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Masakazu Wakamatsu

Player No.	98
Rank	8-dan
Date of birth	Aug 10, 1939
Birthplace	Hyogo
Teacher	藤内金吾8-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms24

Career record109W-135L

Win rate0.447

Deviation score (FY1992)27.4

Best deviation score54.7
FY1970

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
51st term	Class C2	49	1W-9L	Relegated	27.4
50th term	Class C2	42	2W-8L	△Demerit	35.2
49th term	Class C2	30	3W-7L	△	37.7
48th term	Class C2	40	5W-5L	△	50.3
47th term	Class C2	43	4W-6L	△	41.7
46th term	Class C2	1	2W-8L	Demerit	40.4
45th term	Class C1	24	3W-7L	Relegated	38.4
44th term	Class C1	12	1W-9L	Demerit	46.1
43rd term	Class C1	7	4W-6L		46.4
42nd term	Class C1	4	6W-4L		50.8
41st term	Class C1	6	6W-4L		43.0
40th term	Class C1	12	6W-4L		48.6
39th term	Class C1	12	5W-5L		34.2
38th term	Class C1	8	4W-6L		38.0
37th term	Class C1	6	5W-5L		42.5
36th term	Class C1	12	6W-4L		41.2
30th term	Class C1	14	5W-5L		46.8
29th term	Class C2	1	7W-3L	△Promoted	50.9
28th term	Class C2	15	8W-2L	△	54.6
27th term	Class C2	3	3W-7L	Demerit	40.6
26th term	Class C2	3	5W-3L		46.8
25th term	Class C2	12	8W-4L		54.7
24th term	Class C2	9	5W-7L		45.7
23rd term	Class C2	12	5W-7L		44.4

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class C1	11 terms
Class C2	13 terms

Promotion history

Apr 1, 2019	8-dan
1999	7-dan
Apr 1984	6-dan
Nov 1973	5-dan
1967	4-dan
1964	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Jan 28, 1974 Hayazashi-sen
200 wins	Oct 31, 1980 Junisen
300 wins	Jul 11, 1988 All-Japan Pro

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Mar 20, 1978	Kunio Yonenaga 1882	Oi-sen
Oct 12, 1977	Kazuo Manabe 1837	Junisen
Jan 7, 1986	Hidemitsu Moriyasu 1810	Judan-sen
May 2, 1978	Keiji Mori 1806	Oi-sen
Mar 2, 1970	Michio Ariyoshi 1797	Kisei-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

Toshiyuki Tsubouchi	10W-20L	Head-to-head
Akira Kinoshita	15W-14L	Head-to-head
Yasuo Date	10W-12L	Head-to-head
Seiichirou Taki	10W-12L	Head-to-head
Noboru Kosaka	12W-10L	Head-to-head
Hiromitsu Takashima	8W-10L	Head-to-head
Junkichi Sakai	8W-10L	Head-to-head
Keiji Nishikawa	3W-15L	Head-to-head
Fumio Kitamura	14W-3L	Head-to-head
Masayuki Moriyasu	9W-8L	Head-to-head
Shoudou Nakada	4W-13L	Head-to-head
Hiromitsu Kanki	5W-12L	Head-to-head

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