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63rd NHK Cup (shogi)
The 63rd NHK Cup (shogi), NHK Cup, or as it is officially known the was a professional shogi tournament organized by the Japan Shogi Association and sponsored by Japan, Japan's Public broadcasting#Japan, public broadcaster NHK. Play began on April 7, 2013, and ended on March 23, 2014. The 50-player single elimination tournament was won by Masataka Gōda. All of the tournament games were shown on NHK-E. The during the NHK-E broadcasts was Professional shogi player#Female professionals, female professional Rieko Yauchi. Participants Preliminary tournaments A total of 130 professional shogi players competed in 18 preliminary tournaments to qualify for the main tournament. These tournaments were non-televised one-day tournaments held at the Japan Shogi Association#Headquarters and other offices, Tokyo Shogi Kaikan and the Japan Shogi Association#Headquarters and other offices, Kansai Shogi Kaikan. Each tournament consisted of seven or eight players. The initial time control for each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NHK Cup (shogi)
The NHK Cup, or as it is officially known the is a professional shogi tournament organized by the Japan Shogi Association and sponsored by Japan's public broadcaster NHK. History Formerly known as the , the 1st NHK Cup was held in 1951 with eight professional shogi players. The winner was Yoshio Kimura, who held the Meijin title at the time. Prior to 1962, the tournament was broadcast only on the radio, but starting with the 12th NHK Cup (1962), the tournament moved to television. The 26th NHK Cup (1976) was the first to be broadcast in color. Up until and including the 15th NHK Cup (1965), only Class A professionals were allowed to participate. When the number of players was increased from 8 to 16 for the 16th NHK Cup (1966), the tournament became open to other professionals as well. The number of players was increased again from 16 to 26 for the 27th NHK Cup (1977) and to its current level of 50 for the 31st NHK Cup (1981). In addition, the preliminary tournaments also star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Watanabe (shogi)
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is the current holder of the Meijin, and Kiō major titles, and also a former holder of the Kisei, Ōshō, Ōza and Ryūō titles. He is also a Lifetime Kiō and a Lifetime Ryūō title holder. Early life Watanabe was born on April 23, 1984, in Katsushika, Tokyo. He learned how to play shogi from his father, who was an amateur 5-dan ranked player. He won the in 1994 as a fourth-grade student at Hokizuka Elementary School. He was the first fourth-grade winner in the history of the tournament. That same year Watanabe took the entrance exam for the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school. Part of his test was a game against future women's professional Sayuri Takebe, who was member of the apprentice school at the time. The entire game was played at an extremely fast pace, with Watanabe winning in less than two minutes. Watanabe passed the entrance exam and entered the apprentice school as a 6-kyū protegee of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōichi Fukaura
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a three-time winner of the Ōi tournament, and also a former member of the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors. Early life Fukaura was born in Sasebo, Nagasaki on February 14, 1972. As a young boy, he defeated Kōji Tanigawa, who was the reigning Meijin title holder at the time, in a Rook handicap game at a shogi event in Fukuoka in 1983. Shortly thereafter, he went to stay with relatives in Ōmiya, Saitama in order to be closer to Tokyo and study under shogi professional . In 1984, Fukaura entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school in 1984 at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of Hanamura. Although promotion to 5-kyū took a year, he progressed more rapidly up the ranks after that and obtained full-professional status in October 1991 at the age of 19. Shogi professional Fukaura's first tournament victory as a professional came in his first tournament as professional when he defeated Kunio Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōji Tanigawa
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is the 17th Lifetime Meijin and also a former president of the Japan Shogi Association (JSA). Early life Kōji Tanigawa was born in Kobe on April 6, 1962. He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 5-kyū in 1973 under the tutelage of shogi professional , was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1975, and was officially awarded professional status and the rank of 4-dan in 1976 at the age of fourteen, thus becoming the second person to obtain professional status while still a junior high school student. Shogi professional In February 1979, Tanigawa won the for his first championship as a professional. Tanigawa's first major title match appearance came in 1983 when he challenged Hifumi Katō for the 41st Meijin title. Tanigawa won the match 4 games to 2 to not only win his first major title, but also to become the youngest player to ever win the Meijin title at the age of 21. The following yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Nishikawa
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6- dan. Nishikawa's father Kenji was also a professional shogi player. Early life Nishiyama was born on April 2, 1986, in Kobe, Japan. Although his father Keiji was a professional shogi player A professional shogi player (将棋棋士 ''shōgi kishi'' or プロ棋士 ''puro kishi'' "professional player") is a shogi player who is usually a member of a professional guild of shogi players. There are two categories of professional player ..., he only really became interested in shogi when he was a first grade elementary school student after reading a beginner's book written by shogi professional . Nishiyama was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6- kyū as a student of his father in 2001, promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1995, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2008 after finishing the 43rd 3-dan League (April 2008September 2008) with a record of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayuki Toyoshima
