Hikaru no Go_
Original: ヒカルの碁
Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal kid with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. His life completely changes when he finds an old bloodstained go board in his grandfather's attic. The ghost of an ancient go master named Fujiwara-no-Sai was trapped in the board and soon becomes a part of Hikaru's consciousness. Together Hikaru and Sai make an unstoppable go-playing team!
Network
TV Tokyo
Episodes
75
Updated Feb 16, 2026
WHERE TO WATCH
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1 country
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1 country
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1 country
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DROPTHE_ GOSSIP
Overview
Hikaru no Go has 3 seasons with 75 episodes spanning 2001-2003.
Rating
With a 7.7/10 rating from 46 votes, Hikaru no Go is considered highly rated.
Year context
Hikaru no Go first aired 25 years ago in 2001.
CAST (20)
Tomoko Kawakami
Hikaru Shindō (voice)
Susumu Chiba
Fujiwara no Sai (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Akira Toya (voice)
Yumi Kakazu
Akari Fujisaki (voice)
Makoto Tsumura
Kimihiro Tsutsui (voice)
Kentaro Ito
Tetsuo Kaga (voice)
Yuu Asakawa
Yuki Mitani (voice)
Mayumi Asano
Okumura (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Kaoru Kishimoto (voice)
Reiko Takagi
Yoshitaka Waya (voice)
Kenichi Suzumura
Isumi Shinichirou (voice)
Yoko Matsuoka
Kosuke Ochi (voice)
Atsuko Enomoto
Asumi Nase (voice)
Wasabi Mizuta
Yuuta Fukui (voice)
Eizo Tsuda
Kouyou Touya (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Seiji Ogata (voice)
Rokuro Naya
Honinbo Kuwabara (voice)
Eriko Fujimaki
Shi Zhao (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
Ichikawa-san (voice)
Eriko Kawasaki
Mitani's Sister (voice)
SEASONS (3 seasons, 75 episodes)
SEASON 1
01
Eternal Rival
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…
02
Discovered Weakness!!
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…
03
Akira Bears His Fangs
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…
04
Kaga in Shogi Club
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…
05
Prediction of an Awakening
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…
06
The Beautiful Match
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…
07
I Won't Play Against You
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…
08
The Scheme in the Rain
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…
09
An Irritating Presence
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…
10
The Third Member
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…
11
The Most Inconsiderate Act
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…
12
You Are The Third Board
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…
13
Each of Their Decision
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…
14
The Third Match
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…
15
The Player On The Net
Hikaru let's Sai play Go online, that way nobody will think Hikaru is really good when in reality he's not.
16
Who Is Sai?
Everyone is anxious to find out just who this mysterious user named "Sai" is. How long can Hikaru keep playing before he gets caught?
17
The Match of Revelation
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…
18
Akira vs. Sai
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…
19
Hikaru's Strength
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…
20
The Road to Becoming a Pro
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…
21
The Haze Jr. High Go Club
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…
22
The Insei Examination
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…
23
The Room of Yuugen
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…
24
Ouza vs. Akira
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…
25
Sai's Sword Unsheathed (1)
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…
26
The Greatest Wall for Hikaru (2)
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…
27
A Place To Go Back To
Yuuki Mitani decides to go back to the Go Club.
28
The Wakajishisen
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,…
29
Kuwabara Honinbou
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,…
30
Ogata vs Honinbou
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…
SEASON 2
01
The Preliminary Starts
Hikaru takes the prelims to qualify for the Pro exams whereas Waya/Isumi are admitted straight to the finals being among the top 8 of the…
02
The Last Day of the Preliminaries
Hikaru is overwhelmed in playing go with adults and his second loss placed him at a precarious position (third loss means an ousting). As desperation…
03
Team Formed!
