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Kensuke Kitahama

Player No.	211
Rank	8-dan
Date of birth	Dec 28, 1975
Birthplace	Kanagawa
Teacher	Yoshimasa Saeki 9-dan

Junisen terms33

Career record180W-157L

Win rate0.534

Deviation score (FY2025)41.4

Best deviation score60.2
FY1997

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
85th term	Class B2	27	2W-3L
84th term	Class B2	14	1W-9L	Demerit	41.4
83rd term	Class B2	9	5W-5L		46.8
82nd term	Class B2	18	6W-4L		49.3
81st term	Class B2	17	4W-6L		44.2
80th term	Class B2	13	4W-6L		47.4
79th term	Class B2	18	5W-5L		50.8
78th term	Class B2	14	4W-6L		46.9
77th term	Class B2	2	4W-6L		50.8
76th term	Class B2	8	8W-2L		56.3
75th term	Class B2	11	6W-4L		56.8
74th term	Class B2	3	5W-5L		50.5
73rd term	Class B2	13	8W-2L		57.4
72nd term	Class B2	6	5W-5L		52.4
71st term	Class B2	3	6W-4L		55.9
70th term	Class B2	4	7W-3L		57.3
69th term	Class B2	6	7W-3L		54.6
68th term	Class B2	1	6W-4L		52.6
67th term	Class B1	8	4W-8L	Relegated	52.7
66th term	Class B1	9	6W-6L		51.4
65th term	Class B1	10	6W-6L		56.5
64th term	Class B1	10	5W-7L		57.0
63rd term	Class B1	4	5W-7L		53.9
62nd term	Class B1	13	8W-4L		57.4
61st term	Class B2	4	8W-2L	Promoted	56.0
60th term	Class B2	12	8W-2L		56.4
59th term	Class B2	15	5W-5L		54.9
58th term	Class B2	15	4W-6L		57.4
57th term	Class B2	20	4W-6L		52.7
56th term	Class C1	22	8W-2L	△Promoted	60.2
55th term	Class C1	20	2W-8L	Demerit	44.0
54th term	Class C2	35	10W-0L	Promoted	59.5
53rd term	Class C2	48	4W-6L		50.5

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class B1	6 terms
Class B2	23 terms
Class C1	2 terms
Class C2	2 terms

Promotion history

Mar 7, 2013	8-dan
Apr 1, 2003	7-dan
Apr 1, 1998	6-dan
Apr 1, 1996	5-dan
Apr 1, 1994	4-dan
1992	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Sep 28, 1998 NHK Cup
200 wins	Dec 12, 2002 Ryuo-sen
300 wins	Jan 24, 2008 Osho-sen
400 wins	Aug 1, 2013 Junisen
500 wins	Feb 14, 2019 Osho-sen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Aug 9, 2015	Yoshiharu Habu 2005	NHK Cup
Jun 12, 2015	Akira Watanabe 1977	Ginga-sen
Nov 23, 1998	Takeshi Fujii 1957	NHK Cup
Jul 20, 2007	Koichi Fukaura 1922	Junisen
Dec 17, 2018	Masayuki Toyoshima 1918	Asahi Cup

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

Daisuke Nakagawa	12W-9L	Head-to-head
Keita Inoue	5W-14L	Head-to-head
Taku Morishita	10W-9L	Head-to-head
Takashi Abe	8W-10L	Head-to-head
Daisuke Suzuki	5W-13L	Head-to-head
Takeshi Fujii	4W-13L	Head-to-head
Kazuki Kimura	4W-13L	Head-to-head
Yasuaki Murayama	7W-9L	Head-to-head
Manabu Senzaki	11W-4L	Head-to-head
Takayuki Yamasaki	4W-11L	Head-to-head
Mamoru Hatakeyama	5W-9L	Head-to-head
Masataka Sugimoto	10W-4L	Head-to-head

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