Rating › FY1977
Rating at end of FY1977
Shogi in FY1977
- Makoto Nakahara qualifies for Lifetime Oi
- Makoto Nakahara wins Kisei-sen, ending Yasuharu Ooyama's run of 7 consecutive Kisei-sen titles
- Yasuharu Ooyama wins 7 consecutive Kisei-sen titles
- Makoto Nakahara wins 5 consecutive Oi-sen titles
- Makoto Nakahara holds 5 titles
- Hifumi Katoh is No. 1 in rating at FY end (1930)
- Kenji Iino: biggest rating gain of the year (1488→1611、+123)
- Kiyozumi Kiriyama drops out of the rating top 10 (7th→14th)
- Kazuo Ishida drops out of the rating top 10 (10th→15th)
| Rank | Players | Rating | Deviation | FY1977 results | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hifumi KatohKio / age 38 | 1930 | 75.3 | 39W-20L | 0.661 |
| 2 | Makoto Nakahara5 titles / age 30 | 1921 | 74.9 | 35W-19L | 0.648 |
| 3 | Kunio Yonenaga8-dan / age 34 | 1868 | 71.7 | 42W-23L | 0.646 |
| 4 | Nobuyuki Oouchi8-dan / age 36 | 1837 | 69.3 | 36W-14L | 0.720 |
| 5 | Hidemitsu Moriyasu6-dan / age 28 | 1834 | 74.0 | 41W-11L | 0.788 |
| 6 | Keiji Mori8-dan / age 31 | 1813 | 63.7 | 25W-21L | 0.543 |
| 7 | Yasuharu Ooyama9-dan / age 55 | 1785 | 61.0 | 27W-30L | 0.474 |
| 8 | Tatsuya Futakami9-dan / age 46 | 1784 | 63.3 | 25W-19L | 0.568 |
| 9 | Kazuo Manabe5-dan / age 26 | 1780 | 65.7 | 42W-20L | 0.677 |
| 10 | Michio Ariyoshi8-dan / age 42 | 1777 | 62.3 | 27W-27L | 0.500 |
| 11 | Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 38 | 1765 | 62.9 | 26W-16L | 0.619 |
| 12 | Kazuyoshi Nishimura7-dan / age 36 | 1751 | 62.7 | 31W-18L | 0.633 |
| 13 | Hitoshige Awaji5-dan / age 28 | 1746 | 64.1 | 42W-22L | 0.656 |
| 14 | Kiyozumi Kiriyama8-dan / age 30 | 1746 | 55.9 | 16W-16L | 0.500 |
| 15 | Kazuo Ishida7-dan / age 31 | 1738 | 57.3 | 19W-15L | 0.559 |
| 16 | Osamu Katsuura8-dan / age 31 | 1734 | 59.8 | 19W-19L | 0.500 |
| 17 | Teruichi Aono5-dan / age 25 | 1725 | 58.1 | 29W-16L | 0.644 |
| 18 | Kozo Masuda9-dan / age 60 | 1712 | 3W-2L | 0.600 | |
| 19 | Shigeru Sekine8-dan / age 48 | 1686 | 60.1 | 23W-14L | 0.622 |
| 20 | Susumu Itaya8-dan / age 37 | 1682 | 54.5 | 13W-15L | 0.464 |
| 21 | Hisao Hasebe7-dan / age 44 | 1674 | 55.7 | 14W-11L | 0.560 |
| 22 | Motoji Hanamura9-dan / age 60 | 1669 | 57.5 | 20W-16L | 0.556 |
| 23 | Yasuo Harada8-dan / age 55 | 1666 | 52.6 | 16W-16L | 0.500 |
| 24 | Yuji Maeda4-dan / age 24 | 1666 | 57.4 | 23W-12L | 0.657 |
| 25 | Tsuneo Kikuchi4-dan / age 28 | 1658 | 59.6 | 26W-12L | 0.684 |
| 26 | Toshio Miyata4-dan / age 25 | 1655 | 55.6 | 29W-17L | 0.630 |
| 27 | Hiromitsu Takashimaage 36 | 1654 | 54.2 | 18W-16L | 0.529 |
| 28 | Yoshinori Satou6-dan / age 29 | 1648 | 49.8 | 16W-19L | 0.457 |
| 29 | Masao Kitamura8-dan / age 43 | 1642 | 54.3 | 17W-15L | 0.531 |
| 30 | Seiichirou Taki5-dan / age 29 | 1639 | 51.9 | 20W-18L | 0.526 |
