Akira Watanabe

Profile

Akira Watanabe 9-dan
Native name	渡辺明
Date of Birth	23 April 1984
Place of Birth	Katsushika Ward, Tokyo City
Teacher	Kazuharu Shoshi 7-dan
Ryuo group	Group 1 (18 terms in group 1 or above)
Junni class	Class A (13 terms in class A or above)

Title history

Title	Terms won	Terms in title match	Notes
Ryuo	11 terms (terms 17-25, 28-29)	13 terms (terms 17-26, 28-30)	Lifetime Ryuo
Meijin	3 terms (terms 78-80)	4 terms (terms 78-81)
Oza	1 term (term 59)	3 terms (terms 51, 59-60)
Kio	10 terms (terms 38-47)	12 terms (terms 36, 38-48)	Lifetime Kio
Osho	5 terms (terms 62-63, 68-70)	7 terms (terms 62-64, 68-71)
Kisei	1 term (term 90)	5 terms (terms 78, 84, 90-92)

Non-title championships

Tournament	Wins
Asahi Open	1 title (term 6)
Ginga	4 titles (terms 13, 15, 19, 22)
Daiwa Securities Cup	1 title (term 2)
NHK Cup	1 title (term 62)
JT Cup	3 titles (terms 35, 39-40)
Shinjin-O	1 title (term 36)

Promotion history

Rank	Date
6-kyu	1994
1-dan	1997
4-dan	1 April 2000
5-dan	1 April 2003
6-dan	1 October 2004
7-dan	1 October 2005
8-dan	17 November 2005
9-dan	30 November 2005

Annual Shogi Awards

Term	Season	Awards
30	2002	Rookie of the year
31	2003	Fighting Spirit Award
32	2004	Outstanding Player
33	2005	Excellent Player - Most games won
34	2006	Fighting Spirit Award
36	2008	Excellent Player - Game of the Year
38	2010	Excellent Player - Most games played
39	2011	Excellent Player - Game of the Year
40	2012	MVP - Game of the Year
43	2015	Excellent Player - Game of the Year
45	2017	Game of the Year
46	2018	Excellent player - Longest win streak
47	2019	MVP
48	2020	Excellent Player - Game of the Year
49	2021	Excellent Player
50	2022	Excellent Player

Links

Akira Watanabe | Kishi Database