Comprehensive list of Pro players' nicknames?

You can google some of them. Translating nicknames can be pretty difficult though. Also, nicknames can change over time.

  1. Otake Hideo 美学 (Aesthetics)
  2. Rin Kaiho 二枚腰 (posture in which the legs are firmly planted in sumo and judo)
  3. Ishida Yoshio コンピュータ (Computer)
  4. Takemiya Masaki 宇宙流 (Cosmic style)
  5. Kato Masao 殺し屋 (Killer)
  6. Sakata Eio カミソリ (Razor)
  7. Takagawa Kaku タヌキ (Tanuki)
  8. Kitani Minoru 怪童丸 (Prodigy, apparently)
  9. Hashimoto Utaro 火の玉宇太郎 (Fireball Utaro, sounds exciting)
  10. Kajiwara Takeo ドリル戦法 (Drilling tactics)
  11. Ohira Shuzo ハンマー (Hammer)
  12. Miyashita Hidehiro 福島の猛牛 (The Fighting Bull of Fukushima)
  13. Kudo Norio 眠狂四郎 (???)
  14. Awaji Shuzo ロッキー (Rocky)
  15. O Meien 中年の星 (???)
  16. O Rissei 立誠マジック (Rissei Magic)
  17. Cho Chikun 七番勝負の鬼 (something like seven-game devil?)
  18. Hane Yasumasa 中京のダイヤモンド (Diamond of Chukyo)
  19. Komatsu Hideki 熱血親分 (???)
  20. Yamashiro Hiroshi 浸透流 (???)
  21. Yamada Kimio ぶんぶん丸 (???)
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