| Fullname: | Kaori Aoba |
| Kanji: | 青葉 かおり |
| Birth Date: | 11 July 1978 |
| Birth Place: |  Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Residence: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Teacher: | Hane Yasumasa |
| Rank: | 5 dan |
| Affiliation: | Nihon Ki-in |
is a female professional 5 dan Go player. She is currently an affiliate of the Nihon Ki-in, the largest Go association of Japan, and was a student of Yasumasa Hane.[1]
On 4 September 2008, Aoba was defeated by Crazy Stone, a Monte-Carlo Tree Search Go playing engine, in an 8-stone handicap game in Tokyo, Japan.[2] The exhibition match marks the earliest official defeat of a professional by a computer with a conventional handicap.[3]