Kazushiza Horiguchi | |
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Native name | 堀口一史座 |
Born | February 28, 1975 |
Hometown | Tokyo Metropolis |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 1996 | (aged 21)
Badge Number | 218 |
Rank | 8- dan |
Teacher | Hatasu Itō (8-dan) |
Tournaments won | 1 |
Meijin class | Free |
Ryūō class | 6 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Kazushiza Horiguchi (堀口 一史座, Horiguchi Kazushiza, born February 28, 1975) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8- dan.
Horiguchi was born in Tokyo Metropolis on February 28, 1975. [1] He learned shogi around the age of ten after seeing a shogi set at his grandparents' house. [2] Horiguchi entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school as a pupil of shogi professional Hatasu Itō at the rank of 6- kyū in 1988. He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1991, and entered the 3-dan League in 1993. [2]
Horiguchi came close to obtaining full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in the 17th 3-dan League (April 1995 – September 1995), but lost his last round game to future fellow professional Kimura Kazuki to miss out on promotion. The following league season, however, Horiguchi finished with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses in the 18th 3-dan League (October 1995 – April 1996) to win the league and earn promotion to the rank of 4-dan. [2] [3]
Horiguchi finished runner up in the 48th NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament (1998) and the 8th Ginga-sen (2000), losing in the finals both times to Yoshiharu Habu. He also finished runner up in the 30th Shinjin-Ō (1999), losing to Takeshi Fujii 2 games to none. [2] [3] [4]
Horiguchi's only shogi championship to date came in 2002 when he defeated Masataka Sugimoto 3 games to 1 to win the 20th Asahi Open ; he was, however, unable to defend his championship the following year, losing to Kōichi Fukaura by the same score in the finals of the 21st Asahi Open. [2] [3] [5] [6]
Horiguchi's promotion history is as follows: [7]
Horiguchi has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won one non-major title championship. [8]
Horiguchi won the Japan Shogi Association's Annual Shogi Award for "Best New Player" in 1991. [9]
Kazushiza Horiguchi | |
---|---|
Native name | 堀口一史座 |
Born | February 28, 1975 |
Hometown | Tokyo Metropolis |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 1996 | (aged 21)
Badge Number | 218 |
Rank | 8- dan |
Teacher | Hatasu Itō (8-dan) |
Tournaments won | 1 |
Meijin class | Free |
Ryūō class | 6 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Kazushiza Horiguchi (堀口 一史座, Horiguchi Kazushiza, born February 28, 1975) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8- dan.
Horiguchi was born in Tokyo Metropolis on February 28, 1975. [1] He learned shogi around the age of ten after seeing a shogi set at his grandparents' house. [2] Horiguchi entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school as a pupil of shogi professional Hatasu Itō at the rank of 6- kyū in 1988. He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1991, and entered the 3-dan League in 1993. [2]
Horiguchi came close to obtaining full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in the 17th 3-dan League (April 1995 – September 1995), but lost his last round game to future fellow professional Kimura Kazuki to miss out on promotion. The following league season, however, Horiguchi finished with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses in the 18th 3-dan League (October 1995 – April 1996) to win the league and earn promotion to the rank of 4-dan. [2] [3]
Horiguchi finished runner up in the 48th NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament (1998) and the 8th Ginga-sen (2000), losing in the finals both times to Yoshiharu Habu. He also finished runner up in the 30th Shinjin-Ō (1999), losing to Takeshi Fujii 2 games to none. [2] [3] [4]
Horiguchi's only shogi championship to date came in 2002 when he defeated Masataka Sugimoto 3 games to 1 to win the 20th Asahi Open ; he was, however, unable to defend his championship the following year, losing to Kōichi Fukaura by the same score in the finals of the 21st Asahi Open. [2] [3] [5] [6]
Horiguchi's promotion history is as follows: [7]
Horiguchi has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won one non-major title championship. [8]
Horiguchi won the Japan Shogi Association's Annual Shogi Award for "Best New Player" in 1991. [9]