Rating › FY1978

Rating at end of FY1978

Shogi in FY1978

Makoto Nakahara wins 6 consecutive Oi-sen titles
Makoto Nakahara wins 6 consecutive Osho-sen titles
Makoto Nakahara wins 6 consecutive Meijin-sen titles
Kunio Yonenaga is No. 1 in rating at FY end (1915)
Torahiko Tanaka (age 21 at FY end): best win rate among young players, 0.708 (34W-14L)
Keiji Mori drops out of the rating top 10 (6th→15th)
Kazuo Ishida promoted to Class A for the first time
Kunio Yonenaga wins NHK Cup for the first time

Rank	Players	Rating	Deviation	FY1978 results	Win rate
1	Kunio Yonenaga8-dan / age 35	1915	75.4	45W-22L	0.672
2	Makoto Nakahara4 titles / age 31	1903	75.4	29W-16L	0.644
3	Yasuharu Ooyama9-dan / age 56	1864	74.0	38W-20L	0.655
4	Hifumi KatohKio・Osho / age 39	1846	65.5	30W-27L	0.526
5	Hidemitsu Moriyasu7-dan / age 29	1830	67.0	43W-23L	0.652
6	Michio Ariyoshi8-dan / age 43	1814	66.1	41W-28L	0.594
7	Kiyozumi Kiriyama8-dan / age 31	1807	68.8	31W-16L	0.660
8	Tatsuya Futakami9-dan / age 47	1807	68.8	32W-20L	0.615
9	Nobuyuki Oouchi8-dan / age 37	1795	64.4	32W-24L	0.571
10	Kazuo Manabe6-dan / age 27	1767	62.0	30W-19L	0.612
11	Osamu Katsuura8-dan / age 32	1764	62.9	20W-15L	0.571
12	Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 39	1764	63.0	26W-16L	0.619
13	Kazuo Ishida7-dan / age 32	1760	63.6	29W-19L	0.604
14	Teruichi Aono5-dan / age 26	1748	59.7	29W-15L	0.659
15	Keiji Mori8-dan / age 32	1746	56.7	17W-24L	0.415
16	Hitoshige Awaji6-dan / age 29	1716	55.2	22W-21L	0.512
17	Kazuyoshi Nishimura7-dan / age 37	1708	56.1	24W-24L	0.500
18	Torahiko Tanaka4-dan / age 21	1707	62.9	34W-14L	0.708
19	Susumu Itaya8-dan / age 38	1702	59.0	18W-17L	0.514
20	Koji Tanigawa4-dan / age 16	1691	59.9	29W-12L	0.707
21	Toshio Miyata4-dan / age 26	1682	55.7	23W-15L	0.605
22	Shigeru Sekine8-dan / age 49	1678	53.3	17W-19L	0.472
23	Yasuo Harada8-dan / age 56	1655	52.5	16W-15L	0.516
24	Motoji Hanamura9-dan / age 61	1651	52.6	13W-19L	0.406
25	Kenji Kobayashi4-dan / age 22	1651	53.6	25W-17L	0.595
26	Yukio Miyasaka7-dan / age 49	1641	52.9	15W-17L	0.469
27	Masao Kitamura8-dan / age 44	1641	51.6	15W-13L	0.536
28	Kaishu Tanaka7-dan / age 32	1639	54.5	14W-11L	0.560
29	Hiroji Katou8-dan / age 55	1639	53.8	17W-16L	0.515
30	Yoshinori Kimura7-dan / age 43	1632	55.2	20W-15L	0.571
31	Koji Tosa4-dan / age 24	1630	52.6	21W-16L	0.568
32	Noboru Tamaru5-dan / age 28	1627	51.6	18W-13L	0.581
33	Daigorou Satou8-dan / age 42	1624	51.0	12W-12L	0.500
34	Hirofumi Serizawa8-dan / age 42	1622	53.2	16W-19L	0.457
35	Masaki Izumi1-dan / age 18	1618		6W-2L	0.750
36	Shuuichi Ono4-dan / age 21	1617		5W-1L	0.833
37	Terutaka Yasue6-dan / age 38	1617	55.1	17W-14L	0.548
38	Toshiyuki Tsubouchi5-dan / age 30	1615	49.5	17W-14L	0.548
39	Haruo Numa4-dan / age 30	1613	50.0	16W-14L	0.533
40	Teruhiko Suzuki4-dan / age 24	1613		3W-4L	0.429
41	Yuji Maeda5-dan / age 25	1613	47.2	19W-19L	0.500
42	Kazuo Azuma4-dan / age 23	1612	53.0	21W-14L	0.600
43	Yoshinori Satou6-dan / age 30	1612	46.9	11W-19L	0.367
44	Nobuo Mori4-dan / age 27	1611	53.4	22W-12L	0.647
45	Hisao Hasebe7-dan / age 45	1608	45.9	14W-17L	0.452
46	Shoudou Nakada4-dan / age 27	1604	45.6	16W-15L	0.516
47	Tsuneo Kikuchi5-dan / age 29	1603	41.9	10W-12L	0.455
48	Keiji Nishikawa1-dan / age 17	1603		1W-0L	1.000
49	Shigeyuki Matsuda8-dan / age 57	1602	51.4	11W-13L	0.458
50	Koji Horiguchi1-dan / age 17	1602		1W-0L	1.000
51	Michio Takahashi1-dan / age 18	1601		2W-0L	1.000
52	Hiroshi Honma1-dan / age 20	1600		2W-1L	0.667
53	Hiroto Kiritani4-dan / age 29	1599	46.3	18W-17L	0.514
54	Hiroshi Kamiya1-dan / age 17	1597		3W-2L	0.600
55	Noboru Sakurai6-dan / age 37	1597	44.9	11W-14L	0.440
