Life In 19x19

I imagine many of us have a personal favorite pro, who we always root for in current games, or maybe a historical character with an amazing legacy of games.

Post who yours is! What do you admire about them ?

Mine has changed a bit over time (Takemiya Masaki; Ishida Yoshio when I was playing a lot of sanrensei and 5-3s, respectively), but I've settled on Honinbo Shuei! I realize he's a bit of a stereotypical choice - his power is legendary - but I don't mind. I love playing through and memorizing his games. The feeling in his reductions is something I especially like, powerful but tempered - elegant.

Secretly I like to think since I've started studying his games, my style has taken on aspects of his ( to the extent a 4k can resemble a legendary meijin).

Sai

Sakata on the board, Shuko off the board.

The long answer
Since I haven't played through many pro games yet, and know very little about the players themselves, I haven't really found a player whose style/moves/biography I really like. Based on books I've read bearing the the names of pro's, I am probably the world's largest fan of Kageyama Toshirô, though. The man is a genius. (Though that might mean I am actually the world's largest fan of Kageyama's ghostwriter.) I would simply die of happiness if I could get my hands on the Japanese original, though the style in Davies' translation is a very good read as well.

The short answer
Kageyama Toshirô.

Yoda Norimoto

Helel wrote:

Jowa for his personality.

Figures you would like the meanest player in go history

Takemiya Masaki.

Go Seigen (吳 清源).

I'll admit it, my idol is TheCaptain. Among pros, Jowa. Among current pros, Kong Jie.

Michael Redmond

Park Jieun

I'm only just starting to know the names of pros, both past and present, so I can't give a solid answer.

I did like Lee Sedol's play in the Fujitsu Cup final, even though he lost.

Maybe I'll have an idol eventually, but I don't have one right now.

Honinbo Shusaku, Honinbo Dosaku, Honinbo Jowa, Go Seigen, Yi Chang'ho and Iyama Yuta.

Cho Chikun. Not that I know very well his games but from the games I read with a commentary, I admire his saving seemingly hopeless groups.

I don't know much about the pro scene, so at any given moment, I want to play like whoever last reviewed one of my games.