Shin Kato, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shin Kato

Japanese Go player

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1891

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1952

Profession: Go professional

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Shin Kato (?? ?, Kato Shin, 5 November 1891 – 14 July 1952) was a Japanese professional Go player.
Born in Tokyo, Kato became a student of Hirose Heijiro in 1907.
He turned professional a year later with the Hoensha.
He was promoted to 8 dan in 1942.
He participated in the 1st Honinbo tournament where he finished runner-up to Riichi Sekiyama.