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Yoshikazu Minami

Player No.	147
Rank	9-dan
Date of birth	Jun 8, 1963
Birthplace	Osaka
Teacher	Akira Kinoshita 7-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms42

Career record204W-221L

Win rate0.480

Deviation score (FY2022)23.3

Best deviation score70.0
FY1987

Rating history and all games →

Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
81st term	Class C2	46	1W-9L	Demerit	23.3
80th term	Class C2	41	3W-7L	Demerit	39.2
79th term	Class C2	26	3W-7L		38.7
78th term	Class C2	40	5W-5L		39.0
77th term	Class C2	36	3W-7L		46.5
76th term	Class C2	1	3W-7L		43.1
75th term	Class C1	36	3W-7L	Relegated	31.7
74th term	Class C1	23	3W-7L	Demerit	40.8
73rd term	Class C1	1	3W-7L		37.2
72nd term	Class B2	24	3W-7L	Relegated	44.8
71st term	Class B2	14	3W-7L	Demerit	39.9
70th term	Class B2	12	5W-5L		46.2
69th term	Class B2	14	5W-5L		53.8
68th term	Class B2	9	4W-6L		43.3
67th term	Class B2	15	6W-4L		47.6
66th term	Class B2	11	4W-6L		46.2
65th term	Class B2	4	5W-5L		54.0
64th term	Class B2	6	6W-4L		56.5
63rd term	Class B2	8	6W-4L		57.2
62nd term	Class B2	1	5W-5L		47.5
61st term	Class B1	10	1W-10L	Relegated	43.8
60th term	Class B1	4	3W-9L		46.6
59th term	Class B1	5	7W-5L		54.7
58th term	Class B1	3	6W-5L		52.1
57th term	Class B1	2	7W-4L		61.5
56th term	Class B1	4	7W-5L		61.9
55th term	Class B1	8	7W-5L		56.3
54th term	Class B1	2	5W-7L		59.5
53rd term	Class A	8	1W-8L	Relegated	57.2
52nd term	Class A	3	3W-6L		63.9
51st term	Class A	3	6W-3L		63.3
50th term	Class A	4	6W-3L		63.8
49th term	Class A	8	6W-3L		66.5
48th term	Class A	8	4W-5L		66.0
47th term	Class A	5	3W-6L		67.8
46th term	Class A	6	5W-4L		70.0
45th term	Class A	9	5W-4L		66.5
44th term	Class B1	11	9W-2L	Promoted	66.0
43rd term	Class B2	6	9W-1L	Promoted	63.0
42nd term	Class B2	18	7W-3L		55.6
41st term	Class C1	18	9W-1L	Promoted	65.8
40th term	Class C2	29	9W-1L	Promoted	58.0

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Titles won

Kisei-sen	2 terms (51th and 58th terms)
Kio-sen	2 terms (14th and 15th terms)
Osho-sen	3 terms (terms 37, 38, 40)

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

Terms in each class

Class A	9 terms
Class B1	9 terms
Class B2	13 terms
Class C1	4 terms
Class C2	7 terms

Promotion history

Feb 22, 1989	9-dan
Apr 1, 1986	8-dan
Apr 1, 1985	7-dan
Apr 1, 1983	6-dan
Apr 1, 1982	5-dan
Jan 19, 1981	4-dan
1978	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Jul 11, 1984 Renmei Cup
200 wins	Aug 5, 1987 Junisen
300 wins	Feb 5, 1990 Kachinuki-sen
400 wins	Jun 25, 1993 Kachinuki-sen
500 wins	Aug 29, 1997 Junisen
600 wins	Sep 4, 2003 Kisei-sen
700 wins	Sep 25, 2009 Junisen
800 wins	Jan 25, 2019 Ryuo-sen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Jun 12, 1998	Yoshiharu Habu 2028	Ryuo-sen
Jan 17, 1992	Koji Tanigawa 1964	Osho-sen
Oct 27, 1992	Yoshiharu Habu 1959	Osho-sen
Jan 23, 1992	Koji Tanigawa 1953	Kio-sen
Dec 15, 1997	Masataka Goda 1947	Kio-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

Koji Tanigawa	14W-34L	Head-to-head
Kiyozumi Kiriyama	23W-18L	Head-to-head
Kunio Naitou	20W-15L	Head-to-head
Kunio Yonenaga	21W-14L	Head-to-head
Bungo Fukusaki	25W-7L	Head-to-head
Keita Inoue	14W-18L	Head-to-head
Kenji Kobayashi	21W-10L	Head-to-head
Torahiko Tanaka	22W-9L	Head-to-head
Michio Takahashi	15W-15L	Head-to-head
Osamu Nakamura	18W-11L	Head-to-head
Hitoshige Awaji	17W-10L	Head-to-head
Makoto Nakahara	14W-12L	Head-to-head

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