is a Japanese

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 ...

ranked 7-

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. He is a former

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of the

Japan Shogi Association The , or JSA, is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan. The JSA sets the professional calendar, negotiates sponsorship and media promotion deals, helps organize tournaments and title matches, publishes shogi-related materia ...

Early life

Kitajima was born in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

on January 1, 1966. He entered the

's apprentice school in November 1980 at the rank 6-

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as a student of shogi professional . He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1983 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1995.

Shogi professional

Promotion history

Kitajima's promotion history is as follows: * 6-

: 1980 * 1-dan: 1983 * 4-dan: April 1, 1995 * 5-dan: June 3, 1999 * 6-dan: October 1, 2003 * 7-dan: August 14, 2014

JSA director

Tadajima is a former member of the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors, having served as a

from 2002 to 2004 and then again from 2011 to 2013.

References

External links

*ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Kitajima, Tadao
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