Kazuo Sugimoto

Kazuo Sugimoto
Native name	杉本和陽
Born	(1991-09-01) September 1, 1991 (age 33)
Hometown	Ōta, Tokyo
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 2017(2017-04-01) (aged 25)
Badge Number	310
Rank	5-dan
Teacher	Kunio Yonenaga (9-dan)
Meijin class	C2
Ryūō class	4
Websites
JSA profile page

Kazuo Sugimoto (杉本 和陽, Sugimoto Kazuo, born September 1, 1991) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship

Sugimoto was born in Ōta, Tokyo on September 1, 1991.^[1] He learned how to play shogi from watching his father (an amateur 2-dan) play.^[2] As a sixth-grade student at Tamagawa Elementary School in 2003, Sugimoto won the 28th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament [ja], defeating fellow future professional Takuya Ishida in the semi-finals.^[3][4]

Later in 2003, Sugimoto entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Kunio Yonenaga.^[2] He was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in 2008 and obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2017 after finishing second to Nishida in the 60th 3-dan League (October 2016 – March 2017) with a record of 12 wins and 6 losses.^[2][5]

Shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history for Sugimoto is as follows.^[6]

• 6-kyū: September 2003
• 3-dan: October 2008
• 4-dan: April 1, 2017
• 5-dan: July 8, 2021

References

1. "Kishi Dētabēsu: Sugimoto Kazuo" 棋士データベース: 杉本和陽 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuo Sugimoto] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
2. "Shinyondan Tanjō no Oshirase" 新四段誕生のお知らせ [New 4-dans announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 4, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
3. "Dai Nijūhakkai Shōgakusei Meijinsen [Kesshō Tōnamento/Kesshō Taikai]" 第28回小学生名人戦 [決勝トーナメント/決勝大会] [28th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament: Championship Tournament and Final 4] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2003. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
4. "Dai Nijūhakkai Shōgakusei Meijinsen: Daihyō Ichiran" 第28回小学生名人戦 [代表選手一覧] [28th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament: Participants list] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2003. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
5. "Dai Rokujūkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisenjūrokunen Jūgatsu kara Nisenjūnananen Sangatsu" 第60回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2016年10月～2017年3月 [60th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2016 to March 2017] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
6. "Kishi Dētabēsu: Sugimoto Kazuo Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 杉本和陽 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuo Sugimoto Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved October 19, 2022.

External links

• ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Sugimoto, Kazuya