Michio Takahashi
Michio Takahashi | |
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Native name | |
Born | April 23, 1960 |
Hometown | Tokyo Metropolis |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | June 4, 1980 | (aged 20)
Badge Number | 142 |
Rank | 9-dan |
Teacher | Yūji Sase (Honorary 9-dan) |
Major titles won | 5 |
Tournaments won | 3 |
Meijin class | C2 |
Ryūō class | 3 |
Notable students | |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Michio Takahashi (
Early life and apprenticeship[edit]
Takahashi was born on April 23, 1960, in Tokyo.[1] He learned how to play shogi when he was twelve years old, and entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school when he was fifteen years old at the rank of 6-kyū as a protegee of shogi professional Yūji Sase in 1975.[2]
Takahashi was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1977 and then 3-dan in 1979 before obtaining full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in June 1980.[2]
Shogi professional[edit]
Takahashi is a member of the so-called Shōwa 55 group (55
Promotion history[edit]
Takahashi's promotion history is as follows:[4]
- 6-kyū: 1975
- 1-dan: 1977
- 4-dan: June 4, 1980
- 5-dan: April 1, 1982
- 6-dan: April 1, 1984
- 7-dan: November 17, 1986
- 8-dan: April 1, 1989
- 9-dan: April 1, 1990
Titles and other championships[edit]
Takahashi has appeared in major title matches a total of ten times and has won five titles.[5] In addition to major titles, he has won three other shogi championships during his career.[6]
Major titles[edit]
Title | Years | Number of times overall |
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Ōi | 1983, 1985–86 | 3 |
Kiō | 1986 | 1 |
*Tenth Dan[a] | 1997 | 1 |
Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held.
Other championships[edit]
Tournament | Years | Number of times |
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Nihon Series | 1988 | 1 |
*Tenno-sen | 1986, 1992 | 2 |
Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held.
Awards and honors[edit]
Takahashi received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best New Player" (1983), the "Technique Award" (1985), "Player of the Year" (1986) and "Most Games Played" (1987).[7] He also received the association's "Shogi Honor Award" in 2000 for winning 600 official games, the "25 Years Service Award" in 2005 for being an active professional for twenty-five years, and the "Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award" in 2014 for winning 800 official games.[8]
Year-end prize money and game fee ranking[edit]
Takahashi has finished in the "Top 10" of the JSA's year-end prize money and game fee rankings four times since 1993. His highest finish came in 1996 when he finished fourth.[9]
Year | Amount | Rank |
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1994 | ¥22,310,000 | 8th |
1995 | ¥9,660,000 | 9th |
1996 | ¥31,110,000 | 4th |
1997 | ¥19,240,000 | 10th |
- Note: All amounts are given in Japanese yen and include prize money and fees earned from official tournaments and games held from January 1 to December 31.
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Kishi Dētabēsu: Takahashi Michio"
棋士 データベース:高橋 道雄 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Michio Takahashi] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018. - ^ a b c Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Jō] A-Ta Gyō
現役 プロ棋士 データブック2016 [上 ] あ-た [2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [First volume] Letter "A" to Letter "Ta"] (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2015. p. 70. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via Google Books. - ^ Naoe, Ametsugu (January 18, 2017). "Nakamura Osamu Ichimon wo Goshōkai!"
中村 修 一門 をご紹介 ! [Introducing the Osamu Nakamura "shogi family"!] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018. - ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Takahashi Michio Shōdan Rireki"
棋士 データベース:高橋 道雄 昇段 履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Michio Takahashi Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 26, 2019. - ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Takahashi Michio Taitoru Rireki"
棋士 データベース:高橋 道雄 タイトル履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Michio Takahashi Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 26, 2019. - ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Takahashi Michio Yūshō Rireki"
棋士 データベース:高橋 道雄 優勝 履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Michio Takahashi Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 26, 2019. - ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Takahashi Michio Shōgi Taishō"
棋士 データベース:高橋 道雄 将棋 大賞 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Michio Takahashi Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 26, 2019. - ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Takahashi Michio Sonota Hyōshō"
棋士 データベース:高橋 道雄 その他 表彰 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Michio Takahashi Other Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 26, 2019. - ^ "Nenkan Kakutoku Shōkin・Taikyokuryō TOP10"
年間 獲得 賞金 ・対局 料 TOP10 [Annual Prize Money/Game Fees Top 10] (in Japanese). Kishi-mania. Archived from the original on May 23, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2019.