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Ōi (shogi)
is one of the eight major titles in professional shogi, and it means "the king's rank" (王 ''ō'' 'king' + 位 ''i'' 'rank, position'). Background 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. Format 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 players: regular professional and women's professional. All regular professional shogi players are members of the Japan Shogi Association (JSA). However, only regular professional players, who are as of yet all male, are considered to be full-fledged members. Women's professional players belong to groups distinct from regular professional players. In Japanese, the term 棋士 ''kishi'' only refers to regular professional players to the exclusion of women's professionals, who are termed 女流棋士 ''joryū kishi.'' History During the Edo period (1603-1868), shogi followed an iemoto system centered around three families (schools): the , the and the . Titles such as Meijin were hereditary and could only be held by members of these three fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osamu Katsuura
is a masculine Japanese given name. Written forms 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 *, Japanese actor *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese politician *, Japanese author *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese politician *, Japanese physicist, phonetician and linguist *, Japanese film director *, Japanese cinematographer *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese former professional baseball player *, Japanese biochemist, physiologist and military physician *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese television personality *, Japanese former baseball player *, Japanese former footballer *, Mongolian-born Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese tennis player *, Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunio Naitō
is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9- dan. Shogi professional Promotion history The promotion history for Naitō is as follows: * 6-kyū: 1954 * 1-dan: 1956 * 4-dan: October 1, 1958 * 5-Dan: April 1, 1961 * 6-dan: April 1, 1962 * 7-dan: April 1, 1963 * 8-dan: April 1, 1967 * 9-dan: February 4, 1974 * Retired: March 31, 2015 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 org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunio Yonenaga
was a Japanese professional shogi player and president of Japan Shogi Association from May 2005 to December 18, 2012. He received an honorary title Lifetime Kisei due to his remarkable results in the Kisei title tournament. He was 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 the 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 Masculine giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuyuki Ōuchi
was a 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: * 6-kyū: 1954 * 1-dan: 1958 * 4-dan: Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michio Ariyoshi
was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9- dan. He authored a Tsume shogi book titled "Tsume shogi 121 sen(詰将棋121選)". Shogi professional 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 oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Futakami
was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9- dan. He is a former president 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 ... as well as a former Kisei and Ōshō title holder. References External links *Shogi FanWords of Habu at Futakami’s farewell Japanese shogi players Japan Shogi Association players Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class Professional shogi players from Hokkaido Kisei (shogi) Ōshō 1932 births 2016 deaths People from Hakodate Presidents of the Japan Shogi Association {{authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hifumi Katō
is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-Dan (rank)#Modern usage in shogi, dan. He is a former Meijin (shogi), Meijin, Ryūō#History, Tenth Dan, Ōi (shogi), Ōi, Kiō and Ōshō (shogi), Ōshō major title holder. He also held the record for being the youngest to have been awarded Professional shogi player#Professional players, regular professional status at age 14 years and 7 months until Sōta Fujii broke it at age 14 years and 2 months in 2016. Since his given name is written using with the kanji characters for the numbers "one","two" and "three", Katō is known to his fans by the nickname . Shogi professional Playing style Katō is known for playing aggressive Climbing Silver strategies. He received a Kōzō Masuda#Kōzō Masuda Award, Masuda Special Award in 2017 for his innovations to this strategy over his career. Additionally, the Double Fortress#Katō variation, Katō variation (加藤流 ''katō-ryū'') of the Double Fortress op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