56	Chimine Yamaguchiage 41	1595	50.1	12W-14L	0.462
57	Kouichi Kodama1-dan / age 28	1595		5W-2L	0.714
58	Bungo Fukusaki4-dan / age 19	1594		2W-4L	0.333
59	Noboru Kosaka4-dan / age 29	1593	53.6	22W-16L	0.579
60	Yaichio Oono1-dan / age 20	1593		1W-1L	0.500
61	Yoshikazu Minami1-dan / age 15	1593		1W-1L	0.500
62	Hiroharu Seto1-dan / age 22	1593		4W-1L	0.800
63	Katsuhiko Murooka1-dan / age 20	1592		2W-2L	0.500
64	Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 60	1588	47.5	11W-16L	0.407
65	Yoshimasa Saeki7-dan / age 42	1588	51.8	17W-18L	0.486
66	Osamu Nakamura1-dan / age 16	1586		0W-1L	0.000
67	Hiroyuki Iidaage 17	1586		0W-1L	0.000
68	Hirofumi Itoh1-dan / age 19	1586		0W-1L	0.000
69	Yoshiyuki Ueyama1-dan / age 21	1581		0W-2L	0.000
70	Hideo Yamaguchi6-dan / age 37	1579	44.7	11W-15L	0.423
71	Katsumi Mushano4-dan / age 25	1578		1W-2L	0.333
72	Kenji Waki1-dan / age 18	1578		0W-2L	0.000
73	Keizou Noda1-dan / age 21	1577		0W-1L	0.000
74	Junichi Kase1-dan / age 21	1577		1W-3L	0.250
75	Seiichirou Taki5-dan / age 30	1575	38.5	10W-17L	0.370
76	Yuuji Yoda1-dan / age 21	1574		0W-2L	0.000
77	Mikio Tomizawa8-dan / age 58	1570	47.1	12W-12L	0.500
78	Eiji Ooshima4-dan / age 21	1569	42.0	13W-18L	0.419
79	永作芳也age 23	1568		0W-2L	0.000
80	Akira Shima1-dan / age 16	1567		0W-3L	0.000
81	Renshou Nada9-dan / age 52	1564	46.9	12W-16L	0.429
82	Masakazu Wakamatsu5-dan / age 39	1563	42.5	13W-18L	0.419
83	Hiromitsu Takashimaage 37	1561	37.1	8W-24L	0.250
84	Yuji Sase8-dan / age 60	1561	46.6	13W-13L	0.500
85	Hatasu Itou4-dan / age 28	1560	42.8	16W-18L	0.471
86	Kenji Iino4-dan / age 24	1559	39.4	11W-20L	0.355
87	Toyoichi Igarashi8-dan / age 54	1559	49.8	14W-11L	0.560
88	Shuuichi Ikeda5-dan / age 34	1555	46.3	16W-15L	0.516
89	Toratsugu Nomoto6-dan / age 33	1553	50.3	13W-15L	0.464
90	Shouji Kenmochi7-dan / age 44	1550	41.9	9W-16L	0.360
91	Saburou Takeichi1-dan / age 25	1548		1W-3L	0.250
92	Ryuuichi Matsuura4-dan / age 27	1546	41.0	11W-19L	0.367
93	Toshihiko Kawaguchi5-dan / age 42	1544	45.7	13W-14L	0.481
94	Junkichi Sakai4-dan / age 29	1538	37.4	10W-18L	0.357
95	Ichirou Tanabe5-dan / age 40	1537	45.0	14W-16L	0.467
96	Toshikatsu Yoshida7-dan / age 45	1537	34.8	6W-17L	0.261
97	Kiyoshi Aoki4-dan / age 31	1536	40.0	13W-17L	0.433
98	Akira Kinoshita5-dan / age 39	1534	45.6	13W-12L	0.520
99	Hisao Hirotsu8-dan / age 56	1533	46.7	12W-12L	0.500
100	Genichi Oono9-dan / age 67	1530		9W-9L	0.500
101	Masayuki Moriyasu5-dan / age 31	1515	36.7	10W-17L	0.370
102	Fumio Kitamuraage 58	1514	41.6	11W-15L	0.423
103	Yasuo Date6-dan / age 42	1502	38.3	10W-15L	0.400
104	Yoshito Arino4-dan / age 30	1499	38.7	11W-18L	0.379
105	Shigekazu Minamiguchi8-dan / age 60	1497	43.1	14W-15L	0.483
106	Yoshitaka Kimura5-dan / age 48	1490	43.3	12W-15L	0.444
107	Kinji Shiihashi4-dan / age 30	1489	34.5	8W-16L	0.333
108	Yukio Shimodairaage 54	1484	43.2	12W-14L	0.462
109	Takeshi Takada6-dan / age 41	1481	34.4	9W-19L	0.321
110	Eiji Oohara7-dan / age 50	1473	41.7	10W-14L	0.417
111	Souetsu Honma8-dan / age 59	1462	35.3	8W-18L	0.308
112	Keizou Hoshida7-dan / age 62	1446		1W-10L	0.091
113	Kiyosaku Sekiya6-dan / age 45	1436	35.0	8W-17L	0.320
114	Tsutomu Matsushita8-dan / age 66	1429		4W-15L	0.211
115	Seiichi Kobori8-dan / age 67	1429	34.8	7W-16L	0.304
116	Kazumasa Yamanaka7-dan / age 64	1422		3W-15L	0.167
117	Sanji Hashimoto6-dan / age 53	1391		2W-10L	0.167
118	Nobuhiko Sakaguchi9-dan / age 70	1390	32.9	6W-14L	0.300
119	Hidejiro Kitamura8-dan / age 71	1345		1W-7L	0.125
120	Mitsuo Kakuta7-dan / age 69	1337		2W-17L	0.105

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.