Kensuke Kitahama
{{Short description|Japanese shogi player}}
{{Infobox shogi professional
|name = Kensuke Kitahama
|native_name = 北浜健介
|image = File:Kitahama kensuke shogi.jpg
|caption = Kitahama at a November 2019 {{ill|human shogi|ja|人間将棋}} event in Himeji, Japan.
|born = {{birth date and age|1975|12|28|mf=yes}}
|hometown = Ebina, Kanagawa
|nationality = Japanese
|pro_date = {{event date and age|1994|4|01|1975|12|28}}
|badge_no = 211
|teacher = {{ill|Yoshimasa Saeki|ja|佐伯昌優}}
|rank = 8-dan
|teacher_rank = 9-dan
|meijinclass = B2
|ryuoclass = 5
|jsa = 211
}}
{{nihongo|Kensuke Kitahama|北浜 健介|Kitahama Kensuke|born December 28, 1975}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/211.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 北浜健介|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Kitahama Kensuke|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Kensuke Kitahama|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 28, 2018}}
Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship
Kensuke Kitahama was born in Ebina, Kanagawa on December 28, 1975.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/211.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 北浜健介|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Kitahama Kensuke|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Kensuke Kitahama|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 22, 2018}} As a sixth-grade elementary school student, he finished runner-up to Kōsuke Tamura in the {{ill|12th Elementary Student Meijin Tournament|ja|小学生将棋名人戦}} in 1987.{{cite news|last=Goto|first=Genki|url=http://www.asahi.com/shougi/kansenki/TKY200909230110.html|script-title=ja:金内アマ, 2回戦で敗退|title=Kaneuchi Ama, Nikaisen de Haitai|language=ja|trans-title=Amateur shogi player Kaneuchi loses in 2nd round|date=August 1, 2009|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=May 22, 2018}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NoIRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA37|script-title=ja:現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [上] あ-た|title=Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Jō] A-Ta Gyō|language=ja|trans-title=2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [First volume] Letter "A" to Letter "Ta"|page=37|year=2015|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|access-date=May 22, 2018}}
In September 1988, Kitahama entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the sponsorship of shogi professional {{ill|Yoshimasa Saeki|ja|佐伯昌優}}. He was promoted to 1-dan in 1992 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1994.{{cite magazine|author=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UEcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA558|script-title=ja:棋士名鑑: 八段 北浜 健介|title=Kishi Meikan: Hachidan Kitahama Kensuke|language=ja|trans-title=Player Directory: Kensuke Kitahama 8-dan|magazine=平成26年版 将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition)|year=2014|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|isbn=978-4-8399-5175-7|access-date=May 22, 2018}}
Shogi professional
=Promotion history=
The promotion history for Kitahama is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/211.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 北浜健介 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Kitahama Kensuke Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Kensuke Kitahama Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 22, 2018}}
- 6-kyū: 1988
- 1-dan: 1992
- 4-dan: April 1, 1994
- 5-dan: April 1, 1996
- 6-dan: April 1, 1998
- 7-dan: April 1, 2003
- 8-dan: March 7, 2013
Personal life
Kitahama graduated from Waseda University in 2000.{{cite news|last=Murakami|first=Kōji|url=http://www.asahi.com/shougi/open22/h21/03.html|script-title=ja:第22回朝日オープン将棋選手権 観戦記|title=Dai Nijūnikai Asahi Ōpun Shōgi Senshuken Kansenki|language=ja|trans-title=22nd Asahi Open Tournament Game Report|date=February 27, 2004|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=May 31, 2024}}
References
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External links
- ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/44 Professional Player Info · Kitahama, Kensuke]
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Category:Japanese shogi players
Category:Japan Shogi Association players
Category:Waseda University alumni
Category:Shogi players from Kanagawa Prefecture
Category:People from Ebina, Kanagawa
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