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Yoshinori Kimura

Player No.	82
Rank	9-dan
Date of birth	May 2, 1935
Birthplace	Tokyo
Teacher	Jirou Katou Honorary 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms28

Career record154W-145L

Win rate0.515

Deviation score (FY1990)39.0

Best deviation score57.7
FY1964

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
49th term	Class B2	7	2W-8L	Demerit	39.0
48th term	Class B2	10	6W-4L		42.7
47th term	Class B2	7	5W-5L		42.4
46th term	Class B2	10	6W-4L		47.3
45th term	Class B2	4	5W-5L		47.0
44th term	Class B2	21	7W-3L	△→cleared	45.4
43rd term	Class B2	9	3W-7L	Demerit	48.9
42nd term	Class B2	9	5W-5L		46.0
41st term	Class B2	2	5W-5L		48.8
40th term	Class B1	2	1W-11L	Relegated	44.5
39th term	Class A	9	0W-9L	Relegated	57.5
38th term	Class B1	13	10W-2L	Promoted	52.1
37th term	Class B2	13	7W-3L	Promoted	55.2
36th term	Class B2	14	4W-6L
30th term	Class B2	7	4W-6L		50.0
29th term	Class B2	6	6W-4L		47.6
28th term	Class B2	16	7W-3L	△→cleared	55.4
27th term	Class B2	5	3W-7L	Demerit	45.2
26th term	Class B2	1	4W-4L		52.2
25th term	Class B1	13	1W-10L	Relegated	36.5
24th term	Class B2	4	10W-2L	Promoted	54.3
23rd term	Class B2	14	8W-4L		52.4
22nd term	Class C1	5	9W-3L	Promoted	52.6
21st term	Class C1	13	6W-6L		48.4
20th term	Class C2	6	9W-3L	Promoted	50.1
19th term	Class C2	1	6W-6L		57.7
18th term	Class C2	6	8W-4L
17th term	Class C2	12	7W-6L

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class A	1 terms
Class B1	3 terms
Class B2	18 terms
Class C1	2 terms
Class C2	4 terms

Promotion history

Apr 2000	9-dan
1980	8-dan
1970	7-dan
1968	6-dan
1966	5-dan
1961	4-dan
1959	3-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Dec 23, 1968 Junisen
200 wins	Mar 12, 1976 Junisen
300 wins	Jul 20, 1983 Junisen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

May 8, 1981	Kunio Yonenaga 1911	Oza-sen
Dec 8, 1986	Yoshikazu Minami 1906	Tenno-sen
Jan 30, 1981	Hidemitsu Moriyasu 1839	Kisei-sen
Nov 13, 1967	Makoto Nakahara 1835	Junisen
Sep 3, 1980	Osamu Katsuura 1833	Kachinuki-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

Kaishu Tanaka	15W-17L	Head-to-head
Hiromitsu Takashima	14W-13L	Head-to-head
Susumu Itaya	8W-17L	Head-to-head
Kiyozumi Kiriyama	4W-19L	Head-to-head
Eiji Oohara	11W-6L	Head-to-head
Toshikatsu Yoshida	11W-6L	Head-to-head
Hitoshige Awaji	7W-8L	Head-to-head
Michio Ariyoshi	2W-12L	Head-to-head
Fumio Kitamura	10W-4L	Head-to-head
Yasuo Date	10W-4L	Head-to-head
Hidemitsu Moriyasu	3W-11L	Head-to-head
Keizou Hoshida	9W-4L	Head-to-head

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