Romania

Pandanet account: CatalinT
Go career: Catalin started learning go from Cristian Cobeli in 1989, at the age of 16. His first tournament was for players in the 10 to 4 Kyū range, when he was a 6 kyu. He won all eight games. He moved up to amateur 1 dan in a year, and just a year later moved up to 4 dan. He started winning small tournaments in Romania around this time. He was invited to Japan by Saijo Masataka in 1995. He quickly joined the Nagoya branch of the Nihon-Kiin and became an insei. After two years, he became the first European to pass the professional examination. It took Catalin just 4 years to reach 5p (5-dan professional). He won the European Go Championship in 2008. He is now the president of the Romanian Go Federation.
Club / city: Shusaku Tg.Mures
Rank: 5 dan professional
Profession: Go Pro Player
Year of birth: 1973

Pandanet account: Tsurukame
Go career: Started to play in 1984. Studied GO in Japan for 3.5 years, reaching the A class of Insei. Best results: Romanian Champion, runner-up for the European Championship, Balkans Champion, winner of other Grand Prix and minor tournaments. Full-time GO instructor, certified by Nihon Kiin. Teaching GO on the internet and privately since 2000.
Club / city: Meijin/Pitesti
Rank: 6 dan
Profession: International GO instructor
Year of birth: 1970