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Noboru Sakurai

Player No.	90
Rank	9-dan
Date of birth	May 10, 1941
Birthplace	Gunma
Teacher	Yasuo Harada 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms41

Career record170W-250L

Win rate0.405

Deviation score (FY2005)30.5

Best deviation score56.5
FY1975

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
65th term	Class C2	41	2W-8L	Relegated
64th term	Class C2	37	2W-8L	Demerit	30.5
63rd term	Class C2	28	3W-7L		30.6
62nd term	Class C2	30	4W-6L		35.9
61st term	Class C2	38	4W-6L		28.9
60th term	Class C2	1	1W-9L	Demerit	30.0
59th term	Class C1	14	1W-9L	Relegated	27.4
58th term	Class C1	20	5W-5L	△	40.5
57th term	Class C1	24	3W-7L	△	42.3
56th term	Class C1	18	1W-9L	Demerit	38.6
55th term	Class C1	14	2W-8L		39.6
54th term	Class C1	17	5W-5L		41.4
53rd term	Class C1	1	3W-7L		37.7
52nd term	Class B2	22	2W-8L	Relegated	31.1
51st term	Class B2	17	3W-7L	Demerit	40.6
50th term	Class B2	18	4W-6L		34.6
49th term	Class B2	16	3W-7L		45.4
48th term	Class B2	12	5W-5L	△→cleared	45.1
47th term	Class B2	24	5W-5L	△	52.2
46th term	Class B2	12	1W-9L	Demerit	41.6
45th term	Class B2	10	5W-5L		42.8
44th term	Class B2	11	5W-5L		51.2
43rd term	Class B2	13	5W-5L		48.9
42nd term	Class B2	4	4W-6L		46.0
41st term	Class B2	6	7W-3L		44.2
40th term	Class B2	13	6W-4L		52.2
39th term	Class B2	14	4W-6L		51.8
38th term	Class B2	7	4W-6L		47.7
37th term	Class B2	7	5W-5L		44.9
36th term	Class B2	5	5W-5L		49.3
30th term	Class B2	12	8W-2L	△→cleared	56.5
29th term	Class B2	17	5W-5L	△	55.0
28th term	Class B2	15	4W-6L	Demerit	53.4
27th term	Class C1	6	8W-2L	Promoted	48.6
26th term	Class C1	10	5W-3L	△→cleared	55.9
25th term	Class C1	15	5W-7L	△	48.0
24th term	Class C1	12	4W-8L	Demerit	35.6
23rd term	Class C1	11	5W-7L		44.6
22nd term	Class C1	9	4W-8L		40.7
21st term	Class C1	14	5W-7L		42.8
20th term	Class C2	13	8W-4L	Promoted	56.2

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class B2	20 terms
Class C1	14 terms
Class C2	7 terms

Promotion history

Apr 1, 2022	9-dan
Mar 26, 2002	8-dan
Nov 17, 1983	7-dan
Apr 1, 1973	6-dan
Apr 1, 1966	5-dan
Apr 1, 1965	4-dan
1957	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Dec 12, 1972 Junisen
200 wins	Feb 21, 1978 Junisen
300 wins	Aug 20, 1985 Oza-sen
400 wins	Sep 12, 1995 Junisen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

May 31, 1984	Koji Tanigawa 1888	Oza-sen
Apr 28, 1975	Kunio Yonenaga 1885	Kisei-sen
May 29, 1981	Hifumi Katoh 1881	Oza-sen
Feb 8, 2000	Toshiaki Kubo 1868	Junisen
Sep 7, 1984	Torahiko Tanaka 1864	Meisho-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

Chimine Yamaguchi	12W-12L	Head-to-head
Kazuyoshi Nishimura	11W-13L	Head-to-head
Yoshinori Satou	11W-12L	Head-to-head
Masao Kitamura	15W-7L	Head-to-head
Toshikatsu Yoshida	11W-9L	Head-to-head
Hideo Yamaguchi	11W-9L	Head-to-head
Yuji Maeda	9W-10L	Head-to-head
Yoshimasa Saeki	10W-8L	Head-to-head
Hiroji Katou	5W-11L	Head-to-head
Shigeru Sekine	6W-10L	Head-to-head
Kaishu Tanaka	3W-13L	Head-to-head
Hisao Hasebe	11W-4L	Head-to-head

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