| 31 | Torahiko Tanaka4-dan / age 20 | 1631 | 53.9 | 27W-19L | 0.587 |
| 32 | Noboru Sakurai6-dan / age 36 | 1630 | 48.7 | 16W-19L | 0.457 |
| 33 | Yukio Miyasaka7-dan / age 48 | 1630 | 52.0 | 16W-17L | 0.485 |
| 34 | Hiroji Katou8-dan / age 54 | 1628 | 53.1 | 16W-15L | 0.516 |
| 35 | Shoudou Nakada4-dan / age 26 | 1623 | 53.2 | 22W-15L | 0.595 |
| 36 | Koji Tanigawa4-dan / age 15 | 1620 | 54.5 | 22W-13L | 0.629 |
| 37 | Hiroto Kiritani4-dan / age 28 | 1618 | 50.4 | 18W-16L | 0.529 |
| 38 | Noboru Tamaru5-dan / age 27 | 1617 | 51.8 | 21W-15L | 0.583 |
| 39 | Kenji Kobayashi4-dan / age 21 | 1614 | 51.1 | 25W-21L | 0.543 |
| 40 | Teruhiko Suzuki1-dan / age 23 | 1613 | 2W-0L | 1.000 | |
| 41 | Masakazu Wakamatsu5-dan / age 38 | 1613 | 51.0 | 21W-16L | 0.568 |
| 42 | Kenji Iino4-dan / age 23 | 1611 | 57.8 | 22W-12L | 0.647 |
| 43 | Kaishu Tanaka7-dan / age 31 | 1609 | 48.3 | 17W-24L | 0.415 |
| 44 | Bungo Fukusaki1-dan / age 18 | 1609 | 2W-0L | 1.000 | |
| 45 | Daigorou Satou8-dan / age 41 | 1608 | 51.4 | 18W-17L | 0.514 |
| 46 | Toshikatsu Yoshida7-dan / age 44 | 1606 | 52.2 | 15W-14L | 0.517 |
| 47 | Eiji Ooshima4-dan / age 20 | 1603 | 49.8 | 18W-16L | 0.529 |
| 48 | Toshiyuki Tsubouchi5-dan / age 29 | 1603 | 48.4 | 19W-18L | 0.514 |
| 49 | Junkichi Sakai4-dan / age 28 | 1600 | 47.1 | 19W-21L | 0.475 |
| 50 | Yoshiyuki Ueyama1-dan / age 20 | 1599 | 1W-1L | 0.500 | |
| 51 | Junichi Kase1-dan / age 20 | 1595 | 2W-0L | 1.000 | |
| 52 | Ryuuichi Matsuura4-dan / age 26 | 1595 | 49.0 | 15W-15L | 0.500 |
| 53 | Yuuji Yoda1-dan / age 20 | 1592 | 1W-1L | 0.500 | |
| 54 | Haruo Numa4-dan / age 29 | 1589 | 43.5 | 11W-15L | 0.423 |
| 55 | Koji Tosa4-dan / age 23 | 1589 | 46.2 | 16W-25L | 0.390 |
| 56 | Hideo Yamaguchi6-dan / age 36 | 1588 | 48.7 | 12W-14L | 0.462 |
| 57 | Hirofumi Serizawa8-dan / age 41 | 1587 | 47.9 | 12W-17L | 0.414 |
| 58 | Michio Takahashi1-dan / age 17 | 1587 | 0W-1L | 0.000 | |
| 59 | 永作芳也age 22 | 1587 | 0W-1L | 0.000 | |
| 60 | Keizou Noda1-dan / age 20 | 1586 | 0W-1L | 0.000 | |
| 61 | Shuuichi Onoage 20 | 1585 | 0W-1L | 0.000 | |
| 62 | Katsumi Mushano1-dan / age 24 | 1584 | 1W-0L | 1.000 | |
| 63 | Shigeyuki Matsuda8-dan / age 56 | 1583 | 45.0 | 12W-22L | 0.353 |
| 64 | Chimine Yamaguchiage 40 | 1582 | 41.1 | 8W-18L | 0.308 |
| 65 | Hatasu Itou4-dan / age 27 | 1582 | 46.9 | 15W-17L | 0.469 |
| 66 | Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 59 | 1580 | 50.7 | 13W-17L | 0.433 |
| 67 | Kiyoshi Aoki4-dan / age 30 | 1576 | 5W-7L | 0.417 | |
| 68 | Yoshinori Kimura7-dan / age 42 | 1571 | 45.4 | 10W-14L | 0.417 |
| 69 | Kouichi Kodama1-dan / age 27 | 1571 | 0W-1L | 0.000 | |
| 70 | Kazuo Azuma4-dan / age 22 | 1571 | 48.2 | 16W-15L | 0.516 |
| 71 | Terutaka Yasue6-dan / age 37 | 1567 | 49.2 | 13W-17L | 0.433 |
