If I weren't a professional Go player, I'd like to be working in a job related to fashion. In particular, it would be nice to be a designer! It's fun just to imagine attractive models stylishly wearing one's creations and having young women walking around town coordinate them in their outfits. In the sense that you create something out of nothing through your imagination, this job has something in common with Go.

I live in a convenient location in Osaka, just ten minutes by bicycle from department stores, so I spend half the week window-shopping (there are not so many days I actually buy something . . .). I also like reading fashion magazines, and I check out the fashion sense of celebrities - these are my hobbies.