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Katsuhiko Murooka

Player No.	153
Rank	8-dan
Date of birth	Mar 21, 1959
Birthplace	Tokyo
Teacher	Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms30

Career record135W-165L

Win rate0.450

Deviation score (FY2011)29.8

Best deviation score55.1
FY1994

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
70th term	Class C2	39	1W-9L	Demerit	29.8
69th term	Class C2	32	1W-9L	Demerit	22.6
68th term	Class C2	21	4W-6L		37.9
67th term	Class C2	32	6W-4L		41.3
66th term	Class C2	30	3W-7L		37.4
65th term	Class C2	28	4W-6L		43.6
64th term	Class C2	11	4W-6L		38.4
63rd term	Class C2	3	6W-4L		43.9
62nd term	Class C1	21	1W-9L	Relegated	32.9
61st term	Class C1	24	4W-6L		42.5
60th term	Class C1	26	3W-7L		48.4
59th term	Class C1	13	3W-7L	Demerit	39.5
58th term	Class C1	19	5W-5L		44.2
57th term	Class C1	13	3W-7L		38.7
56th term	Class C1	7	4W-6L		42.0
55th term	Class C1	17	7W-3L		52.1
54th term	Class C1	5	4W-6L		43.6
53rd term	Class C1	11	7W-3L		55.1
52nd term	Class C1	16	6W-4L	△→cleared	49.0
51st term	Class C1	11	4W-6L	△	46.1
50th term	Class C1	16	5W-5L	△	47.8
49th term	Class C1	24	4W-6L	△	51.3
48th term	Class C1	5	2W-8L	Demerit	41.0
47th term	Class C1	3	7W-3L		52.6
46th term	Class C1	23	8W-2L	△→cleared	54.1
45th term	Class C1	11	2W-8L	Demerit	50.4
44th term	Class C1	19	6W-4L		52.3
43rd term	Class C2	4	9W-1L	Promoted	51.3
42nd term	Class C2	26	8W-2L		52.6
41st term	Class C2	39	4W-6L		50.3

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class C1	19 terms
Class C2	11 terms

Promotion history

Apr 1, 2023	8-dan
May 30, 2002	7-dan
May 22, 1991	6-dan
Apr 1, 1985	5-dan
Dec 16, 1981	4-dan
1977	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Oct 31, 1986 Kisei-sen
200 wins	Mar 27, 1992 Ryuo-sen
300 wins	Jan 24, 2000 Osho-sen
400 wins	Jun 16, 2009 Junisen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Dec 12, 1986	Yasuaki Tsukada 1870	Judan-sen
Sep 22, 1986	Makoto Nakahara 1867	Meisho-sen
May 24, 2000	Kazushiza Horiguchi 1846	Osho-sen
Feb 14, 1987	Yoshikazu Minami 1832	Kachinuki-sen
Feb 16, 2002	Nobuyuki Yashiki 1831	Ginga-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 Horiguchi	14W-11L	Head-to-head
Hiroshi Kamiya	7W-10L	Head-to-head
Akio Ishikawa	10W-6L	Head-to-head
Kenji Iino	9W-6L	Head-to-head
Masaki Izumi	8W-7L	Head-to-head
Yoshinori Satou	10W-4L	Head-to-head
Eiji Ooshima	6W-8L	Head-to-head
Ichiro Hiura	6W-8L	Head-to-head
小林宏	8W-6L	Head-to-head
Kazuharu Shoshi	5W-9L	Head-to-head
Hisashi Ogura	1W-13L	Head-to-head
Toshihiko Kawaguchi	11W-2L	Head-to-head

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