Koji Tanigawa

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Koji Tanigawa 17th Lifetime Meijin
Native name 谷川浩司
Date of Birth 6 April 1962
Place of Birth Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Teacher Masakazu Wakamatsu 8-dan
Ryuo group Group 4 (22 terms in Group 1 or above)
Junni class Class B2 (32 terms in Class A or above)
Title history
Title Terms won Terms in title match Notes
Ryuo 4 terms (Terms 3-4, 9-10) 6 terms (Terms 3-5, 9-11)
Meijin 5 terms (Terms 41-42, 46-47, 55) 11 terms (Terms 41-43, 46-48, 55-57, 59, 64) 17th Lifetime Meijin
Oi 6 terms (Terms 28, 30-32, 43-44) 11 terms (Terms 28-33, 40-41, 43-45)
Oza 1 term (Term 38) 6 terms (Terms 33, 38-39, 41-42, 46)
Kio 3 terms (Terms 11, 13, 29) 7 terms (Terms 11-14, 18, 29-30)
Osho 4 terms (Terms 41-44) 7 terms (Terms 41-46, 50)
Kisei 4 terms (Terms 59-61, 70) 9 terms (Terms 44, 59-64, 70-71)
Non-title championships
Tournament Wins
All-Japan Pro Tournament 7 titles (Terms 2-4, 6, 13, 15, 18)
Ginga 1 title (Term 10)
NHK Cup 1 title (Term 35)
JT Cup 6 titles (Terms 10-11, 13, 17-18, 30)
Kachinuki-sen 3 titles (Terms 5, 7, 9)
Tenno-sen 2 titles (Terms 5, 7)
Young Lions 1 title (Term 2)
Meiki 1 title (Term 6)
Promotion history
Rank Date
5-kyu 1973
1-dan 1975
4-dan 20 December 1976
5-dan 1 April 1979
6-dan 1 April 1980
7-dan 1 April 1981
8-dan 1 April 1982
9-dan 1 April 1984
Annual Shogi Awards
Term Season Awards
6 1978 Rookie of the year
7 1979 Technique Award
9 1981 Technique Award
10 1982 Outstanding Performance Award
11 1983 Special Award
13 1985 MVP - Most games won - Most games played
14 1986 Most games won - Most games played
15 1987 MVP
18 1990 MVP
19 1991 MVP
22 1994 Special Award
24 1996 Most games played
25 1997 MVP
26 1998 Most games played
27 1999 Most games played
30 2002 Special Award
31 2003 Kozo Masuda Award
34 2006 Best Game

Links

Koji Tanigawa | Kishi Database