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Yoshinori Satou

Player No.	106
Rank	9-dan
Date of birth	Feb 17, 1949
Birthplace	Tokyo
Teacher	Hirofumi Serizawa 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms27

Career record133W-135L

Win rate0.496

Deviation score (FY1998)35.7

Best deviation score63.6
FY1979

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
57th term	Class C2	41	2W-8L	△Demerit	35.7
56th term	Class C2	27	2W-8L	Demerit	38.0
55th term	Class C2	38	5W-5L		47.0
54th term	Class C2	2	3W-7L		38.6
53rd term	Class C1	15	2W-8L	Relegated	38.8
52nd term	Class C1	23	5W-5L	△	44.1
51st term	Class C1	9	2W-8L	Demerit	31.4
50th term	Class C1	12	5W-5L		43.9
49th term	Class C1	16	5W-5L		48.1
48th term	Class C1	12	4W-6L		44.3
47th term	Class C1	12	4W-6L		42.1
46th term	Class C1	2	4W-6L		39.7
45th term	Class C1	4	8W-2L		50.7
44th term	Class C1	11	7W-3L		58.7
43rd term	Class C1	4	4W-6L		50.7
42nd term	Class C1	1	7W-3L		50.8
41st term	Class B2	20	3W-7L	Relegated	50.8
40th term	Class B2	11	2W-8L	Demerit	47.8
39th term	Class B2	5	5W-5L		57.1
38th term	Class B2	13	7W-3L		63.6
37th term	Class B2	2	4W-6L		46.9
36th term	Class B2	4	7W-3L		50.0
30th term	Class B2	11	8W-2L		56.2
29th term	Class B2	15	5W-5L		50.6
28th term	Class C1	3	9W-1L	Promoted	51.1
27th term	Class C1	16	8W-2L		53.2
26th term	Class C2	12	6W-2L	Promoted	58.8

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class B2	8 terms
Class C1	14 terms
Class C2	5 terms

Promotion history

Apr 1, 2019	9-dan
Aug 18, 1998	8-dan
Apr 1, 1984	7-dan
Apr 1, 1974	6-dan
Apr 1, 1972	5-dan
Oct 1, 1970	4-dan
1970	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Jan 20, 1976 Meiki-sen
200 wins	May 22, 1981 Renmei Cup
300 wins	Jul 8, 1986 Junisen
400 wins	Jul 14, 1995 Oza-sen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Feb 3, 1981	Yasuharu Ooyama 1926	Judan-sen
Apr 25, 1980	Yasuharu Ooyama 1925	Kisei-sen
Nov 4, 1980	Kunio Yonenaga 1917	Kachinuki-sen
Sep 13, 1988	Yoshiharu Habu 1885	Junisen
Apr 13, 1979	Yasuharu Ooyama 1880	Kachinuki-sen

Career wins and ratings are counted from the games recorded on this site (official games from FY1964, and Junisen games before that) and may differ from official records.

Frequent opponents

Noboru Sakurai	12W-11L	Head-to-head
Terutaka Yasue	9W-11L	Head-to-head
Chimine Yamaguchi	13W-6L	Head-to-head
Shouji Kenmochi	11W-6L	Head-to-head
Hideo Yamaguchi	13W-4L	Head-to-head
Noboru Tamaru	10W-7L	Head-to-head
Toshio Miyata	12W-5L	Head-to-head
Toratsugu Nomoto	10W-6L	Head-to-head
Koji Horiguchi	8W-8L	Head-to-head
Yuji Sase	12W-3L	Head-to-head
Toshikatsu Yoshida	7W-8L	Head-to-head
Toshihiko Kawaguchi	9W-6L	Head-to-head

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