to get strong

S1·E26

The Greatest Wall for Hikaru (2)

Apr 10, 2002 · 24 min

With help from Sai, Hikaru overcomes his weakness and finally makes it into the A league. Back at school, Kaga and Kimihiro have already graduated to HIgh School. Now that Hikaru's

S1·E28

The Wakajishisen

Apr 24, 2002 · 24 min

The top 16 in the A league all take part in the Young Lions Tournament. If Hikaru can manage to get past the first round, he'll finally get to face Akira again. Meanwhile, Isumi fa

S1·E29

Kuwabara Honinbou

May 1, 2002 · 24 min

Ogata and Kuwabara are anticipating their matches for the Honinbou title, both anxious to greet the upcoming wave of pros in the Go world. Meanwhile, a guy who has won many college

S1·E30

Ogata vs Honinbou

May 8, 2002 · 24 min

Ogata and Kuwabara Honinbou continue their set of matches for the Honinbou title. They are on their final match, both having won the same number of games. When Ogata plays a sealed