Rating › FY1968

Rating at end of FY1968

Shogi in FY1968

Makoto Nakahara wins Kisei-sen, first title
Yasuharu Ooyama wins 10 consecutive Meijin-sen titles
Yasuharu Ooyama wins 9 consecutive Oi-sen titles
Yasuharu Ooyama wins 6 consecutive Osho-sen titles
Yasuharu Ooyama holds 4 titles
Kiyozumi Kiriyama: biggest rating gain of the year (1655→1755、+100)
Kiyozumi Kiriyama enters the rating top 10 for the first time (7th, 1755)
Kunio Yonenaga enters the rating top 10 for the first time (10th, 1733)
Michio Ariyoshi becomes Meijin challenger for the first time (Class A8W-2L)
Kazuyoshi Nishimura drops out of the rating top 10 (8th→11th)

Rank	Players	Rating	Deviation	FY1968 results	Win rate
1	Yasuharu Ooyama4 titles / age 46	1938	74.8	29W-11L	0.725
2	Makoto NakaharaKisei / age 21	1916	74.5	43W-12L	0.782
3	山田道美age 35	1867	67.7	30W-17L	0.638
4	Hifumi Katoh8-dan / age 29	1850	69.0	35W-18L	0.660
5	Kozo Masuda9-dan / age 51	1791	61.7	21W-19L	0.525
6	Michio Ariyoshi8-dan / age 33	1785	67.0	24W-14L	0.632
7	Kiyozumi Kiriyama4-dan / age 21	1755	66.7	38W-8L	0.826
8	Kunio Naitou8-dan / age 29	1747	59.3	20W-16L	0.556
9	Tatsuya Futakami8-dan / age 37	1739	55.7	20W-26L	0.435
10	Kunio Yonenaga6-dan / age 25	1733	67.5	24W-7L	0.774
11	Kazuyoshi Nishimura5-dan / age 27	1732	59.5	28W-17L	0.622
12	Daigorou Satou7-dan / age 32	1720	60.0	18W-11L	0.621
13	Yuzo Maruta8-dan / age 50	1714	58.5	18W-16L	0.529
14	Motoji Hanamura8-dan / age 51	1705	58.7	13W-15L	0.464
15	Nobuyuki Oouchi6-dan / age 27	1703	57.8	21W-12L	0.636
16	Noboru Ootomo8-dan / age 37	1686	54.3	15W-18L	0.455
17	Kazuo Ishida5-dan / age 22	1686	60.2	23W-10L	0.697
18	Hiromitsu Takashimaage 27	1685	59.6	24W-13L	0.649
19	Yasuo Harada8-dan / age 46	1684	56.0	16W-11L	0.593
20	Hiroji Katou8-dan / age 45	1680	56.4	18W-20L	0.474
21	Hirofumi Serizawa8-dan / age 32	1675	61.6	20W-9L	0.690
22	Genichi Oono8-dan / age 57	1665	55.8	21W-18L	0.538
23	Shigeru Sekine8-dan / age 39	1662	54.3	13W-19L	0.406
24	Renshou Nada8-dan / age 42	1656	53.0	12W-12L	0.500
25	Souetsu Honmaage 49	1646	52.9	15W-16L	0.484
26	Osamu Katsuura4-dan / age 22	1634	56.2	19W-11L	0.633
27	Yoshimasa Saeki6-dan / age 32	1633	49.5	14W-16L	0.467
28	Susumu Itayaage 28	1631	50.0	16W-14L	0.533
29	Shigeyuki Matsuda8-dan / age 47	1630	53.0	16W-22L	0.421
30	Yoshinori Kimura6-dan / age 33	1628	52.4	15W-11L	0.577
31	Takeshi Takadaage 31	1619	50.5	18W-15L	0.545
32	Masayuki Moriyasu1-dan / age 21	1619		2W-0L	1.000
33	Yoshinori Satouage 20	1617		2W-0L	1.000
34	Masao TsukadaLifetime 9-dan / age 54	1612	50.6	11W-18L	0.379
35	Yukio Miyasaka7-dan / age 39	1610	48.0	10W-16L	0.385
36	Toshiyuki Tsubouchi1-dan / age 20	1604		1W-1L	0.500
