Yasumitsu Sato

Profile

Yasumitsu Satoh 9-dan
Native name	佐藤康光
Date of Birth	1 October 1969
Place of Birth	Yawata City, Kyoto Prefecture
Teacher	Kaishu Tanaka 9-dan
Ryuo group	Group 1 (29 terms in group 1 or above)
Junni class	Class B1 (26 terms in class A or above)

Title history

Title	Terms won	Terms in title match	Notes
Ryuo	1 term (term 6)	5 terms (terms 6-8, 19-20)
Meijin	2 terms (terms 56-57)	3 terms (terms 56-58)
Oi	0 terms	5 terms (terms 31, 38-39, 46-47)
Oza	0 terms	3 terms (terms 50, 53-54)
Kio	2 terms (terms 32-33)	6 terms (terms 24, 27, 32-35)
Osho	2 terms (terms 51, 61)	8 terms (terms 47, 49, 51-52, 55-56, 61-62)
Kisei	6 terms (terms 73-78)	7 terms (terms 73-79)	Lifetime Kisei

Non-title championships

Tournament	Wins
Ginga	3 titles (terms 11, 16, 18)
Daiwa Securities Cup	1 title (term 6)
NHK Cup	3 titles (terms 56-57, 66)
JT Cup	2 titles (terms 25, 27)
Rookies' Fast Shogi Tournament	2 titles (terms 9-10)
Kachinuki	1 title (term 19)

Promotion history

Rank	Date
6-kyu	December 1982
1-dan	July 1984
4-dan	25 March 1987
5-dan	1 April 1989
6-dan	25 March 1992
7-dan	1 October 1993
8-dan	1 April 1996
9-dan	18 June 1998

Annual Shogi Awards

Term	Season	Awards
18	1990	Rookie of the year
20	1992	Technique Award
21	1993	Most games won - Most games played - Longest win streak - Outstanding Player
23	1995	Technique Award
25	1997	Technique Award
26	1998	Outstanding Player
29	2001	Longest win streak - Technique Award
30	2002	Fighting Spirit Award
32	2004	Technique Award
33	2005	Fighting Spirit Award
34	2006	MVP - Most games played - Most games won - Kozo Masuda Award
35	2007	Excellent Player
37	2009	Game of the Year
39	2011	Kozo Masuda Award
44	2016	Game of the Year

Links

Yasumitsu Satoh | Kishi Database