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Michio Takahashi

Player No.	142
Rank	9-dan
Date of birth	Apr 23, 1960
Birthplace	Tokyo
Teacher	Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms46

Career record226W-238L

Win rate0.487

Deviation score (FY2025)34.9

Best deviation score71.5
FY1986

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
85th term	Class C2	50	1W-4L
84th term	Class C2	47	2W-8L	Demerit	34.9
83rd term	Class C2	1	2W-8L	Demerit	33.6
82nd term	Class C1	28	2W-8L	Relegated	33.9
81st term	Class C1	5	2W-8L	Demerit	39.3
80th term	Class C1	14	7W-3L		47.1
79th term	Class C1	25	6W-4L		46.1
78th term	Class C1	11	4W-6L		42.6
77th term	Class C1	17	6W-4L		46.0
76th term	Class C1	22	5W-5L		45.1
75th term	Class C1	5	4W-6L		42.0
74th term	Class B2	25	2W-8L	Relegated	46.0
73rd term	Class B2	2	2W-8L	Demerit	44.2
72nd term	Class B1	1	1W-11L	Relegated	54.2
71st term	Class A	8	2W-7L	Relegated	51.9
70th term	Class A	3	2W-7L		53.3
69th term	Class A	2	5W-4L		57.2
68th term	Class A	9	6W-3L		53.6
67th term	Class B1	3	8W-4L	Promoted	63.1
66th term	Class B1	3	7W-5L		57.6
65th term	Class B1	11	8W-4L		58.4
64th term	Class B1	2	4W-8L		48.9
63rd term	Class A	10	1W-8L	Relegated	49.8
62nd term	Class B1	11	9W-3L	Promoted	60.9
61st term	Class B1	6	2W-9L		47.2
60th term	Class B1	5	7W-5L		58.6
59th term	Class B1	7	7W-5L		63.6
58th term	Class B1	5	5W-6L		50.2
57th term	Class B1	1	5W-6L		60.2
56th term	Class A	9	1W-8L	Relegated	58.6
55th term	Class B1	1	9W-3L	Promoted	65.0
54th term	Class A	5	3W-6L	Relegated	60.8
53rd term	Class A	4	4W-5L		63.5
52nd term	Class A	2	4W-5L		63.4
51st term	Class A	1	6W-3L		63.9
50th term	Class A	6	6W-3L	Challenger	67.7
49th term	Class A	2	4W-5L		57.4
48th term	Class A	10	6W-3L		65.7
47th term	Class B1	11	8W-3L	Promoted	65.5
46th term	Class B2	20	10W-0L	Promoted	66.8
45th term	Class C1	7	9W-1L	Promoted	71.5
44th term	Class C1	3	6W-4L		69.1
43rd term	Class C1	13	7W-3L		60.6
42nd term	Class C1	6	4W-6L		61.0
41st term	Class C1	17	6W-4L		60.7
40th term	Class C2	24	9W-1L	Promoted	62.6

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Titles won

Oi-sen	3 terms (terms 24, 26, 27)
Kio-sen	1 terms (12th term)

Ryuo-sen and Eio-sen from 2007 only; others are all-time records.

Terms in each class

Class A	13 terms
Class B1	13 terms
Class B2	3 terms
Class C1	13 terms
Class C2	4 terms

Promotion history

Apr 1, 1990	9-dan
Apr 1, 1989	8-dan
Nov 17, 1986	7-dan
Apr 1, 1984	6-dan
Apr 1, 1982	5-dan
Jun 4, 1980	4-dan
1977	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Jul 26, 1983 Oi-sen
200 wins	Jul 24, 1986 Kio-sen
300 wins	Nov 22, 1988 Oi-sen
400 wins	Jul 31, 1992 Osho-sen
500 wins	Sep 11, 1996 Kisei-sen
600 wins	Mar 12, 2001 NHK Cup
700 wins	Aug 21, 2007 Kisei-sen
800 wins	Mar 25, 2015 Ryuo-sen
900 wins	Aug 5, 2025 Asahi Cup

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Sep 28, 1996	Yoshiharu Habu 2039	Hayazashi-sen
Jul 3, 2006	Yasumitsu Satoh 1991	Ginga-sen
Oct 31, 1997	Koji Tanigawa 1976	Osho-sen
Sep 8, 2002	Toshiyuki Moriuchi 1975	Hayazashi-sen
Jan 13, 1992	Koji Tanigawa 1972	NHK Cup

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

Koji Tanigawa	28W-33L	Head-to-head
Makoto Nakahara	14W-29L	Head-to-head
Akira Shima	22W-21L	Head-to-head
Taku Morishita	23W-18L	Head-to-head
Yasuaki Tsukada	14W-21L	Head-to-head
Hifumi Katoh	19W-13L	Head-to-head
Osamu Nakamura	20W-11L	Head-to-head
Yoshikazu Minami	15W-15L	Head-to-head
Torahiko Tanaka	12W-17L	Head-to-head
Yasumitsu Satoh	11W-18L	Head-to-head
Kunio Yonenaga	15W-11L	Head-to-head
Yoshiharu Habu	2W-23L	Head-to-head

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