Cătălin Țăranu
Catalin Taranu (born March 31, 1973) in Romania, is a professional Go player.
Biography
Catalin started learning Go when he was 16 in 1989 by Cristian Cobeli. His first tournament was a 10-4 kyu group in which he was a 6 kyu. He won all eight games. He moved up to 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. It only took him two years to become a professional. It took Catalin just 4 years to reach 5p.