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Shuji Satoh

Player No.	196
Rank	8-dan
Date of birth	Jun 8, 1967
Birthplace	Miyagi
Teacher	Makoto Nakahara 16th Lifetime Meijin

Junisen terms36

Career record186W-169L

Win rate0.524

Deviation score (FY2025)32.8

Best deviation score64.2
FY1994

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
85th term	Class C2	48	1W-4L
84th term	Class C2	32	2W-8L	Demerit	32.8
83rd term	Class C2	34	5W-5L		45.1
82nd term	Class C2	23	4W-6L		47.8
81st term	Class C2	1	5W-5L		47.0
80th term	Class C1	34	3W-7L	Relegated	40.3
79th term	Class C1	27	2W-8L	Demerit	40.4
78th term	Class C1	17	4W-6L		50.6
77th term	Class C1	16	5W-5L		45.0
76th term	Class C1	18	5W-5L		44.5
75th term	Class C1	23	5W-5L	Demerit cleared	42.6
74th term	Class C1	30	5W-5L		50.4
73rd term	Class C1	17	3W-7L	Demerit	45.6
72nd term	Class C1	21	5W-5L		50.0
71st term	Class C1	22	4W-6L		49.2
70th term	Class C1	2	4W-6L		52.4
69th term	Class B2	23	2W-8L	Relegated	46.8
68th term	Class B2	7	3W-7L	Demerit	43.5
67th term	Class B2	5	6W-4L		52.3
66th term	Class B2	3	6W-4L		48.1
65th term	Class B2	3	7W-3L		59.6
64th term	Class B2	4	6W-4L		56.3
63rd term	Class B2	15	7W-3L		44.4
62nd term	Class B2	11	4W-6L		51.4
61st term	Class B2	12	5W-5L		46.9
60th term	Class B2	19	5W-5L		52.3
59th term	Class C1	5	8W-2L	Promoted	56.0
58th term	Class C1	5	7W-3L		55.6
57th term	Class C1	19	8W-2L		56.4
56th term	Class C2	5	9W-1L	Promoted	59.8
55th term	Class C2	11	7W-3L		54.4
54th term	Class C2	5	6W-4L		53.8
53rd term	Class C2	20	9W-1L		64.2
52nd term	Class C2	18	6W-4L		50.6
51st term	Class C2	12	6W-4L		54.7
50th term	Class C2	51	7W-3L		54.3

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class B2	10 terms
Class C1	14 terms
Class C2	12 terms

Promotion history

Jul 31, 2020	8-dan
Dec 10, 2007	7-dan
Jul 9, 1999	6-dan
Oct 11, 1994	5-dan
Oct 1, 1990	4-dan
1983	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Sep 16, 1994 Oi-sen
200 wins	Jul 7, 1998 Kisei-sen
300 wins	Jul 16, 2004 Junisen
400 wins	Jul 26, 2010 Asahi Cup
500 wins	Oct 25, 2016 Junisen
600 wins	Mar 4, 2024 Ryuo-sen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Feb 15, 2000	Tadahisa Maruyama 1980	Kachinuki-sen
Jun 17, 2001	Koichi Fukaura 1932	NHK Cup
Aug 19, 2001	Tadahisa Maruyama 1902	NHK Cup
Nov 17, 2006	Masataka Goda 1900	Asahi Open
May 31, 2007	Chikara Akutsu 1894	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

Ichiro Hiura	14W-5L	Head-to-head
Daisuke Nakagawa	8W-10L	Head-to-head
Manabu Senzaki	5W-10L	Head-to-head
Koichi Fukaura	4W-11L	Head-to-head
Keiichi Sanada	9W-5L	Head-to-head
Hiroki Iizuka	9W-5L	Head-to-head
Kosuke Tamura	11W-3L	Head-to-head
Yasuaki Tsukada	8W-5L	Head-to-head
Taku Morishita	5W-8L	Head-to-head
Eisaku Tomioka	7W-6L	Head-to-head
木下浩一	9W-4L	Head-to-head
Hisashi Namekata	4W-9L	Head-to-head

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