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Hiroto Kiritani

Player No.	120
Rank	8-dan
Date of birth	Oct 15, 1949
Birthplace	Hiroshima
Teacher	Kozo Masuda4th Meijin (merit era) (deceased)

Junisen terms20

Career record81W-119L

Win rate0.405

Deviation score (FY1996)32.7

Best deviation score53.5
FY1983

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
55th term	Class C2	46	3W-7L	Relegated	32.7
54th term	Class C2	31	1W-9L	△Demerit	36.5
53rd term	Class C2	32	4W-6L	△	39.0
52nd term	Class C2	39	4W-6L	△	43.5
51st term	Class C2	42	4W-6L	△	42.5
50th term	Class C2	49	4W-6L	△	42.7
49th term	Class C2	37	0W-10L	Demerit	35.7
48th term	Class C2	34	4W-6L		46.2
47th term	Class C2	26	4W-6L		43.4
46th term	Class C2	36	5W-5L		41.4
45th term	Class C2	17	3W-7L		45.4
44th term	Class C2	34	6W-4L		45.6
43rd term	Class C2	11	3W-7L		43.6
42nd term	Class C2	28	7W-3L		53.5
41st term	Class C2	3	3W-7L		42.3
40th term	Class C2	16	8W-2L		49.6
39th term	Class C2	11	4W-6L		48.3
38th term	Class C2	14	5W-5L		36.3
37th term	Class C2	21	5W-5L		46.3
36th term	Class C2	17	4W-6L		41.6

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class C2	20 terms

Promotion history

Apr 1, 2025	8-dan
Apr 1, 2005	7-dan
Dec 5, 1990	6-dan
Nov 17, 1982	5-dan
Jul 14, 1975	4-dan
1970	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Dec 23, 1982 Junisen
200 wins	Mar 1, 1989 NHK Cup
300 wins	Jun 7, 2001 Kisei-sen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Jul 13, 1976	Nobuyuki Oouchi 1854	Hayazashi-sen
Oct 11, 1988	Toshiyuki Moriuchi 1828	Oi-sen
Apr 22, 1986	Hifumi Katoh 1804	Meisho-sen
Apr 5, 2005	Atsushi Miyata 1802	Osho-sen
Dec 22, 1981	Nobuyuki Oouchi 1783	Judan-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

Kinji Shiihashi	15W-8L	Head-to-head
Shuuichi Ikeda	8W-9L	Head-to-head
Haruo Numa	8W-7L	Head-to-head
Kenji Iino	6W-7L	Head-to-head
Tsuneo Kikuchi	5W-8L	Head-to-head
Ichirou Tanabe	4W-8L	Head-to-head
Toshihiko Kawaguchi	5W-7L	Head-to-head
Koji Tosa	2W-10L	Head-to-head
Eiji Ooshima	8W-4L	Head-to-head
Masaki Izumi	5W-7L	Head-to-head
Yoshito Arino	6W-5L	Head-to-head
Masamitsu Tachi	5W-6L	Head-to-head

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