Kazuharu Shoshi

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Akira Watanabe
Atsushi Miyata
Naohiro Ishida
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Manaka Inagawa
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Kazuharu Shoshi (所司和晴, Shoshi Kazuharu, born October 23, 1961) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.^[1]

Shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history for Shoshi is as follows:^[2]

5-kyū: 1978
1-dan: 1980
4-dan: June 27, 1985
5-dan: April 1, 1987
6-dan: October 29, 1992
7-dan: April 27, 2005

Awards and honors

Shoshi received the Japan Shogi Association's "25 Years Service Award" in 2010 for being an active professional for 25 years.^[3]

Publications

Shoshi has written several books on shogi, including a standard manual on shogi handicap opening theory.

— (2000). Koma Ochi Jōseki 駒落ち定跡 [Handicap Shogi Openings] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: [Mainichi Communications. ISBN 4-8197-0209-2.

Xiangqi

Shoshi also plays xiangqi representing Japan in world tournaments and won the first prize in 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2015 in the non-Chinese/Vietnamese category.^[4]

References

^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Shoshi Kazuharu" 棋士データベース: 所司和晴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuharu Shoshi] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Shoshi Kazuharu Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 所司和晴昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuharu Shoshi Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Shoshi Kazuharu Sonota Hyōshō" 棋士データベース:所司和晴その他表彰 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuharu Shoshi Other Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
^ "Shoshi Kazuharu All-Xiangqi games-01xq.com". www.01xq.com. Retrieved Mar 31, 2020.

External links

ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Shoshi, Kazuharu
Official website (in Japanese)

Active professional shogi players

9-dan

8-dan

7-dan

6-dan

5-dan

4-dan

Akihiro Ida
Mikio Kariyama
Naoki Koyama
Reo Koyama
Kanta Masegi
Kenta Miyajima
Saito Morimoto
Reo Okabe
Yūya Saitō
Yūjirō Takahashi
Hiroki Taniai
Kenshi Tokuda
Hirotoshi Ueno
Taiki Yamakawa
Tomoki Yokoyama

Current titleholders

Sōta Fujii (Ryūō, Meijin, Ōi, Ōza, Kiō, Ōshō and Kisei)
Takumi Itō (Eiō)

Lifetime titleholders

Awarded	Kōji Tanigawa (Meijin)
Qualifying	Yoshiharu Habu (Kiō, Kisei, Meijin, Ōi, Ōshō, Ōza and Ryūō) Toshiyuki Moriuchi (Meijin) Yasumitsu Satō (Kisei) Akira Watanabe (Kiō and Ryūō)