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Yūta Fukui (福井雄太, Fukui Yūta), more commonly known as Fuku (フク) is an Insei and one of Hikaru Shindo's friends.
Appearance[]
Fuku has slightly messy black hair. He looks cheerful most of the time.
Personality[]
Fuku is easy-going and wasn't afraid of expressing his loss.
History[]
Plot[]
Internet Go Arc[]
He and other insei wonder why Akira skipped his pro exam match.
Insei Arc[]
He befriends Hikaru and they often play together.
Pro Exam Arc[]
During the pro exams, Fukui lags behind the forerunners and eventually fails. He beat Hikaru and Isumi, but only because they were mentally distracted.
Go[]
Fuku's Go is very fast-paced. Despite that, he was strong as even Waya and Komiya has problems with defeating him, even though others like Isumi did not have any trouble beating him.
Relationships[]
Hikaru Shindo[]
Shindou and Fuku relationship seems to be quite good especially as playmates for Go. As they both like to play fast-paced games. This was observed when they played many times together.
Yoshitaka Waya[]
Fukui is Waya's Achilles heel, as Waya cannot ever beat him.
Shinichiro Isumi[]
Isumi is much stronger than Fukui, but loses to him due to his emotional distractions.
Asumi Nase[]
The two are close friends and have about the same skill level.