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Shuji Muranaka

Player No.	253
Rank	7-dan
Date of birth	Mar 12, 1981
Birthplace	Tokyo
Teacher	Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms22

Career record121W-95L

Win rate0.560

Deviation score (FY2025)40.0

Best deviation score55.8
FY2008

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Deviation
85th term	Class C2	29	3W-3L
84th term	Class C2	12	5W-5L	40.0
83rd term	Class C2	7	7W-3L	54.9
82nd term	Class C2	37	8W-2L	54.6
81st term	Class C2	27	4W-6L	41.0
80th term	Class C2	27	5W-5L	45.6
79th term	Class C2	16	5W-5L	51.7
78th term	Class C2	13	6W-4L	55.2
77th term	Class C2	9	6W-4L	45.5
76th term	Class C2	16	7W-3L	50.8
75th term	Class C2	22	6W-4L	48.3
74th term	Class C2	10	5W-5L	44.2
73rd term	Class C2	38	7W-3L	48.8
72nd term	Class C2	25	3W-7L	49.4
71st term	Class C2	4	4W-6L	42.7
70th term	Class C2	32	8W-2L	52.7
69th term	Class C2	17	3W-7L	43.2
68th term	Class C2	4	5W-5L	50.6
67th term	Class C2	26	8W-2L	55.8
66th term	Class C2	28	5W-5L	49.7
65th term	Class C2	11	4W-6L	44.6
64th term	Class C2	42	7W-3L	55.0

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class C2	22 terms

Promotion history

Oct 4, 2019	7-dan
Oct 16, 2009	6-dan
Sep 15, 2009	5-dan
Oct 1, 2004	4-dan
1996	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Oct 20, 2009 Junisen
200 wins	Dec 20, 2016 Junisen
300 wins	Mar 3, 2023 Osho-sen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Jul 27, 2008	Kazuki Kimura 1900	NHK Cup
Oct 23, 2026	Yasuhiro Masuda 1862	Oi-sen
Jan 20, 2020	Daichi Sasaki 1859	Kisei-sen
Oct 12, 2005	Toshiaki Kubo 1845	Oi-sen
Mar 26, 2007	Daisuke Suzuki 1843	Osho-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

Shinya Satoh	6W-6L	Head-to-head
Yusuke Toyama	5W-7L	Head-to-head
Kiyokazu Katsumata	8W-3L	Head-to-head
Hideyuki Takano	5W-6L	Head-to-head
Hiroaki Yokoyama	5W-5L	Head-to-head
Issei Takazaki	6W-4L	Head-to-head
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto	7W-2L	Head-to-head
Sakio Chiba	3W-6L	Head-to-head
Akira Nishio	3W-6L	Head-to-head
Hiroshi Okazaki	5W-3L	Head-to-head
Norihiro Yagura	3W-5L	Head-to-head
Makoto Chuza	2W-6L	Head-to-head

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