37	Toratsugu Nomoto1-dan / age 23	1602		2W-0L	1.000
38	Shuuichi Ikedaage 24	1601		2W-0L	1.000
39	Hideo Yamaguchi5-dan / age 27	1601	50.6	16W-14L	0.533
40	Masao Kitamura7-dan / age 34	1600	47.0	10W-17L	0.370
41	Hatasu Itou1-dan / age 18	1600		1W-1L	0.500
42	Keiji Mori4-dan / age 22	1599	51.5	13W-9L	0.591
43	Kiyoshi Aoki1-dan / age 21	1597		0W-1L	0.000
44	Hisao Hasebe7-dan / age 35	1597	51.4	12W-11L	0.522
45	Nobuhiko Sakaguchiage 60	1593	48.7	12W-11L	0.522
46	Tsutomu Matsushita8-dan / age 56	1592	53.5	15W-13L	0.536
47	Terutaka Yasue1-dan / age 28	1592		1W-2L	0.333
48	Toyoichi Igarashi8-dan / age 44	1587	54.4	16W-13L	0.552
49	Seiichirou Taki4-dan / age 20	1584		2W-4L	0.333
50	Hisao Hirotsu8-dan / age 46	1583	46.1	11W-18L	0.379
51	Kaishu Tanaka1-dan / age 22	1579		0W-1L	0.000
52	Michihito Kumagai8-dan / age 38	1573	51.0	14W-16L	0.467
53	Hidemitsu Moriyasuage 19	1569	44.6	13W-14L	0.481
54	Toshihiko Kawaguchi4-dan / age 32	1567	49.6	15W-13L	0.536
55	Shouji Kenmochi6-dan / age 34	1557	47.9	12W-15L	0.444
56	Yukio Shimodairaage 44	1555	49.8	12W-12L	0.500
57	Masakazu Wakamatsu4-dan / age 29	1554	44.4	12W-14L	0.462
58	Yuji Sase7-dan / age 50	1544	46.9	10W-13L	0.435
59	Toshikatsu Yoshida5-dan / age 35	1539	45.0	12W-14L	0.462
60	Chimine Yamaguchiage 31	1536	39.1	7W-15L	0.318
61	Akira Kinoshita4-dan / age 29	1532	45.4	15W-15L	0.500
62	Mikio Tomizawaage 48	1526	43.1	9W-16L	0.360
63	Noboru Sakurai5-dan / age 27	1523	44.6	11W-14L	0.440
64	松浦卓造age 54	1520	37.7	6W-18L	0.250
65	Shizuo Kanda6-dan / age 39	1515	41.0	8W-15L	0.348
66	Kazumasa Yamanakaage 54	1511	45.2	12W-12L	0.500
67	Shimei Okazaki7-dan / age 61	1508	38.0	7W-15L	0.318
68	Ichirou Tanabe4-dan / age 30	1507	43.4	9W-11L	0.450
69	Fumio Kitamuraage 48	1505	42.5	9W-12L	0.429
70	Seiichi Kobori8-dan / age 57	1502	45.6	9W-14L	0.391
71	Yoshitaka Kimura4-dan / age 38	1500	46.5	12W-14L	0.462
72	Keizo Futamiage 37	1496	40.3	10W-19L	0.345
73	Eiji Ooharaage 40	1493	42.9	8W-15L	0.348
74	Yasuo Dateage 32	1490	40.9	11W-16L	0.407
75	Mitsuo Kakutaage 59	1477	42.4	9W-15L	0.375
76	Kazuhisa Oomura6-dan / age 41	1476	44.6	11W-18L	0.379
77	Hidejiro Kitamuraage 61	1475	42.4	10W-13L	0.435
78	Shigekazu Minamiguchi8-dan / age 50	1465	39.7	7W-14L	0.333
79	Tsugihiko Yamakawa7-dan / age 49	1462	35.8	5W-16L	0.238
80	Shizuo Seino6-dan / age 46	1457	35.4	5W-16L	0.238
81	Keizou Hoshidaage 52	1450	36.7	7W-14L	0.333
82	Tsuneyoshi Tsumura5-dan / age 45	1447	34.3	6W-16L	0.273
83	Kiyosaku Sekiya5-dan / age 35	1437	28.0	3W-17L	0.150
84	Shouzou Kashu4-dan / age 37	1431	30.9	5W-18L	0.217
85	Sanji Hashimoto5-dan / age 43	1377	28.6	4W-16L	0.200
86	Kiichi Kigawa5-dan / age 49	1362		1W-1L	0.500

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.