Hiroshi Naganuma
{{Short description|Japanese shogi player}}
{{Infobox shogi professional
|name = Hiroshi Naganuma
|native_name = 長沼洋
|born = {{birth date and age|1965|2|08|mf=yes}}
|hometown = Gifu Prefecture
|nationality =
|pro_date = {{death date and age|1986|07|21|1965|02|08}}
|retirementdate = {{event date and age|2025|05|01|1965|02|08}}
|wins = 598
|losses = 627
|badge_no = 178
|teacher = {{ill|Kaishū Tanaka|ja|田中魁秀}}
|rank = 8-dan
|teacher_rank = 9-dan
|meijinclass =
|ryuoclass =
|jsa = 178
}}
{{nihongo|Hiroshi Naganuma|長沼 洋|Naganuma Hiroshi|born February 8, 1965}} is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan.
Early life and apprenticeship
Naganuma was born on February 8, 1965, in Gifu Prefecture.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/178.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 長沼洋|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Naganuma Hiroshi|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Hiroshi Naganuma|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 14, 2019}} He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 5-kyū in 1979 under the guidance of shogi professional {{ill|Kaishū Tanaka|ja|田中魁秀}}.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bWVDCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA17|script-title=ja:現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [下] た-わ行|title=Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Ge] Ta-Wa Gyō|language=ja|trans-title=2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [Last volume] Letter "Ta" to letter "Wa"|year=2015|page=17|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|asin=B019SSNKVA|access-date=May 14, 2019}}{{cite magazine|author=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UEcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA563|script-title=ja:棋士名鑑: 七段 長沼 洋|title=Kishi Meikan: Shichidan Naganuma Hiroshi|language=ja|trans-title=Player Directory: Hiroshi Naganuma 7-dan|magazine=平成26年版 将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition)|page=563|year=2014|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|isbn=978-4-8399-5175-7|access-date=May 14, 2019}} He was promoted to the rank or 1-dan in 1981, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in July 1986.
Shogi professional
=Playing style=
Naganuma is known for a utilitarian playing style which prioritorizes material advantages over positional ones. For this reason, he has been nicknamed the {{nihongo|駒取り坊主|Komatori Bōzu}} where komatori refers to "shogi piece capturing" and bōzu refers to a "Buddhist monk".
On April 1, 2025, the {{abbrv|JSA|Japan Shogi Association}} announced Naganuma had met the conditions for mandatory retirement for "Free Class" players and his retirement would become official upon completion of his final scheduled game of the 2025{{ndash}}2024 shogi season.{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2025/04/post_2517.html|script-title=ja:昇段･引退･休場棋士のお知らせ|title=Shōdan･Intai･Kyūjo Kishi no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title= Player promotions, retirements and leaves of absence|date=April 1, 2025|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 8, 2025}} Naganuma's retirement became official upon losing to Kenji Kanzaki on May 1, 2025, in a 38th Ryūō Group 6 game.{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2025/05/post_2529.html|script-title=ja:長沼洋八段が引退|title=Naganuma Hiroshi Hachidan ga Intai|language=ja|trans-title=Hiroshi Naganuma 8-dan retires|date=May 2, 2025|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 8, 2025}} He finished his career with a record of 598 wins and 627 losses for a winning percentage of 0.488.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/game/record/all.html|url-status=unfit|script-title=ja:通算成績|title=Tsūsan Seiseki|language=ja|trans-title=Career Records|date=May 1, 2025|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502064145/https://www.shogi.or.jp/game/record/all.html|archive-date=May 2, 2025|access-date=May 8, 2025}}
=Promotion history=
Naganuma's promotion history is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/178.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 長沼洋 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Naganuma Hiroshi Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Hiroshi Naganuma Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 8, 2025}}
- 5-kyū: 1979
- 1-dan: 1981
- 4-dan: July 21, 1986
- 5-dan: July 31, 1991
- 6-dan: November 7, 1997
- 7-dan: January 26, 2006
- 8-dan: August 31, 2020
- Retired: May 1, 2025
=Awards and honors=
In 2011, Naganuma received the Japan Shogi Association's "25 Years Service Award" in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/178.html#anc04|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 長沼洋 その他表彰|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Naganuma Hiroshi Sonota Hyōshō|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Hiroshi Naganuma Other Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 14, 2019}}
References
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External links
- ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/66 Professional Player Info · Naganuma, Hiroshi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128021306/http://shogihub.com/players/66 |date=2018-01-28 }}
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