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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] |
Sasebo, Nagasaki
is a Core cities of Japan, core city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is also the second largest city in Nagasaki Prefecture, after its capital, Nagasaki. On 1 June 2019, the city had an estimated population of 247,739 and a population density of 581 persons per km2 (1,505 persons per square mile). The total area is . The city includes a part of Saikai National Park. Located in the southern part of the city is the Dutch-styled theme park ''Huis Ten Bosch (theme park), Huis Ten Bosch''. The island of Ukujima is also administered as part of Sasebo city. History The area of present-day Sasebo was a small fishing village under the control of nearby Hirado Domain until shortly after the start of the Meiji period. Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō, when surveying the coasts of northwestern Kyūshū for the site of a navy base, selected his location based on its protected, deep-water harbor, geographic proximity to China and Korea, and the presence of nearby Coal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiharu Habu
is a professional shogi player and a chess FIDE Master. His master is Tatsuya Futakami. He is the only person to simultaneously hold seven major professional shogi titles at the same time and is also the only person to qualify as a lifetime title holder for seven major titles. In January 2018, Habu became the first professional shogi player to be awarded Japan's People's Honour Award. Early life Yoshiharu Habu was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama in 1970 and moved to Hachioji, Tokyo before entering kindergarten. Habu first encountered shogi in his first year of elementary school, when his classmates taught him how the shogi pieces move. He was so fascinated by the game that his mother entered him in a shogi tournament held at the Hachioji Shogi Club in the summer of 1978. Although Habu was eliminated during the preliminary rounds with a record of 1 win and 2 losses, his parents took him to the shogi club every weekend from October 1978. Habu improved so rapidly that he was promote ... [...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 Inaba
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan. Inaba, together with Tetsurō Itodani, Masayuki Toyoshima and Akihiro Murata, is one of four Kansai-based young shogi professionals who are collectively referred to as the "Young Kansai Big Four" (関西若手四天王 ''Kansai Wakate Shitennō''). Promotion history Inaba's promotion history is as follows: * 6-kyū: September 2000 * 4-dan: April 1, 2008 * 5-dan: March 8, 2011 * 6-dan: May 1, 2012 * 7-dan: August 16, 2013 * 8-dan: February 18, 2016 Titles and other championships Inaba has appeared in a major title match only once: he was the challenger for the Meijin title in 2017. He earned the right to challenge 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 ... for the title by winning the 2016-2017 Class A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shintarō Saitō
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan. He is a former Ōza title holder. Early life and apprentice professional Shintarō Saitō was born on April 21, 1993, in Nara. He learned how to play the game from reading books written by Yoshiharu Habu, and as a third-grade elementary school student played his future mentor shogi professional Mamoru Hatakeyama for the first time in an instructional game. As a fourth-grade student, Saitō personally wrote Hatakeyama asking for formal instruction, and formally entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū in September 2004 under the latter's guidance. Saitō steadily progressed as an apprentice professional, reaching 1-dan in November 2006 and entering the 43rd 3-dan League in April 2008; his progress, however, slowed and it took him eight seasons of 3-dan League play before he was able to obtain professional status and the rank of 4-dan by winning the 50th 3-dan League with a record of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sennichite
''Sennichite'' (千日手, ''lit.'' "moves (for) a thousand days") or repetition draw is a rule in shogi stating that the game will end in a draw if the same position is repeated four times during a game as long as the repetitions do not involve checks. Explanation If the same game position occurs four times with the same player to move and the same pieces in hand for each player, then the game ends in ''sennichite'' iff the positions are not due to perpetual check. (Perpetual check is an illegal move, which ends the game in a loss in tournament play.) In professional shogi, a ''sennichite'' outcome is not a final result of a match as draws essentially do not count. There can be only one victorious through wins. This is a significant difference from western chess, in which a player can play specifically to obtain draws for gaining half points. In the case of ''sennichite'', professional shogi players will have to immediately play a subsequent game (or as many games as necessary) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisei (shogi)
is one of the eight major titles in Japanese professional shogi. The word ''Kisei'' means an excellent player of shogi or go and has been translated as "shogi saint" (棋 ''ki'' 'shogi player' + 聖 ''sei'' 'excellent person'). The Kisei tournament started in 1962. With the creation of the Kisei, there were five major title tournaments along with the Meijin, Tenth Dan (Ryūō), Ōshō, and Ōi titles. It was held twice a year until the year 1994. The challenger for Kisei title holder is determined by first, second, and final preliminary rounds. The player that wins three games out of five first in the championship will become the new Kisei title holder. Lifetime Kisei The title is awarded to a player who has won Kisei Championship five times. Active players may qualify for this title, but it is only officially awarded upon their retirement or death. The following professionals have qualified for this title: * Yasuharu Ōyama (deceased) * Makoto Nakahara (retired) * Kunio Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōshō (shogi)
