Yasumitsu Sato

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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