Kashi: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |+Profile ! colspan="2" |Hifumi Kato 9-dan |- !Native name |加藤一二三 |- !Date of Birth |1 January 1940 |- !Place of Birth |Kama City, Fukuoka Prefecture |- !Teacher |Shoji Kenmochi 9-dan |} {| class="wikitable" |+Title history !Title !Terms won !Terms in title match |- |Meijin |1 term (term 40) |4 terms (terms 19, 32, 40-41) |- |10-dan |3 terms (terms 7, 19-20) |6 terms (terms 7-8, 15-16, 19-20) |- |Oi |1 term (term 25) |3 terms (terms 4,..."

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Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |+Profile ! colspan="2" |Hifumi Kato 9-dan |- !Native name |加藤一二三 |- !Date of Birth |1 January 1940 |- !Place of Birth |Kama City, Fukuoka Prefecture |- !Teacher |Shoji Kenmochi 9-dan |} {| class="wikitable" |+Title history !Title !Terms won !Terms in title match |- |Meijin |1 term (term 40) |4 terms (terms 19, 32, 40-41) |- |10-dan |3 terms (terms 7, 19-20) |6 terms (terms 7-8, 15-16, 19-20) |- |Oi |1 term (term 25) |3 terms (terms 4,..."

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{| class="wikitable"
|+Profile
! colspan="2" |Hifumi Kato 9-dan
|-
!Native name
|加藤一二三
|-
!Date of Birth
|1 January 1940
|-
!Place of Birth
|Kama City, Fukuoka Prefecture
|-
!Teacher
|[[Shoji Kenmochi]] 9-dan
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Title history
!Title
!Terms won
!Terms in title match
|-
|Meijin
|1 term (term 40)
|4 terms (terms 19, 32, 40-41)
|-
|10-dan
|3 terms (terms 7, 19-20)
|6 terms (terms 7-8, 15-16, 19-20)
|-
|Oi
|1 term (term 25)
|3 terms (terms 4, 25-26)
|-
|Kio
|2 terms (terms 2-3)
|3 terms (terms 2-4)
|-
|Osho
|1 term (term 28)
|5 terms (terms 11, 16-17, 28-29)
|-
|Kisei
|0 terms
|2 terms (terms 34, 39)
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Non-title championships
!Tournament
!Wins
|-
|Oza
|1 title (term 10)
|-
|NHK Cup
|7 titles (term 10, 16, 21, 23, 26, 31, 43)
|-
|Fast Shogi Championship
|3 titles (term 10, 15, 24)
|-
|JT Cup
|2 titles (term 4, 8)
|-
|Tenno
|1 title (term 1)
|-
|Meisho
|1 title (term 9)
|-
|Takamatsunomiya Prize Championship
|2 titles (terms 1, 9)
|-
|Japan's Best Cup
|2 titles (terms 2, 4)
|-
|4-5-6-dan Tournament
|1 title (term 1)
|-
|Fast Shogi Oi
|1 title (term 6)
|-
|Others
|1 title
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Promotion history
!Rank
!Date
|-
|3-kyu
|1951
|-
|1-dan
|1952
|-
|4-dan
|1 August 1954
|-
|5-dan
|1 April 1955
|-
|6-dan
|1 April 1956
|-
|7-dan
|1 April 1957
|-
|8-dan
|1 April 1958
|-
|9-dan
|3 November 1973
|-
|Retired
|20 June 2017
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Annual Shogi Awards
!Term
!Season
!Awards
|-
|4
|1976
|Most games won - Longest win streak - Technique Award
|-
|5
|1977
|Outstanding Player
|-
|6
|1978
|Outstanding Player
|-
|8
|1980
|Outstanding Player
|-
|9
|1981
|MVP - Longest win streak
|-
|12
|1984
|Most games won - Most games played
|-
|29
|2001
|Tokyo Shogi Reporters' Award
|-
|44
|2016
|Special Award - Special Kozo Masuda Award
|}

== Links ==
[https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/64.html Hifumi Kato | Kishi Database]
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