Shigeru Nakamura (renju player)

{{short description|Japanese Renju player}}

{{about|the Renju player|the karate instructor|Shigeru Nakamura (karate instructor)}}

{{nihongo|Shigeru Nakamura|中村 茂|Nakamura Shigeru; August 22, 1959}} is a Japanese renju player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.renju.net/people/20/|title=Shigeru Nakamura - Renju Player|website=renju.net|access-date=2023-04-30}} He won Renju World Championships in 1989{{Cite web|url=https://www.renju.net/tournament/78/|title=World Championship AT|last=|first=|date=|website=Renju.Net|publisher=|access-date=2023-04-30}} and 1991,{{Cite web|url=https://www.renju.net/tournament/77/|title=World Championship AT|last=|first=|date=|website=Renju.Net|publisher=|access-date=2023-04-30}} and Renju Team World Championships in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.renju.net/tournament/1243/|title=Team World Championship|last=|first=|date=|website=Renju.Net|publisher=|access-date=2023-04-30}} Up to 2020, he has been the Japan's Meijin title holder for 30 years.{{Cite web|url=http://renjusha.net/database/meijin/chousenTeai.html|title=連珠名人位挑戦手合い一覧表|last=|first=|date=|website=renjusha.net|publisher=|access-date=2017-08-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.renjusha.net/database/meijin/56(2018)/56meijinChousen.html|title=第56期名人位挑戦手合い(2018)|website=renjusha.net|access-date=2017-08-12}} In 2019, Nakamura was awarded the 7th Lifetime Meijin title by the Japanese Renju Federation.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-01|title=公益社団法人日本連珠社 永世名人・特別表彰者一覧|url=https://www.renjusha.net/renjusha/eiseiM-Hyoushou202008b.pdf|access-date=2021-03-15|website=公益社団法人日本連珠社}} Up to 2021, Nakamura has won the All Japan Renju Championship 8 times, and the Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament 14 times.{{Cite web|url=http://renjusha.net/kisen/kisenMain.html|title=主な棋戦|website=renjusha.net|language=ja|access-date=2018-10-20}} In 1999, Nakamura played a "match of two titans" against the Estonian world champion Ando Meritee. The match ended in a victory for Meritee with the score 3.5 - 2.5.{{Cite web|url=https://www.renju.net/tournament/71/|title=Match Meritee-Nakamura|website=renju.net|access-date=2023-04-30}}