Kiyokazu Katsumata | |
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Native name | 勝又清和 |
Born | March 21, 1969 |
Hometown | Zama, Kanagawa |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 1995 | (aged 26)
Badge Number | 215 |
Rank | 7-dan |
Teacher | Kazuo Ishida (9-dan) |
Meijin class | Free |
Ryūō class | 6 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page | |
Kiyokazu Katsumata on X |
Kiyokazu Katsumata (勝又 清和, Katsumata Kiyokazu, born March 21, 1969) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Katsumata was born on March 21, 1969, in Zama, Kanagawa.[1] As a junior high school student, Katsumata won the 8th Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament in 1983.[2][3] Later that same year, he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Kazuo Ishida .[3] He was promoted to amateur professional 1-dan in 1986 and was awarded full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in April 1995.[3]
The promotion history for Katsumata is as follows:[4]