Ōza (shogi)

	Ōza (shogi) is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi. The word literally means "king's seat", i.e., "throne". The tournament started in 1953 as a knockout tournament with three games in the final match and was a non-title tournament up until 1982. The challenger for the title is determined through three preliminary rounds. The player that wins three games out of five in the championship match becomes the new Ōza title holder. The tournament is sponsored by Nikkei, Inc. (日本経済新聞社 ''nihon keizai shinbunsha''), a newspaper conglomerate that publishes The Nikkei and the Nikkei 225 stock market index. Lifetime Ōza is the title given to a player who won the championship five times in a row or ten times in total. Active players may qualify for this title, but it is only officially awarded upon their retirement or death. ;Lifetime Ōza title holders * Makoto Nakahara (won championship ten times when it was a non-title tournament) * Yoshiharu Habu Winners From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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 players: regular professional and women's professional. All regular professional shogi players are members of the Japan Shogi Association (JSA). However, only regular professional players, who are all male, are considered to be full-fledged members. Women's professional players belong to groups distinct from regular professional players. In Japanese, the term 棋士 ''kishi'' only refers to regular professional players to the exclusion of women's professionals, who are termed 女流棋士 ''joryū kishi.'' History During the Edo period (1603-1868), shogi followed an iemoto system centered around three families (schools): the , the and the . Titles such as Meijin were hereditary and could only be held by members of these three families. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Yūzō Maruta Yūzō, Yuzo or Yuuzou is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yūzō can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: 勇三, "courage, 3" 悠三, "calm, 3" 雄三, "male, 3" 優三, "gentleness, 3" 祐三, "to help, 3" 佑三, "to help, 3" 勇蔵, "courage, store up" 悠蔵, "calm, store up" 雄蔵, "male, store up" 裕蔵, "rich, store up" 優蔵, "gentleness, store up" 祐蔵, "to help, store up" 佑蔵, "to help, store up" 勇造, "courage, create" 悠造, "calm, create" 雄造, "male, create" 優造, "gentleness, create" 祐造, "to help, create" 佑造, "to help, create" The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうぞう or katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ... ユウゾウ. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hidemitsu Moriyasu Hidemitsu (written: 秀満 or 英光) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese samurai , Japanese general , Japanese writer {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kunio Naitō is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan. Promotion history The promotion history for Naitō is as follows: 1954: 6-kyū 1956: 1-dan 1958, October 1: 4-dan 1961, April 1: 5-Dan 1962, April 1: 6-dan 1963, April 1: 7-dan 1967, April 1: 8-dan 1974, February 4: 9-dan 2015, March 31: Retired Titles and other championships Naitō appeared in major title matches a total of thirteen times and has won four major titles. He has won the Kisei and Ōi titles twice each. In addition to major titles, Naitō won thirteen other shogi championships during his career. Awards and honors Naitō has received a number of awards and honors throughout his career for his accomplishments both on an off the shogi board. These include awards given out annually by the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) for performance in official games as well as other JSA awards for career accomplishments, and awards received from governmental organizations, etc. for contribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Osamu Katsuura is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Osamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 治 "reign" 修 "discipline" 理 "logic" 収 "obtain" 紀 "chronicle" 統 "rule" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name , Japanese baseball player and coach , Japanese rower Osamu Adachi (理, born 1987), Japanese actor and a member of the acting group D-BOYS , Japanese manga artist Osamu Dazai (太宰治, 1909–1948), Japanese author Osamu Dezaki (統, 1943-2011), Japanese anime director Osamu Fukutani (修, born 1967), Japanese film director , Japanese television personality , Japanese long-distance runner Osamu Jinguuji (治), drummer of the Japanese band ''Remioromen'' , Japanese rower Osamu Matsuda or El Samurai (納, born 1966), a Japanese professional wrestler Osamu Mukai (理, born 1982), Japanese actor Osamu Muramatsu (修), Japanese astronomer, and a prolific discoverer of asteroids Osamu Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nobuyuki Ōuchi is a deceased Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan.He won the first Kiō title in 1976, and also served as senior managing director of the Japan Shogi Association from 1993 to 1999. He was awarded the Japanese government's Order of the Rising Sun in 2015. Early life and education Ōuchi was born on October 2, 1941, in Minato, Tokyo. In 1954, he entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under guidance of shogi professional Ichitarō Doi. He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 1-dan in 1958, and obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1963. Ōuchi was the first graduate of Chuo University to become a professional shogi player. Professional shogi Ōuchi was the challenger for the Meijin title in 1975 against Makoto Nakahara. He retired from professional shogi in April 2010. Promotion history The promotion history for Ōuchi is as follows: 1954: 6-kyū 1958: 1-dan 1963, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kiyozumi Kiriyama is a retired Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Kisei and Kiō major title holder as well as a former director of the Japan Shogi Association. Early life Kiriyama was born on October 17, 1947, in Shimoichi, Nara. He learned how to play shogi when he was about five years old, and as a young boy played some instructional games against Kōzō Masuda during Masuda's frequent visits to the Nara area. In 1957, at the age of nine, Kiriyama moved