This is a very fun episode where Waya, Isumi and Hikaru form a team to go around challenging the patrons of the various Go salons.…
04
Don't Win
At a Friendly Go festival, Akira was invited to play a 4-way game with a council member and his three assistants. Though originally told to…
05
There Is Only One Winner
Isumi, Waya and Hikaru decides to go to a recommeded Go Salon and Hikaru bumps into a rude young boy at the convenience store. Sai…
06
My Name is...
Hikaru plays a Korean Insei-equivilant at a Go Salon.
07
The Pro Exam Begins
The Pro Exam has finally begun, and the intensity reaches new heights after the pairings are chosen. Everyone seems so tense, except for Hikaru, who…
08
The Challengers
Hikaru and Tsubaki must face each other in the Pro matches, and Akira begins teaching Ochi in an attempt to learn how strong of a…
09
The Dead Moment
Isumi has gone on undefeated, while Hikaru has lost only one game so far. The time finally comes for them to play each other, and…
10
Whereabouts of the Win
After losing to Hikaru, Isumi begins to break down and begins losing his matches. Hikaru is also having trouble concentrating, upset about pointing out Isumi's…
11
Three Weeks Isn't Enough!
Realizing that Hikaru is getting stronger, Ochi swallows his pride and decides to ask Akira for help. When Akira tells Ochi about the game Hikaru…
12
The First One to Pass
The Pro Exam is nearing its end as the last three matches arrive. Ochi, Waya, and Hikaru are currently the top three, and Ochi is…
13
Waya vs Shindou
Hikaru and Waya finally face each other, and both are desperate to win. However, Waya has other reasons for wanting to win besides just turning…
14
A Desperate Life
As the match between Hikaru and Ochi draws near, Ochi becomes more and more annoyed with Akira's obsession of Hikaru. Therefore, Ochi demands that Akira…
15
Hikaru vs Ochi
Hikaru and Ochi finally face-off. Determined to prove his worth to Akira, Ochi goes all out against Hikaru, while Hikaru does the same. As the…
16
The Last Day of the Pro Exam Finals
With all of the other matches finished, the final decision of the Pro Exams rests upon Hikaru and Ochi's match. Can Hikaru defeat Ochi, or…
17
To the World of the Pros
Having defeated Ochi, Hikaru has gained Akira's respect, and Akira is now awaiting their next match. As Hikaru wonders how his life will change now…
18
Sai vs Meijin
Hikaru got a call that the Meijin is to play him in the first new dan series. Hikaru denies Sai's request to play instead. Both…
19
A Painful Match
Hikaru/Sai spends half hour to decide on the first move while the others are having a field day discussing Hikaru. With a 15 moku handicap…
20
Fujiwara no Sai
This episode is basically a recap of Sai's past journeys, from playing Go in the palace and his eventual suicide, playing Go through Shuusaku and…
21
Kurata 6-dan
Hikaru and Sai thwart the efforts of some con-artists trying to take advantage of unsuspecting amateur Go players, but one of con-artists is a Pro…
22
Hikaru vs Akira
All dressed up to receive his 1-dan certificate, Hikaru learns about the Oteai, a series of games that determine a player's ranking as well as…
23
The Confession of Sai
Toya Meijin has a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital. Hikaru visits him and discovers that he has been playing internet Go. Hikaru…
24
Excitement (A.K.A. Excited Spirits)
Now that Toya Meiji is playing Internet Go, the world is abuzz with excitement. But little do they know that a challenger of exceptional strength…
25
Sai vs. Toya Koyo
The wait is over! Sai and Toya Meijin face off in a match that has the entire world glued to their computer screens. Who will…
26
The Thousand Year Answer
When the match comes to a close, Sai is left the victor. However, when Hikaru discovers a flaw in the game that not even Sai…
27
Let Me Play Sai!
Ogata walks in on Hikaru and Koyo's conversation and overhears Hikaru mentioning Sai. Convinced that Hikaru knows Sai, Ogata confronts Hikaru and begs him to…
28
One-Color Go
Hikaru encounters Kurata at a restaurant, and, after learning how much Akira is improving, begs him for a match.
