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Masahiko Urano

Player No.	162
Rank	8-dan
Date of birth	Mar 14, 1964
Birthplace	Osaka
Teacher	Sutekichi Nakai 8-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms33

Career record162W-170L

Win rate0.488

Deviation score (FY2025)37.8

Best deviation score59.9
FY1988

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
75th term	Class C2	3	0W-10L	Demerit	34.0
74th term	Class C1	34	2W-8L	Relegated	24.5
73rd term	Class C1	18	1W-9L	Demerit	40.0
72nd term	Class C1	25	5W-5L		34.9
71st term	Class C1	12	3W-7L		44.3
70th term	Class C1	24	6W-4L		40.5
69th term	Class C1	24	4W-6L		41.4
68th term	Class C1	1	3W-7L		38.7
67th term	Class B2	17	2W-8L	Relegated	36.8
66th term	Class B2	21	4W-6L		43.9
65th term	Class B2	7	3W-7L	Demerit	36.7
64th term	Class B2	10	6W-4L		45.6
63rd term	Class B2	13	5W-5L	Demerit cleared	43.8
62nd term	Class B2	21	5W-5L		53.6
61st term	Class B2	11	3W-7L	Demerit	42.9
60th term	Class B2	18	5W-5L		50.1
59th term	Class B2	4	3W-7L		39.2
58th term	Class B2	23	8W-2L	△→cleared	53.2
57th term	Class B2	9	2W-8L	Demerit	44.6
56th term	Class B2	1	5W-5L		56.7
55th term	Class B1	13	5W-7L	Relegated	49.5
54th term	Class B2	7	9W-1L	Promoted	58.9
53rd term	Class B2	11	6W-4L		46.4
52nd term	Class B2	10	5W-5L		51.4
51st term	Class B2	10	5W-5L		56.2
50th term	Class B2	4	5W-5L		52.5
49th term	Class B2	10	7W-3L		59.2
48th term	Class B2	20	6W-4L		57.0
47th term	Class C1	2	8W-2L	Promoted	59.9
46th term	Class C1	20	8W-2L		55.3
45th term	Class C2	12	10W-0L	Promoted	55.0
44th term	Class C2	8	6W-4L		55.4
43rd term	Class C2	43	7W-3L		55.8

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class B1	1 terms
Class B2	19 terms
Class C1	9 terms
Class C2	4 terms

Promotion history

Sep 14, 2012	8-dan
Apr 1, 1996	7-dan
Apr 1, 1989	6-dan
Apr 1, 1987	5-dan
Oct 19, 1983	4-dan
1980	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Jan 7, 1988 Tenno-sen
200 wins	Jan 28, 1992 Osho-sen
300 wins	Aug 22, 1997 Junisen
400 wins	Nov 18, 2005 Junisen
500 wins	Sep 15, 2017 Oza-sen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Oct 2, 1998	Koji Tanigawa 1971	All-Japan Pro
Nov 24, 1995	Tadahisa Maruyama 1897	Junisen
Jul 10, 1989	Koji Tanigawa 1894	NHK Cup
Sep 11, 1991	Toshiyuki Moriuchi 1877	Tenno-sen
Jul 26, 1991	Taku Morishita 1867	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 Waki	18W-17L	Head-to-head
Keiji Nishikawa	19W-11L	Head-to-head
Keita Inoue	8W-19L	Head-to-head
Kazuo Azuma	17W-7L	Head-to-head
Kenji Kobayashi	7W-16L	Head-to-head
Hiroshi Naganuma	8W-15L	Head-to-head
Naruyuki Hatakeyama	9W-14L	Head-to-head
Kozo Arimori	14W-8L	Head-to-head
Takashi Abe	7W-15L	Head-to-head
Kenji Kanzaki	10W-11L	Head-to-head
Kaishu Tanaka	14W-6L	Head-to-head
Kunio Naitou	7W-12L	Head-to-head

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