| 72 | Hiroharu Seto1-dan / age 21 | 1567 | 0W-1L | 0.000 | |
| 73 | Saburou Takeichi1-dan / age 24 | 1566 | 1W-1L | 0.500 | |
| 74 | Masayuki Moriyasu4-dan / age 30 | 1559 | 48.3 | 22W-18L | 0.550 |
| 75 | Shouji Kenmochi7-dan / age 43 | 1559 | 47.2 | 11W-18L | 0.379 |
| 76 | Yuji Sase8-dan / age 59 | 1556 | 45.1 | 12W-14L | 0.462 |
| 77 | Renshou Nada9-dan / age 51 | 1553 | 6W-11L | 0.353 | |
| 78 | Nobuo Mori4-dan / age 26 | 1551 | 48.8 | 17W-16L | 0.515 |
| 79 | Mikio Tomizawa8-dan / age 57 | 1550 | 46.0 | 11W-15L | 0.423 |
| 80 | Takeshi Takada6-dan / age 40 | 1542 | 45.2 | 13W-18L | 0.419 |
| 81 | Toshihiko Kawaguchi5-dan / age 41 | 1541 | 46.7 | 13W-12L | 0.520 |
| 82 | Noboru Kosaka4-dan / age 28 | 1535 | 36.1 | 10W-19L | 0.345 |
| 83 | Ichirou Tanabe5-dan / age 39 | 1533 | 43.4 | 11W-16L | 0.407 |
| 84 | Shuuichi Ikeda5-dan / age 33 | 1528 | 38.8 | 9W-17L | 0.346 |
| 85 | Genichi Oono9-dan / age 66 | 1520 | 39.9 | 9W-16L | 0.360 |
| 86 | Toyoichi Igarashi8-dan / age 53 | 1519 | 41.7 | 8W-16L | 0.333 |
| 87 | Yoshimasa Saeki7-dan / age 41 | 1518 | 34.7 | 5W-18L | 0.217 |
| 88 | Kinji Shiihashi4-dan / age 29 | 1518 | 40.7 | 11W-17L | 0.393 |
| 89 | Fumio Kitamuraage 57 | 1517 | 43.6 | 12W-14L | 0.462 |
| 90 | Yasuo Date6-dan / age 41 | 1517 | 46.6 | 15W-14L | 0.517 |
| 91 | Hisao Hirotsu8-dan / age 55 | 1505 | 38.1 | 7W-16L | 0.304 |
| 92 | Keizou Hoshida7-dan / age 61 | 1503 | 7W-9L | 0.438 | |
| 93 | Toratsugu Nomoto6-dan / age 32 | 1503 | 43.6 | 9W-15L | 0.375 |
| 94 | Yoshito Arino4-dan / age 29 | 1503 | 40.7 | 10W-15L | 0.400 |
| 95 | Akira Kinoshita5-dan / age 38 | 1502 | 40.1 | 11W-17L | 0.393 |
| 96 | Masao TsukadaHonorary Judan / age 63 | 1490 | 5W-13L | 0.278 | |
| 97 | Tsutomu Matsushita8-dan / age 65 | 1484 | 38.3 | 7W-16L | 0.304 |
| 98 | Souetsu Honma8-dan / age 58 | 1479 | 36.2 | 7W-16L | 0.304 |
| 99 | Kazumasa Yamanaka7-dan / age 63 | 1475 | 40.7 | 9W-16L | 0.360 |
| 100 | Shigekazu Minamiguchi8-dan / age 59 | 1474 | 44.2 | 13W-17L | 0.433 |
| 101 | Yukio Shimodairaage 53 | 1449 | 32.9 | 6W-19L | 0.240 |
| 102 | Kiyosaku Sekiya6-dan / age 44 | 1448 | 37.4 | 8W-17L | 0.320 |
| 103 | Yoshitaka Kimura5-dan / age 47 | 1448 | 30.1 | 5W-17L | 0.227 |
| 104 | Eiji Oohara7-dan / age 49 | 1437 | 33.1 | 6W-16L | 0.273 |
| 105 | Seiichi Kobori8-dan / age 66 | 1423 | 35.7 | 7W-19L | 0.269 |
| 106 | Sanji Hashimoto6-dan / age 52 | 1407 | 3W-9L | 0.250 | |
| 107 | Nobuhiko Sakaguchi9-dan / age 69 | 1385 | 32.3 | 6W-18L | 0.250 |
| 108 | Shizuo Seino8-dan / age 55 | 1381 | 1W-4L | 0.200 | |
| 109 | Mitsuo Kakuta7-dan / age 68 | 1375 | 32.1 | 6W-17L | 0.261 |
| 110 | Hidejiro Kitamura8-dan / age 70 | 1362 | 2W-11L | 0.154 |
How the deviation score is calculated: see here.