is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi. The tournament is co-sponsored by Sports Nippon and the Mainichi Shimbun with additional support received from the . The word also refers to the piece called the "King" in shogi. History The tournament was first held in 1950 as a non-title tournament. The following year in 1951, it was elevated to major title status as the third major title along with the Meijin and Tenth Dan (later Ryūō) title tournaments. Format The tournament is open to all and takes place in four stages. The first and second preliminary rounds consist of multiple single-elimination tournaments in which the first round winners advance to compete against each other in the second round. The three winners of the second round tournaments then advance to a round-robin league called the "" along with four seeded players. The winner of the challenger league then advances to a best-of-seven championship match against the reigning Ōshō title holder. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winning Percentage
In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. The statistic is commonly used in standings or rankings to compare teams or individuals. It is defined as wins divided by the total number of matches played (i.e. wins plus draws plus losses). A draw counts as a win. : \text = \cdot100\% Discussion For example, if a team's season record is 30 wins and 20 losses, the winning percentage would be 60% or 0.600: : 60\% = \cdot100\% If a team's season record is 30–15–5 (i.e. it has won thirty games, lost fifteen and tied five times), and in the five tie games are counted as 2 wins, and so the team has an adjusted record of 32 wins, resulting in a 65% or winning percentage for the fifty total games from: : 65\% = \cdot100\% In North America, winning percentages are expressed as decimal values to three decimal places. It is the same value, but without the last step of multiplying by 100% in the formula above. Furthermore, they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Nakagawa
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan. He is a former executive director of the Japan Shogi Association. Early life Daisuke Nakagawa was born in Sendai, Japan on July 13, 1968. As a junior high school, he won the in 1982, and the following year was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional Kunio Yonenaga. He was promoted to 1-dan in 1985, and was awarded full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1987. Shogi professional Promotion history Nakagawa's promotion history is as follows: * 6-kyū: 1983 * 1-dan: 1985 * 4-dan: October 19, 1987 * 5-dan: November 27, 1990 * 6-dan: June 28, 1994 * 7-dan: October 20, 2000 * 8-dan: December 11, 2009 Titles and other championships Nakagawa has won one non-major-title championship during his career: the 11th tournament in 1987. Awards and honors Nakagawa received the JSA's "Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award" in December 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Newspapers In Japan
The first dailies were established in Japan in 1870. In 2018 the number of the newspapers was 103 in the country. Below is a list of newspapers published in Japan. (See also Japanese newspapers.) Big five national newspapers in Japan includes: ''The Asahi Shimbun'', ''Yomiuri Shimbun'', ''Mainichi Shimbun'', ''Nihon Keizai Shimbun'', and ''Sankei Shimbun''. National papers Big six * ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' (daily) 6,860,222 * ''The Asahi Shimbun'' (daily) 4,298,513 * ''Chunichi Shimbun'' / ''Tokyo Shimbun'' (daily) 2 ,321,414 * ''Mainichi Shimbun'' (daily) 1,933,714 * ''Nihon Keizai Shimbun'' (daily) 1,753,877 * ''Sankei Shimbun'' (daily) 1,026,293 Hokkaido Block papers of Hokkaido * ''Hokkaido Shimbun'' Regional papers of Hokkaido * Sorachi ** ''Kitasorachi Shimbun'' ( Fukagawa) ** ''Press Sorachi'' (Takikawa) * Shiribeshi ** ''Otaru Shimpō'' (Otaru) * Iburi ** ''Muroran Mimpō'' (Muroran) ** ''Tomakomai Mimpō'' (Tomakomai) * Hidaka ** ''Hidaka Hōchi Shimbun'' ( Ur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihito Hirose
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan. He is a former :Ryūō and Ōi title holder, and is also the first shogi professional to win a major title while attending university. Early life and education Hirose was born in Kōtō, Tokyo on January 18, 1987. He first started playing shogi around the age of four because his father and older brother played the game. His family moved to Sapporo, Hokkaido due to his father's job and he lived there from elementary school grades three through six. While living in Sapporo, Hirose began studying under some members of the Hokkaido Shogi Association and polishing his skills at local shogi clubs before officially entering the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as protegee of shogi professional in 1998 while he was a sixth-grade elementary student. For roughly his first year as a shogi apprentice, Hirose commuted by plane twice monthly from Sapporo to the Japan Shogi Association's headquarters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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