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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] |
Ichinomiya, Aichi
is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The city is sometimes called Owarichinomiya to avoid confusion with other municipalities of the same name, including Ichinomiya (now part of the city of Toyokawa), Ichinomiya in Chiba Prefecture. , the city had an estimated population of 379,654 in 161,434 households, and a population density of 3,336 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Ichinomiya is situated in western Aichi Prefecture, bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the west. The Kiso River and the Gojō River both flow through the city. Climate The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Ichinomiya is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1833 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 28.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.2 °C. Demographics Per J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōta Kanai
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan. Early life Kanai was born on May 25, 1986, in Ageo, Saitama. He learned how to play shogi from his grandfather when he was about six years old. In August 1999, he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional . He was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in 2003, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2007 after the tying for first place with Masayuki Toyoshima in the 40th 3-dan League (October 2006March 2007) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses. Kanai had a record of three wins and four losses after seven games in the 40th 3-dan League before winning his next eleven games to gain professional status. Promotion history Kanai's promotion history is as follows: * 6-kyū: 1999 * 4-dan: April 1, 2007 * 5-dan: March 9, 2010 * 6-dan: March 9, 2016 Titles and other championships Kanai's only appearance to date in a major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishinippon Shimbun
The is a Japanese language daily newspaper published by the . As of 2022, it had a circulation of about 467,000 (total of morning and evening editions). It is headquartered in Fukuoka, which accounts for the bulk of its circulation, and is also sold throughout Kyūshū. History ''Nishinippon Shimbun'' began in 1877 as the ''Chikushi Shimbun'' to report the Seinan Civil War. In 1880 it became the ''Fukuoka Nichi-Nichi Shimbun'' and then in 1942, during the Pacific War, it joined with ''Kyushu Hodo'' to form the ''Nishinippon Shimbun''. Domestic network ''Nishinippon Shimbun'' is the largest regional newspaper in Kyushu. Its reporters network covers all of Kyushu. In addition to its main office in Fukuoka City, it has 65 local offices in the 7 prefectures of Kyushu, and has Tokyo and Osaka branches. Foreign correspondents network ''Nishinippon Shimbun'' has six foreign bureaus, in Washington, D.C., Paris, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul, and Bangkok. It has also had a writer progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyodo News
is a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato, Tokyo. It was established in November 1945 and it distributes news to almost all newspapers, and radio and television networks in Japan. The newspapers using its news have about 50 million subscribers. K. K. Kyodo News is Kyodo News' business arm, established in 1972.Shrivastava, K. M. (2007). ''News agencies from pigeon to internet.'' Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 208. . The subdivision Kyodo News International, founded in 1982, provides over 200 reports to international news media and is located in Rockefeller Center, New York City. Their online news site is in Japanese, Chinese ( Simplified and Traditional), Korean, and English. The agency employs over 1,000 journalists and photographers, and maintains news exchange agreements with over 70 international media outlets. Satoshi Ishikawa is the news agency's president. Kyodo News was formed by Furuno Inosuke, the president of the Domei News Agency, following the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankei Shimbun
The (short for ) is a daily newspaper in Japan published by the It has the seventh-highest circulation for regional newspapers in Japan. Among Japanese newspapers, the circulation is second only to ''Yomiuri Shimbun'', Seikyo Shimbun, ''Asahi Shimbun'', ''Chunichi Shimbun'', ''Mainichi Shimbun'', ''the Nikkei'', Nikkan Gendai, and Tokyo Sports. This newspaper is not actually a national newspaper, but a block newspaper whose publishing area is Kansai and Kanto. However, it was classified as a "national newspaper" by the reverse course policy of the business world (Keidanren). Corporate profile The ''Sankei Shimbun'' is part of the Fujisankei Communications Group and is 40% owned by Fuji Media Holdings. The company is also the owner of Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (OBC, Radio Osaka). History The ''Sankei Shimbun'' was created by the merger of two older newspapers: ''Jiji News'' and ''Nihon Kogyō Shimbun''. ''Jiji News'' was founded in 1882 by author, translator, and jour ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
Tadahisa Maruyama
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a former Meijin and Kiō title holder. Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship Maruyama was born in Kisarazu, Chiba on September 5, 1970. He won the 9th in 1984, and the following year entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a protegee of shogi professional . He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1986 and achieved professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1990. Shogi professional Maruyama's first tournament championship as a professional came in came in 1994 when he defeated Masataka Gōda 2 games to none to win the 25th tournament. Maruyama successfully defended his championship the following year by defeating Kōichi Fukaura 2 games to 1 in the 26th Shinjin-Ō match which made him the first person to win the tournament in consecutive years. Maruyama, however, was unable to repeat his success for a third consecutive year when he lost the 27th Shinjin-Ō matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainichi Shimbun
The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language news website called ''The Mainichi'' (previously ''Mainichi Daily News''), and publishes a bilingual news magazine, ''Mainichi Weekly''. It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine, ''Sunday Mainichi''. It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are the ''Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' and the '' Nihon Keizai Shimbun''. The Sankei Shimbun and The ''Chunichi Shimbun'' are not currently in the position of a national newspaper despite a large circulation for the both respectively. History The history of the ''Mainichi Shinbun'' began with the founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The ''Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun'' was founded first, in 1872. The ''Mainichi'' claims that it is the oldest existing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hifumi Katō
is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan. He is a former Meijin, Tenth Dan, Ōi, Kiō and Ōshō major title holder. He has the nicknames ''123'', is composed of the characters ja, 一, translit=hi, label=none, ja, 二, translit=fu, label=none, and ja, 三, translit=mi, label=none, the ja, kun'yomi, label=none readings for 'one', 'two', and 'three' respectively. and ひふみん ''Hifumin'' given by his fans. Katō had the record for the youngest professional player who went pro at 14 years and 7 months old until Sōta Fujii became professional in 2016 at age 14 years and 2 months. Shogi professional Playing style Katō is known for playing aggressive Climbing Silver strategies. He received a Masuda Special Award in 2017 for his innovations to this strategy over his career. Additionally, the Katō variation (加藤流 ''katō-ryū'') of the Double Fortress opening is named after him. Personal life Katō was baptized as a Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nikkei
''The Nikkei'', also known as , is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies. The Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has been calculated by the newspaper since 1950. It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are ''The Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' and the ''Mainichi Shimbun''. History The roots of the Nikkei started with an in-house newspaper department of Mitsui & Company in 1876 when it started publication of ''Chugai Bukka Shimpo'' (literally ''Domestic and Foreign Commodity Price Newspaper''), a weekly market-quotation bulletin. The department was spun out as the ''Shokyosha'' in 1882. The paper became daily (except Sunday) in 1885 and was renamed ''Chugai Shōgyō Shimpo'' in 1889. It was merged with ''Nikkan Kōgyō'' and ''Keizai Jiji'' and renamed ''Nihon Sangyō Keizai Shimbun'' in 1942. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
