Janice Kim is an American professional Go player, author, and business-owner.
She remains one of only five western women ever to attain professional status (with Joanne Missingham, Svetlana Shikshina, Diana Koszegi and Mariya Zakharchenko).
[2][3] Kim is the author of the Getting Go articles that accompany installments of Hikaru No Go, a manga about a boy who releases the spirit of a famous Go player, in the American magazine Shonen Jump.
Kim lived in New York City, Denver, and San Francisco Bay Area before settling in New Mexico.
After retiring from competition she currently teaches Go and has authored more books, most recently Vital Endgame in 2024.