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Kiyokazu Katsumata
Japanese shogi player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kiyokazu Katsumata (勝又 清和, Katsumata Kiyokazu; born March 21, 1969) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
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Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship
Katsumata was born on March 21, 1969, in Zama, Kanagawa.[1] As a junior high school student, Katsumata won the 8th Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament in 1983.[2][3] Later that same year, he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Kazuo Ishida .[3] He was promoted to amateur professional 1-dan in 1986 and was awarded full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in April 1995.[3]
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Shogi professional
Promotion history
The promotion history for Katsumata is as follows:[4]
- 6-kyū: 1983
- 1-dan: 1986
- 4-dan: April 1, 1995
- 5-dan: April 1, 1999
- 6-dan: March 13, 2007
- 7-dan: April 1, 2020
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