Koji Tanigawa

Profile

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
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)
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