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Kazuo Azuma

Player No.	128
Rank	8-dan
Date of birth	Aug 17, 1955
Birthplace	Nagasaki
Teacher	Kazukiyo Takashima 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms31

Career record148W-162L

Win rate0.477

Deviation score (FY2007)38.4

Best deviation score59.2
FY1984

Rating history and all games →

Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
66th term	Class C2	40	4W-6L		38.4
65th term	Class C2	37	2W-8L	Demerit	38.9
64th term	Class C2	34	3W-7L	Demerit	31.5
63rd term	Class C2	4	3W-7L		34.7
62nd term	Class C1	22	0W-10L	Relegated	23.6
61st term	Class C1	28	4W-6L		32.6
60th term	Class C1	1	2W-8L	Demerit	30.8
59th term	Class B2	17	3W-7L	Relegated	39.2
58th term	Class B2	17	4W-6L	△	45.5
57th term	Class B2	24	4W-6L	△	42.6
56th term	Class B2	10	1W-9L	Demerit	32.6
55th term	Class B2	18	6W-4L		47.2
54th term	Class B2	3	3W-7L		36.2
53rd term	Class B2	16	8W-2L		52.5
52nd term	Class B2	7	3W-7L		42.0
51st term	Class B2	9	6W-4L		51.6
50th term	Class B2	16	6W-4L		46.4
49th term	Class B2	20	4W-6L		46.0
48th term	Class B2	4	3W-7L		50.9
47th term	Class B2	5	7W-3L		50.2
46th term	Class B2	5	6W-4L		54.6
45th term	Class B2	16	7W-3L		50.4
44th term	Class B2	8	4W-6L		49.4
43rd term	Class B2	18	6W-4L		59.2
42nd term	Class C1	3	9W-1L	Promoted	49.9
41st term	Class C1	2	6W-4L		50.5
40th term	Class C1	5	7W-3L		55.1
39th term	Class C1	17	7W-3L		56.4
38th term	Class C2	5	8W-2L	Promoted	54.7
37th term	Class C2	15	7W-3L		53.0
36th term	Class C2	29	5W-5L

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class B2	17 terms
Class C1	7 terms
Class C2	7 terms

Promotion history

Apr 1, 2015	8-dan
Dec 18, 1992	7-dan
Apr 1, 1984	6-dan
Apr 1, 1980	5-dan
Jul 16, 1976	4-dan
1974	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Jun 12, 1981 Kisei-sen
200 wins	Feb 7, 1986 Oi-sen
300 wins	Jul 31, 1992 Junisen
400 wins	Jul 2, 2004 Asahi Open

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Jan 21, 1994	Yasumitsu Satoh 1933	Junisen
Dec 6, 1984	Koji Tanigawa 1881	Kachinuki-sen
Jun 21, 1991	Yoshiharu Habu 1866	Junisen
Aug 31, 1981	Hidemitsu Moriyasu 1854	NHK Cup
Oct 7, 1988	Akira Shima 1835	Junisen

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

Kenji Kobayashi	12W-22L	Head-to-head
Kouichi Kodama	15W-14L	Head-to-head
Nobuo Mori	18W-10L	Head-to-head
Noboru Kosaka	10W-16L	Head-to-head
Keiji Nishikawa	6W-18L	Head-to-head
Masahiko Urano	7W-17L	Head-to-head
Michio Ariyoshi	6W-17L	Head-to-head
Kozo Arimori	10W-12L	Head-to-head
Kaishu Tanaka	8W-12L	Head-to-head
Bungo Fukusaki	8W-12L	Head-to-head
Kenji Kanzaki	3W-16L	Head-to-head
Akira Kinoshita	13W-5L	Head-to-head

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