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 8-

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. He is a former holder of the Ōi title.

Promotion history

The promotion history for Sugai is as follows: * 6-

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: September 29, 2004 * 4-dan: April 1, 2010 * 5-dan: August 21, 2011 * 6-dan: March 10, 2015 * 7-dan: November 5, 2015 * 8-dan: January 23, 2020

Titles and other championships

Sugai's has appeared in two major title matches to date. His first appearance came in 2017 when he defeated

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to win the 58th Ōi title. The following year, however, he was unable to successfully defend his title against

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, losing the 59th Ōi title match 4 games to 3. In addition to the 58th Ōi title, Sugai has won four other shogi championships during his career: the 5th in 2011, the 46th in 2015, the 29th in 2021, and the 15th in 2021.

Awards and honors

Sugai has received the following Japan Shogi Association

Annual Shogi Awards The Annual Shogi Awards (将棋大賞 ''shōgi taishō'') are a number of prizes awarded yearly by the Japan Shogi Association to professional and amateur shogi players who have achieved particular success. The first Annual Shogi Awards were pre ...

: "Best New Player" (2011), "Best Winning Percentage" (2014), "Most Games Won" (2014), “ Kōzō Masuda Award” (2014), and "Fighting-spirit" (2021).

Year-end prize money and game fee ranking

Sugai has finished in the "Top 10" of the JSA's four times: 7th with JPY 23,630,000 in earnings in 2017; 9th with JPY 21,930,000 in earnings in 2018; 10th with JPY 16,740,000 in earnings in 2021; and 7th with JPY 19,700,000 in earnings in 2022.

References

External links

*ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Sugai, Tatsuya
*Shogi Fan
Sugai Tatsuya steals the Oui title from HabuRyūkikai
- Official Sugai supporters' website *人生0手の読み

· lists some of Sugai's novelty opening innovations

· novelty

Third File Rook In shogi, Third File Rook (三間飛車 ''sangenbisha'' or ''sankenbisha'') is a class of Ranging Rook openings in which the rook is positioned on the third file if played by White or the seventh file if played by Black. Types There are two ba ...

opening
Habu vs Sugai 2017 August 29 Ōi match
· novelty

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