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Taku Morishita

Player No.	161
Rank	9-dan
Date of birth	Jul 10, 1966
Birthplace	Fukuoka
Teacher	Motoji Hanamura 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms43

Career record220W-205L

Win rate0.518

Deviation score (FY2025)29.1

Best deviation score71.1
FY1994

Rating history and all games →

Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
85th term	Class C2	52	1W-4L
84th term	Class C2	39	1W-9L	Demerit	29.1
83rd term	Class C2	23	4W-6L		40.8
82nd term	Class C2	17	5W-5L		40.5
81st term	Class C2	2	6W-4L		48.4
80th term	Class C1	27	2W-8L	Relegated	34.3
79th term	Class C1	33	4W-6L		49.8
78th term	Class C1	9	3W-7L	Demerit	43.8
77th term	Class C1	1	6W-4L		50.6
76th term	Class B2	25	3W-7L	Relegated	44.0
75th term	Class B2	15	1W-9L	Demerit	40.3
74th term	Class B2	20	5W-5L		51.6
73rd term	Class B2	8	3W-7L		48.9
72nd term	Class B2	10	6W-4L		55.2
71st term	Class B2	11	5W-5L		53.0
70th term	Class B2	23	6W-4L	Demerit cleared	52.7
69th term	Class B2	7	2W-8L	Demerit	48.6
68th term	Class B2	2	6W-4L		53.0
67th term	Class B1	10	4W-8L	Relegated	55.2
66th term	Class B1	10	5W-7L		56.1
65th term	Class B1	2	5W-7L		55.1
64th term	Class A	9	3W-6L	Relegated	66.9
63rd term	Class B1	5	9W-3L	Promoted	57.2
62nd term	Class B1	2	7W-5L		62.1
61st term	Class A	5	2W-7L	Relegated	59.3
60th term	Class A	6	5W-4L		59.3
59th term	Class A	4	4W-5L		61.9
58th term	Class A	5	5W-4L		68.1
57th term	Class A	4	3W-5L		60.4
56th term	Class A	3	5W-4L		63.0
55th term	Class A	2	5W-4L		62.9
54th term	Class A	1	6W-3L		64.3
53rd term	Class A	10	7W-2L	Challenger	71.1
52nd term	Class B1	11	8W-3L	Promoted	59.4
51st term	Class B2	5	9W-1L	Promoted	64.7
50th term	Class B2	19	7W-3L		69.5
49th term	Class C1	3	9W-1L	Promoted	69.9
48th term	Class C1	20	8W-2L		68.0
47th term	Class C2	5	9W-1L	Promoted	61.9
46th term	Class C2	3	7W-3L		67.6
45th term	Class C2	14	8W-2L		63.3
44th term	Class C2	22	6W-4L		52.9
43rd term	Class C2	42	5W-5L		57.0

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class A	10 terms
Class B1	6 terms
Class B2	11 terms
Class C1	6 terms
Class C2	10 terms

Promotion history

Dec 12, 2003	9-dan
Apr 1, 1994	8-dan
Jul 10, 1992	7-dan
Oct 3, 1989	6-dan
Jan 14, 1987	5-dan
Sep 21, 1983	4-dan
1981	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Dec 5, 1986 Judan-sen
200 wins	Apr 18, 1989 Ryuo-sen
300 wins	Mar 1, 1991 All-Japan Pro
400 wins	May 17, 1993 Ryuo-sen
500 wins	Oct 8, 1996 All-Japan Pro
600 wins	Sep 18, 2000 Kisei-sen
700 wins	Jul 3, 2005 JT Cup
800 wins	Aug 19, 2010 Asahi Cup
900 wins	Aug 23, 2017 Asahi Cup
1000 wins	Aug 28, 2025 Junisen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Jan 7, 2002	Yoshiharu Habu 2051	Junisen
Nov 18, 2000	Koji Tanigawa 2037	Hayazashi-sen
Dec 3, 2002	Yoshiharu Habu 2016	Junisen
Aug 25, 1998	Yoshiharu Habu 2015	Junisen
May 3, 1995	Yoshiharu Habu 2013	Meijin-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

Yoshiharu Habu	14W-39L	Head-to-head
Koji Tanigawa	14W-33L	Head-to-head
Akira Shima	31W-15L	Head-to-head
Yasumitsu Satoh	13W-33L	Head-to-head
Michio Takahashi	18W-23L	Head-to-head
Toshiyuki Moriuchi	11W-26L	Head-to-head
Masataka Goda	11W-23L	Head-to-head
Makoto Nakahara	16W-13L	Head-to-head
Teruichi Aono	20W-6L	Head-to-head
Keita Inoue	16W-10L	Head-to-head
Tadahisa Maruyama	14W-12L	Head-to-head
Osamu Nakamura	16W-9L	Head-to-head

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