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Kunio Yonenaga

Player No.	85
Rank	9-dan
Date of birth	Jun 10, 1943
Birthplace	Yamanashi
Teacher	Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms33

Career record209W-111L

Win rate0.653

Deviation score (FY2002)50.5

Best deviation score75.4
FY1978

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
56th term	Class A	8	4W-5L		56.3
55th term	Class A	3	3W-6L		55.2
54th term	Class A	3	6W-3L		63.4
53rd term	Class A	1	6W-3L		63.2
51st term	Class A	7	8W-1L	Challenger	66.9
50th term	Class A	1	4W-5L		60.6
49th term	Class A	3	7W-2L	Challenger	61.7
48th term	Class A	1	5W-4L		64.4
47th term	Class A	2	7W-2L	Challenger	60.8
46th term	Class A	1	6W-3L		63.1
45th term	Class A	2	6W-3L	Challenger	65.2
44th term	Class A	4	6W-4L		71.6
43rd term	Class A	7	5W-3L		67.5
42nd term	Class A	4	4W-5L		69.6
41st term	Class A	4	4W-5L		69.6
40th term	Class A	2	5W-4L		65.9
39th term	Class A	1	6W-3L		72.0
38th term	Class A	1	8W-1L	Challenger	74.2
37th term	Class A	3	6W-3L	Challenger	75.4
36th term	Class A	1	4W-4L		64.7
30th term	Class A	4	8W-1L	Challenger	67.1
29th term	Class A	5	6W-4L		69.1
28th term	Class A	3	5W-5L		67.1
27th term	Class A	3	6W-4L		66.5
26th term	Class A	11	5W-3L		70.3
25th term	Class B1	5	8W-3L	Promoted	61.5
24th term	Class B1	13	8W-5L		65.4
23rd term	Class B2	1	11W-1L	Promoted	67.5
22nd term	Class B2	5	9W-3L		54.2
21st term	Class B2	17	8W-4L		49.4
20th term	Class C1	10	8W-2L	Promoted	62.9
19th term	Class C2	3	10W-2L	Promoted	61.8
18th term	Class C2	12	7W-5L

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Titles won

Meijin-sen	1 terms (51st term)
Oi-sen	1 terms (20th term)
Kisei-sen	7 terms (terms 22, 36, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
Kio-sen	5 terms (terms 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Osho-sen	3 terms (terms 32, 33, 39)

Ryuo-sen and Eio-sen from 2007 only; others are all-time records.

Terms in each class

Class A	26 terms (incl. 1 terms as Meijin)
Class B1	2 terms
Class B2	3 terms
Class C1	1 terms
Class C2	2 terms

Promotion history

Apr 1, 1979	9-dan
Apr 1, 1971	8-dan
Apr 1, 1969	7-dan
Apr 1, 1966	6-dan
Apr 1, 1965	5-dan
Apr 1, 1963	4-dan
1959	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Dec 20, 1968 Oi-sen
200 wins	Sep 22, 1972 NHK Cup
300 wins	Apr 7, 1975 Oza-sen
400 wins	Dec 5, 1977 Osho-sen
500 wins	May 9, 1980 Kisei-sen
600 wins	Sep 24, 1982 Meisho-sen
700 wins	Jan 7, 1985 Judan-sen
800 wins	Oct 12, 1987 Meisho-sen
900 wins	Jul 2, 1991 Junisen
1000 wins	Jul 4, 1995 All-Japan Pro

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Sep 22, 1996	Yoshiharu Habu 2049	JT Cup
Feb 20, 1995	Yoshiharu Habu 2030	NHK Cup
Feb 27, 1975	Makoto Nakahara 2002	Osho-sen
Dec 5, 1974	Makoto Nakahara 2002	Kisei-sen
Jan 14, 1998	Yoshiharu Habu 1997	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

Makoto Nakahara	81W-106L	Head-to-head
Hifumi Katoh	63W-41L	Head-to-head
Yasuharu Ooyama	44W-56L	Head-to-head
Kunio Naitou	34W-35L	Head-to-head
Koji Tanigawa	31W-33L	Head-to-head
Hidemitsu Moriyasu	30W-26L	Head-to-head
Kiyozumi Kiriyama	33W-21L	Head-to-head
Michio Ariyoshi	38W-15L	Head-to-head
Tatsuya Futakami	36W-14L	Head-to-head
Osamu Katsuura	30W-14L	Head-to-head
Nobuyuki Oouchi	28W-12L	Head-to-head
Keiji Mori	27W-13L	Head-to-head

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