Waya, Yoshitaka

和谷義高

Hikaru's "big brother" insei. Like Kaga, he dislikes Akira Toya because he can never defeat him and due to Akira's detached attitude towards the game. He once faced Sai in Internet Go under the nickname Zelda. He becomes a pro (at age 15) in the same year as Hikaru. He is also known to be very reckless and short-tempered, even punching former insei Mashiba in the face because the latter rattled Isumi. Waya's birthday is August 12th.