Ōi (shogi)

picture info	Ōi (shogi) is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi. The word means "the king's rank" (王 ''ō'' 'king' + 位 ''i'' 'rank, position'). The annual tournament started in 1960 sponsored by a group of local newspapers which has consisted of Shimbun Sansha Rengō (Three-Newspaper Association). With the addition of Ōi, there were four major shogi titles along with Meijin, Ninth Dan (Ryūō), and Ōshō. The challenger for the title is determined by three-step preliminary round that comprises 1st heat, league competition and final playoff. Top eight players in 1st heat and top four players of previous year are divided into two six-player leagues. Top one of each league advances to final playoff, and the winner of one-game match becomes the challenger. The player that wins four games out of seven first in the championship will become the new Ōi title holder. Each championship games assign players a six-hour playtime during two days. Lifetime Ōi is the title awarded to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Shogi , also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, ''chaturanga, Xiangqi'', Indian chess, and '' janggi''. ''Shōgi'' means general's (''shō'' ) board game (''gi'' ). Western chess is sometimes called (''Seiyō Shōgi'' ) in Japan. Shogi was the earliest chess-related historical game to allow captured pieces to be returned to the board by the capturing player. This drop rule is speculated to have been invented in the 15th century and possibly connected to the practice of 15th century mercenaries switching loyalties when captured instead of being killed. The earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the sixth century, and the game was likely transmitted to Japan via China or Korea sometime after the Nara period."Shogi". ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2002. Shogi in its present form was played as early as the 16th century, whi ... [...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-play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Keiji Mori Keiji (けいじ, ケイジ) is a Japanese given name usually used for males. Meaning varies depending on the kanji characters used. Possible writings Common kanji used include: * 啓司 * 啓治 * 圭二 * 圭司 * 慶次 * 慶治 * 敬二 * 敬治 * 佳司 * 佳次 People with the name * Keiji Fukuda (福田敬二) * Keiji Fujiwara (藤原啓治) * Keiji Furuya (古屋圭司) * Keiji Gotoh (後藤圭二) * Keiji Haino (灰野敬二) , Japanese swimmer Keiji Hirose (廣瀬佳司) * Keiji Inafune (稲船敬二) * Keiji Ishizuka (石塚啓次) * Keiji Kaimoto (海本慶治) * Keiji Kanno (-- --) * Keiji Kawamori (河盛慶次) * Keiji Koizumi * Keiji Kokuta (穀田恵二) * Kotomitsuki Keiji (琴光喜啓司) Keiji Kuroki (黒木啓司) Keiji Honda (本多圭司) * Keiji Nakazawa (中沢啓治) * Maeda Keiji (前田慶次) (AKA Maeda Toshimasu) , Japanese racing driver Keiji Mutoh (武藤敬司) , Japanese shogi player Keiji Nishitani (西谷 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Koji Tanigawa Koji, Kōji, Kohji or Kouji may refer to: Kōji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name Kōji (Heian period) (康治), Japanese era, 1142–1144 Kōji (Muromachi period) (弘治), Japanese era, 1555–1558 Koji orange, a Japanese citrus cultivar Andrew Koji Shiraki (born 1987), singer/songwriter known as ''Koji'' Koji, the software that builds RPM packages for the Fedora project ''Koji'', the common name of the fungus ''Aspergillus oryzae'' Koji, an interactive content creation tool from GoMeta See also Kojii, music project by Kojii Helnwein ''Coji-Coji'' (コジコジ), an anime series sometimes romanized ''Koji Koji'' Kōji mold Aspergillus oryzae ''Aspergillus oryzae'', also known as , is a filamentous fungus (a mold) used in East Asia to saccharify rice, sweet potato, and barley in the making of alcoholic beverages such as ''sake'' and ''shōchū'', and also to ferment soybeans for ma ... , a fungus used in East Asian fermentation {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Michio Takahashi is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9- dan. He is a former holder of the Tenth Dan, Ōi, and Kiō titles. Takahashi is a member of the so-called ''Shōwa 55'' group (55年組), a group of eight strong players that become professional in 1980–1981 ( Year 55 of the Shōwa period) and won numerous shogi tournaments. Others in the group include Yoshikazu Minami, Osamu Nakamura, Akira Shima, Yasuaki Tsukada, Hiroshi Kamiya, Masaki Izumi, and Yūji Yoda. Early life Takahashi was born on April 23, 1960, in Tokyo. He learned how to play shogi when he was twelve years old, and entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school when he was fifteen years old at the rank of 6-kyū as a protegee of shogi professional in 1975. Takahashi was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1977 and then 3-dan in 1979 before obtaining full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in June 1980. Promotion history Takahashi's promotion history is as follows: * 6-kyū: 1975 * 1- ... [...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 Osa ... [...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]
	Kunio Yonenaga was a Japanese professional shogi player and president of Japan Shogi Association (May, 2005 - December 18, 2012). He received an honorary title Lifetime Kisei due to his remarkable results in the Kisei title tournament. He is a former Meijin and 10- dan. Biography Yonenaga was born in Masuho, Yamanashi in 1943. He became a disciple of shogi professional Yūji Sase and moved to Tokyo to live with his teacher to become a professional. Yonenaga became a professional in 1963, and was promoted to 9 dan in 1979. Yonenaga was regarded as one of the best shogi players through the 1970s and 1980s. He won Kisei, his first titleholder championship in 1973 and dominated four of the seven shogi titles in 1984. He was awarded as Best Shogi Player of the Year thrice (1978, 1983 and 1984), though he had not won a Meijin title, then regarded the supreme tournament, for decades. He finally won Meijin in 1993 when he was 49 (the oldest on record), but he was defeated by Yoshiharu Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kazuyoshi Nishimura Kazuyoshi (written: 和良, 和美, 和喜, 和佳, 和慶, 和義, 和嘉, 和幸, 知良, 一義, 一吉, 一良, 一慶, 一巖 or 一嘉) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese politician , Japanese conductor , Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese ski jumper , Japanese racing driver and businessman , Japanese karateka , Japanese triple jumper , Japanese astronomer , Japanese politician , Japanese anime director , Japanese sumo wrestler , Japanese Buddhist scholar , Japanese Yakuza member , Japanese film director , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese businessman , Japanese footballer , Japanese politician , Japanese photographer , Japanese figure skater and coach , Japanese singer-songwriter , Japanese film director , Japanese politician , Japanese footballer , Japanese baseball player , Japanese anime director {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...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]
	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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]