to Tokyo to study shogi under Masuda as an uchi-deshi (a "live-in apprentice"), but became homesick and returned home after only a few months. Kiriyama never lost his passion for shogi, however, and the following year he entered the Kansai branch of the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 7-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional . He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1963,and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1966. Shogi professional Promotion hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Genichi Ōno Gen'ichi or Genichi (written: 源一, 厳一, 玄一 or 元一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese footballer , Japanese businessman , Japanese botanist , Japanese engineer and statistician , Japanese footballer See also Won-il Won-il is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "won" and ten hanja with the reading " il" on the South Korean government's official list ..., a Korean masculine given name which may be written with the same Chinese characters {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Michio Ariyoshi was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan. Promotion history The promotion history for Ariyoshi is as follows: 1951: 3-kyū 1953: 1-dan 1955, May 15: 4-dan 1957, April 1: 5-Dan 1958, April 1: 6-dan 1960, April 1: 7-dan 1965, April 1: 8-dan 1979, April 1: 9-dan 2010, May 24: Retired Titles and other championships Ariyoshi appeared in major title matches a total of nine times and won one major title. He won the 21st Kisei title in 1972 for his only major title. In addition to his one major title, Ariyoshi won eight other shogi championships during his career. Death Ariyoshi died on September 27, 2022, at age 87. He died while being hospitalized for aspiration pneumonia Aspiration pneumonia is a type of lung infection that is due to a relatively large amount of material from the stomach or mouth entering the lungs. Signs and symptoms often include fever and cough of relatively rapid onset. Complications may inclu .... References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Michiyoshi Yamada is a deceased Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan and was awarded the rank of 9-dan after his death. Early life Yamada was born on December 11, 1933, in Nagoya, Aichi. Shogi professional Yamada died at the young age of 36 when he was still competing in the top A class of the Meijin ranking tournament system (順位戦 ''jun'isen''), which is generally indicative of a strong player. He had been in the A class for six years and died during his seventh year. He was a professional player for nineteen years. He influenced modern shogi players in his pioneering use of game databases, holding research study groups, and leading a serious ascetic lifestyle. Promotion history Kanai's promotion history is as follows: * 1949: entered as an apprentice * 1951: 4-dan * 1964: 8-dan * 1970, June 18: 9-dan (awarded posthumously) Titles and other championships Yamada won the Kisei title twice – both in 1967 when he defeated Yasuharu Ōyama and Makot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	Ōza (shogi) is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi. The word literally means "king's seat", i.e., "throne". The tournament started in 1953 as a knockout tournament with three games in the final match and was a non-title tournament up until 1982. The challenger for the title is determined through three preliminary rounds. The player that wins three games out of five in the championship match becomes the new Ōza title holder. The tournament is sponsored by Nikkei, Inc. (日本経済新聞社 ''nihon keizai shinbunsha''), a newspaper conglomerate that publishes The Nikkei and the Nikkei 225 stock market index. Lifetime Ōza is the title given to a player who won the championship five times in a row or ten times in total. Active players may qualify for this title, but it is only officially awarded upon their retirement or death. ;Lifetime Ōza title holders * Makoto Nakahara (won championship ten times when it was a non-title tournament) * Yoshiharu Habu Winners From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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 players: regular professional and women's professional. All regular professional shogi players are members of the Japan Shogi Association (JSA). However, only regular professional players, who are all male, are considered to be full-fledged members. Women's professional players belong to groups distinct from regular professional players. In Japanese, the term 棋士 ''kishi'' only refers to regular professional players to the exclusion of women's professionals, who are termed 女流棋士 ''joryū kishi.'' History During the Edo period (1603-1868), shogi followed an iemoto system centered around three families (schools): the , the and the . Titles such as Meijin were hereditary and could only be held by members of these three families. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Yūzō Maruta Yūzō, Yuzo or Yuuzou is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yūzō can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: 勇三, "courage, 3" 悠三, "calm, 3" 雄三, "male, 3" 優三, "gentleness, 3" 祐三, "to help, 3" 佑三, "to help, 3" 勇蔵, "courage, store up" 悠蔵, "calm, store up" 雄蔵, "male, store up" 裕蔵, "rich, store up" 優蔵, "gentleness, store up" 祐蔵, "to help, store up" 佑蔵, "to help, store up" 勇造, "courage, create" 悠造, "calm, create" 雄造, "male, create" 優造, "gentleness, create" 祐造, "to help, create" 佑造, "to help, create" The name can also be written in hiragana ゆうぞう or katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ... ユウゾウ. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hidemitsu Moriyasu Hidemitsu (written: 秀満 or 英光) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese samurai , Japanese general , Japanese writer {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kunio Naitō is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan. Promotion history The promotion history for Naitō is as follows: 1954: 6-kyū 1956: 1-dan 1958, October 1: 4-dan 1961, April 1: 5-Dan 1962, April 1: 6-dan 1963, April 1: 7-dan 1967, April 1: 8-dan 1974, February 4: 9-dan 2015, March 31: Retired Titles and other championships Naitō appeared in major title matches a total of thirteen times and has won four major titles. He has won the Kisei and Ōi titles twice each. In addition to major titles, Naitō won thirteen other shogi championships during his career. Awards and honors Naitō has received a number of awards and honors throughout his career for his accomplishments both on an off the shogi board. These include awards given out annually by the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) for performance in official games as well as other JSA awards for career accomplishments, and awards received from governmental organizations, etc. for contribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Osamu Katsuura is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Osamu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 治 "reign" 修 "discipline" 理 "logic" 収 "obtain" 紀 "chronicle" 統 "rule" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name , Japanese baseball player and coach , Japanese rower Osamu Adachi (理, born 1987), Japanese actor and a member of the acting group D-BOYS , Japanese manga artist Osamu Dazai (太宰治, 1909–1948), Japanese author Osamu Dezaki (統, 1943-2011), Japanese anime director Osamu Fukutani (修, born 1967), Japanese film director , Japanese television personality , Japanese long-distance runner Osamu Jinguuji (治), drummer of the Japanese band ''Remioromen'' , Japanese rower Osamu Matsuda or El Samurai (納, born 1966), a Japanese professional wrestler Osamu Mukai (理, born 1982), Japanese actor Osamu Muramatsu (修), Japanese astronomer, and a prolific discoverer of asteroids Osamu Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nobuyuki Ōuchi is a deceased Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan.He won the first Kiō title in 1976, and also served as senior managing director of the Japan Shogi Association from 1993 to 1999. He was awarded the Japanese government's Order of the Rising Sun in 2015. Early life and education Ōuchi was born on October 2, 1941, in Minato, Tokyo. In 1954, he entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under guidance of shogi professional Ichitarō Doi. He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 1-dan in 1958, and obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1963. Ōuchi was the first graduate of Chuo University to become a professional shogi player. Professional shogi Ōuchi was the challenger for the Meijin title in 1975 against Makoto Nakahara. He retired from professional shogi in April 2010. Promotion history The promotion history for Ōuchi is as follows: 1954: 6-kyū 1958: 1-dan 1963, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kiyozumi Kiriyama is a retired Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Kisei and Kiō major title holder as well as a former director of the Japan Shogi Association. Early life Kiriyama was born on October 17, 1947, in Shimoichi, Nara. He learned how to play shogi when he was about five years old, and as a young boy played some instructional games against Kōzō Masuda during Masuda's frequent visits to the Nara area. In 1957, at the age of nine, Kiriyama moved to Tokyo to study shogi under Masuda as an uchi-deshi (a "live-in apprentice"), but became homesick and returned home after only a few months. Kiriyama never lost his passion for shogi, however, and the following year he entered the Kansai branch of the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 7-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional . He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1963,and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1966. Shogi professional Promotion hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Genichi Ōno Gen'ichi or Genichi (written: 源一, 厳一, 玄一 or 元一) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese footballer , Japanese businessman , Japanese botanist , Japanese engineer and statistician , Japanese footballer See also Won-il Won-il is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "won" and ten hanja with the reading " il" on the South Korean government's official list ..., a Korean masculine given name which may be written with the same Chinese characters {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Michio Ariyoshi was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan. Promotion history The promotion history for Ariyoshi is as follows: 1951: 3-kyū 1953: 1-dan 1955, May 15: 4-dan 1957, April 1: 5-Dan 1958, April 1: 6-dan 1960, April 1: 7-dan 1965, April 1: 8-dan 1979, April 1: 9-dan 2010, May 24: Retired Titles and other championships Ariyoshi appeared in major title matches a total of nine times and won one major title. He won the 21st Kisei title in 1972 for his only major title. In addition to his one major title, Ariyoshi won eight other shogi championships during his career. Death Ariyoshi died on September 27, 2022, at age 87. He died while being hospitalized for aspiration pneumonia Aspiration pneumonia is a type of lung infection that is due to a relatively large amount of material from the stomach or mouth entering the lungs. Signs and symptoms often include fever and cough of relatively rapid onset. Complications may inclu .... References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Michiyoshi Yamada is a deceased Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan and was awarded the rank of 9-dan after his death. Early life Yamada was born on December 11, 1933, in Nagoya, Aichi. Shogi professional Yamada died at the young age of 36 when he was still competing in the top A class of the Meijin ranking tournament system (順位戦 ''jun'isen''), which is generally indicative of a strong player. He had been in the A class for six years and died during his seventh year. He was a professional player for nineteen years. He influenced modern shogi players in his pioneering use of game databases, holding research study groups, and leading a serious ascetic lifestyle. Promotion history Kanai's promotion history is as follows: * 1949: entered as an apprentice * 1951: 4-dan * 1964: 8-dan * 1970, June 18: 9-dan (awarded posthumously) Titles and other championships Yamada won the Kisei title twice – both in 1967 when he defeated Yasuharu Ōyama and Makot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]