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a former holder of the Ryūō, Meijin, Ōi, Kisei and Eiō titles. Toyoshima, together with Akira Inaba, Tetsurō Itodani and Akihiro Murata, is one of four Kansai-based young shogi professionals who are collectively referred to as the . Early life Toyoshima was born in Ichinomiya, Aichi on April 30, 1990. He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional Kiyozumi Kiriyama in 1999. He obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan on April 1, 2007, after finishing tied for first with Kōta Kanai in the 40th 3-dan League (October 2006March 2007) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses. Shogi professional Toyoshima's first appearance in a major title match came in 2010 when he defeated Yasumitsu Satō to win the 60th Ōshō league with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss, Although Toyoshima lost his first game in league play, he proceeded to win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomohiro Murata
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. Promotion history The promotion history for Murata is as follows: * 6-kyū is a Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in tea ceremony, flower arranging, Go, shogi, academic tests and other similar activities to designate various grades, levels or degrees of proficiency or experience. In Mandarin Chin ...: 1993 * 1-dan: 1996 * 4-dan: October 1, 2001 * 5-dan: June 19. 2007 * 6-dan: October 23, 2008 * 7-dan: December 18, 2019 References External links *ShogiHubProfessional Player Info · Murata, Tomohiro Japanese shogi players Living people Professional shogi players from Hyōgo Prefecture 1981 births People from Takasago, Hyōgo {{Shogi-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osho (shogi)
Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 193119 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho (), was an Indian godman, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement. He was viewed as a controversial new religious movement leader during his life. He rejected institutional religions, insisting that spiritual experience could not be organized into any one system of religious dogma. As a guru, he taught a form of meditation called dynamic meditation and advocated that his followers live fully but without attachment, a rejection of traditional ascetic practices. In advocating a more progressive attitude to human sexuality he caused controversy in India during the late 1960s and became known as "the sex guru". Rajneesh experienced a spiritual awakening in 1953 at the age of 21. Following several years in academia, in 1966 Rajneesh resigned his post at the University of Jabalpur and began traveling throughout India, becoming known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasumitsu Satō
is a Japanese professional shogi player from Yawata City in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. He is currently the president of the Japan Shogi Association. He became a professional in 1987 and is ranked 9- dan. He has won 13 major titles, is a former Meijin title holder, and has qualified for the Lifetime Kisei title. Early life Satō was born in Yawata City in Kyoto Prefecture on October 1, 1969. He finished third in the 6th in 1981. His experience in the tournament led him to want become a shogi professional, and he entered the Kansai branch of the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6- kyū in December 1982 as a protegee of shogi professional in December 1982. Shogi professional Satō's first appearance a major title match was in 1990 as the challenger to Kōji Tanigawa for the 31st Ōi title, but he lost the match 4 games to 3. That same year, he won his first tournament as a professional when he defeated Toshiyuki Moriuchi to win the , a quick-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayuki Yamasaki
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. Early life Yamasaki was born in Hiroshima, Japan on February 14, 1981. He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school in 1992 at the rank 6- kyū as a student of shogi professional . He was promoted to 1-dan in 1994 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1998 after finishing second in the 22nd 3-dan League (October 1997March 1998) with a record of 12 wins and 6 losses. Promotion history The promotion history for Yamasaki is as follows: * 6- kyū: 1992 * 1-dan: 1994 * 4-dan: April 1, 1998 * 5-dan: August 28, 2001 * 6-dan: November 18, 2004 * 7-dan: August 10, 2006 * 8-dan: July 27, 2013 Titles and other championships Yamasaki has been the challenger for a major title once, but did not win the match; he has, however, won eight non-major-title championships during his career. Other championships Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held. Awards and honors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amahiko Satō
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a former Meijin title holder. Early life Satō was born in Fukuoka on January 18, 1988. He attended elementary school and junior high school in Fukuoka, but moved to Chiba Prefecture to attend senior high school. He entered the Japanese Shogi Association's apprentice school in September 1998 when he was in the fifth-grade under the guidance of shogi professional Isao Nakata, who is also from Fukuoka and began giving Satō guidance online. Shogi professional Satō's first tournament victory as a professional came in September 2008 when he defeated Yoshitaka Hoshino 2 games to none to win the 39th tournament. He won the same tournament in October 2011 when he defeated Masayuki Toyoshima 2 games to 1 to win the 42nd Shinjin-Ō tournament. In July 2015, Satō defeated Toyoshima once again, this time in the 63rd Ōza title challenger tournament final, to advance to his first major title match. In the best-of-five final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōru Abe
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7- dan. Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional Abe was born in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture on October 25, 1994. He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was five years old. As an elementary school student, Abe was interested in both Go and shogi. He was a big fan of the manga series Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used ... '' Hikaru no Go'' and actually wanted to become a Go professional, but switched his focus to shogi after finding Go too difficult to learn. He started attending a formal shogi class at local department store when he was a fourth grade elementary school student, and won the 5th in 2006 as a sixth-grader. Later that same year, he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