29
Toya Koyo Retires!
The Go World goes into a state of shock after Toya Meijin announces that he is retiring as Professional Go player. As everyone tries to…
30
Farewell Hikaru
Hikaru continuously ignores Sai's worries of his leaving and ends up allowing Sai to engage a drunk Ogata in a Go match. The next day,…
SEASON 3
01
Sai is Gone?
Hikaru discovers that Sai is missing and searches all over him. Unable to locate him, he travels to Inno Island to visit Shusaku's grave in…
02
The Top Player in Hiroshima
The #1 Amateur Go Player in Japan, Shuhei, challenges Hikaru to a match while Hikaru is looking for Sai in Hiroshima.
03
I Won't Play Anymore
Unable to locate Sai, Hikaru makes a vow to never play Go again without him.
04
Keichou Flowerpots
This episode shows us a young Hikaru, back from 7th grade before the Insei exam. When Sai is disturbed by the owner of a pottery…
05
Isumi no Go
Isumi and other semi-pro's from japan go to a good will competition against pros in china. although he starts off confident an early loss puts…
06
The Fated Encounter
In this flashback before Akira Toya met Hikaru Shindo, a young children's Go champion challenges Akira to a game at the Go Salon.
07
Isumi tested
Still in China improving his game, Isumi challenges Le Ping to a rematch. Meanwhile, Asumi encounters Hikaru and demands to know why he has stopped…
08
Forfeits
Hikaru is still forfeiting his Go matches, and everyone round his is worried and confused. Can the young player's friends and familyconvince him to get…
09
The Determined Visitor
Isumi return from China, now a stronger and more focused player. When he hears Hikaru is losing his games by default he vows to investigate…
10
Sai was here...
After much convincing, Hikaru agrees to play Isumi. However, he will play him for Isumi’s sake, not his own. He will not enjoy the game…
11
The First Comeback Match
Hikaru has finally started to play Go again. He has found Sai within his moves, within his Go. But can Hikaru win his first comeback…
12
And so they began to run
The Go world is moving. Everything is changing. Hikaru has won his first comeback match and dives into his next one. Isumi is taking the…
13
Shindou vs Touya
The long awaited day has finally arrived. Hikaru Shindou V. Akira Touya! The two reminisce about the past and the last time they played. It…
14
Forever Inside You
The game between Hikaru and Akira wages on. They are both into the game and excited about it. Meanwhile, Amano tells news of a junior…
15
That Same Old Smile
The match between Hikaru and Akira comes to an end. Hikaru tells Akira that one day, he will tell him everything. At night Hikaru has…
SERIES INFO
3
Seasons
75
Episodes
23 min/ep
Per Episode
Ended
Status
NETWORKS (1)
TV Tokyo
DETAILS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Hikaru no Go about?
Hikaru Shindo is like any sixth-grader in Japan: a pretty normal kid with a two-tone head of hair and a penchant for antics. His life completely changes when he finds an old bloodstained go board in his grandfather's attic. The ghost of an ancient go master named Fujiwara-no-Sai was trapped in the board and soon becomes a part of Hikaru's consciousness. Together Hikaru and Sai make an unstoppable go-playing team!
Where can I watch Hikaru no Go?
Hikaru no Go is available on Hulu, Anime Times Amazon Channel, Prime Video, Watcha, TVING. Availability varies by region.
How many seasons does Hikaru no Go have?
Hikaru no Go has 3 seasons with 75 episodes total.
Who stars in Hikaru no Go?
The cast of Hikaru no Go includes Tomoko Kawakami, Susumu Chiba, Sanae Kobayashi, Yumi Kakazu, Makoto Tsumura.
What is the rating of Hikaru no Go?
Hikaru no Go has a rating of 7.7 out of 10 based on 46 votes on TMDB.
Is Hikaru no Go still running?
Hikaru no Go has ended. The final episode aired on .
GENRES (2)
Animation
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
