Kazuo Sugimoto

Kazuo Sugimoto
Kazuo Sugimoto
Native name	杉本和陽
Born	September 1, 1991 (age 33)
Hometown	Ōta, Tokyo
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 2017 (aged 25)
Badge Number	310
Rank	5-dan
Teacher	Kunio Yonenaga (9-dan)
Meijin class	C2
Ryūō class	4
Websites
	JSA profile page

Kazuo Sugimoto (杉本和陽, Sugimoto Kazuo, born September 1, 1991) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship

Sugimoto was born in Ōta, Tokyo on September 1, 1991.^[1] He learned how to play shogi from watching his father (an amateur 2-dan) play.^[2] As a sixth-grade student at Tamagawa Elementary School in 2003, Sugimoto won the 28th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament [ja], defeating fellow future professional Takuya Ishida in the semi-finals.^[3]^[4]

Later in 2003, Sugimoto entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Kunio Yonenaga.^[2] He was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in 2008 and obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2017 after finishing second to Nishida in the 60th 3-dan League (October 2016 – March 2017) with a record of 12 wins and 6 losses.^[2]^[5]

Shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history for Sugimoto is as follows.^[6]

6-kyū: September 2003
3-dan: October 2008
4-dan: April 1, 2017
5-dan: July 8, 2021

References

^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Sugimoto Kazuo" 棋士データベース: 杉本和陽 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuo Sugimoto] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Shinyondan Tanjō no Oshirase" 新四段誕生のお知らせ [New 4-dans announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 4, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
^ "Dai Nijūhakkai Shōgakusei Meijinsen [Kesshō Tōnamento/Kesshō Taikai]" 第28回小学生名人戦 [決勝トーナメント/決勝大会] [28th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament: Championship Tournament and Final 4] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2003. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
^ "Dai Nijūhakkai Shōgakusei Meijinsen: Daihyō Ichiran" 第28回小学生名人戦 [代表選手一覧] [28th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament: Participants list] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2003. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
^ "Dai Rokujūkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisenjūrokunen Jūgatsu kara Nisenjūnananen Sangatsu" 第60回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2016年10月～2017年3月 [60th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2016 to March 2017] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Sugimoto Kazuo Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 杉本和陽昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuo Sugimoto Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved October 19, 2022.

External links

ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Sugimoto, Kazuya

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[1] "Kishi Dētabēsu: Sugimoto Kazuo" 棋士データベース: 杉本和陽 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuo Sugimoto] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018.

[New4d-2] "Shinyondan Tanjō no Oshirase" 新四段誕生のお知らせ [New 4-dans announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 4, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2019.

[3] "Dai Nijūhakkai Shōgakusei Meijinsen [Kesshō Tōnamento/Kesshō Taikai]" 第28回小学生名人戦 [決勝トーナメント/決勝大会] [28th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament: Championship Tournament and Final 4] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2003. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

[4] "Dai Nijūhakkai Shōgakusei Meijinsen: Daihyō Ichiran" 第28回小学生名人戦 [代表選手一覧] [28th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament: Participants list] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2003. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

[5] "Dai Rokujūkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisenjūrokunen Jūgatsu kara Nisenjūnananen Sangatsu" 第60回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2016年10月～2017年3月 [60th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2016 to March 2017] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

[6] "Kishi Dētabēsu: Sugimoto Kazuo Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 杉本和陽昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuo Sugimoto Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved October 19, 2022.

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