Rating › FY1980

Rating at end of FY1980

Shogi in FY1980

Kunio Yonenaga wins Kisei-sen, ending Makoto Nakahara's run of 5 consecutive Kisei-sen titles
Makoto Nakahara wins 8 consecutive Meijin-sen titles
Koji Tanigawa wins all 10 games in Class B2
Kenji Kobayashi wins all 10 games in Class C1
Yasuharu Ooyama is No. 1 in rating at FY end (1932)
Kenji Kobayashi: biggest rating gain of the year (1682→1784、+101)
Torahiko Tanaka (age 23 at FY end): best win rate among young players, 0.723 (34W-13L)
Kenji Kobayashi enters the rating top 10 for the first time (10th, 1784)
Kiyozumi Kiriyama becomes Meijin challenger for the first time (Class A7W-2L)
Koji Tanigawa drops out of the rating top 10 (7th→11th)

Rank	Players	Rating	Deviation	FY1980 results	Win rate
1	Yasuharu OoyamaOza・Osho / age 58	1932	73.0	41W-18L	0.695
2	Kunio YonenagaKisei・Kio / age 37	1925	72.0	55W-32L	0.632
3	Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 41	1897	71.4	40W-21L	0.656
4	Makoto NakaharaMeijin・Oi / age 33	1881	69.7	31W-23L	0.574
5	Hidemitsu Moriyasu8-dan / age 31	1834	65.2	26W-19L	0.578
6	Nobuyuki Oouchi8-dan / age 39	1823	66.8	33W-16L	0.673
7	Tatsuya Futakami9-dan / age 49	1804	63.5	28W-18L	0.609
8	Osamu Katsuura8-dan / age 34	1798	63.5	36W-26L	0.581
9	Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 45	1787	60.6	27W-18L	0.600
10	Kenji Kobayashi5-dan / age 24	1784	64.6	44W-20L	0.688
11	Koji Tanigawa6-dan / age 18	1782	59.6	32W-18L	0.640
12	Kiyozumi Kiriyama8-dan / age 33	1773	63.9	22W-14L	0.611
13	Kazuo Ishida8-dan / age 34	1768	63.3	25W-16L	0.610
14	Torahiko Tanaka4-dan / age 23	1746	61.2	34W-13L	0.723
15	Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 41	1740	58.0	20W-19L	0.513
16	Kazuo Manabe7-dan / age 29	1732	58.3	24W-17L	0.585
17	Bungo Fukusaki5-dan / age 21	1722	56.3	28W-18L	0.609
18	Teruichi Aono7-dan / age 28	1719	55.6	22W-23L	0.489
19	Keiji Mori8-dan / age 34	1714	58.2	21W-16L	0.568
20	Hatasu Itou4-dan / age 30	1708	56.0	27W-16L	0.628
21	Hitoshige Awaji6-dan / age 31	1708	53.9	23W-16L	0.590
22	Teruhiko Suzuki4-dan / age 26	1705	58.1	27W-15L	0.643
23	Yoshinori Satou6-dan / age 32	1703	57.1	27W-23L	0.540
24	Hisao Hasebe7-dan / age 47	1703	59.6	24W-14L	0.632
25	Toshio Miyata5-dan / age 28	1700	53.3	20W-14L	0.588
26	Kazuyoshi Nishimura7-dan / age 39	1689	52.0	15W-18L	0.455
27	Kaishu Tanaka7-dan / age 34	1684	54.9	24W-25L	0.490
28	Susumu Itaya8-dan / age 40	1684	56.8	16W-20L	0.444
29	Yoshinori Kimura8-dan / age 45	1683	57.5	15W-16L	0.484
30	Kazuo Azuma5-dan / age 25	1681	56.4	28W-17L	0.622
31	Masao Kitamura8-dan / age 46	1670	55.8	22W-17L	0.564
32	Noboru Tamaru6-dan / age 30	1665	56.4	23W-16L	0.590
33	Motoji Hanamura9-dan / age 63	1663	57.2	22W-16L	0.579
34	Michio Takahashi4-dan / age 20	1657	57.3	15W-7L	0.682
35	Koji Horiguchi1-dan / age 19	1654		3W-1L	0.750
36	Daigorou Satou8-dan / age 44	1649	54.2	18W-16L	0.529
37	Hirofumi Serizawa8-dan / age 44	1645	53.4	16W-19L	0.457
38	Toshiyuki Tsubouchi5-dan / age 32	1641	55.2	28W-14L	0.667
39	Kozo Arimori1-dan / age 18	1640		3W-0L	1.000
40	Yukio Miyasaka7-dan / age 51	1637	51.0	15W-19L	0.441
41	Osamu Nakamura4-dan / age 18	1635	56.1	14W-10L	0.583
42	Koji Tosa4-dan / age 26	1625	50.2	24W-20L	0.545
43	Hiroshi Kamiya4-dan / age 19	1623		3W-1L	0.750
44	Nobuo Mori4-dan / age 29	1622	54.8	27W-17L	0.614
45	Yoshimasa Saeki7-dan / age 44	1621	52.6	16W-18L	0.471
46	Shuuichi Ono4-dan / age 23	1613	50.3	21W-22L	0.488
47	Akio Ishikawa1-dan / age 18	1613		1W-0L	1.000
48	Kazuharu Shoshi1-dan / age 19	1612		1W-0L	1.000
49	Noboru Sakurai6-dan / age 39	1612	51.8	13W-13L	0.500
50	Hirofumi Itoh1-dan / age 21	1610		2W-1L	0.667
51	Shigeru Sekine8-dan / age 51	1609	46.3	15W-26L	0.366
52	Akira Shima4-dan / age 18	1608		11W-7L	0.611
53	Seiichirou Taki5-dan / age 32	1603	51.1	19W-18L	0.514
54	Shigeyuki Matsuda8-dan / age 59	1602	50.4	15W-16L	0.484
55	Hiromitsu Kanki1-dan / age 22	1602		1W-0L	1.000
56	Yoshikazu Minami4-dan / age 17	1601		2W-0L	1.000
57	Noboru Kosaka5-dan / age 31	1600	50.7	20W-16L	0.556
58	山下カズ子	1598		0W-1L	0.000
59	Nou Itoh1-dan / age 19	1598		0W-1L	0.000
60	Kenji Waki4-dan / age 20	1597	47.9	18W-20L	0.474
61	蛸島彰子	1597		0W-1L	0.000
62	Hiroshi Seki1-dan / age 20	1596		0W-2L	0.000
63	Masahiko Urano1-dan / age 17	1596		0W-1L	0.000
64	Masamitsu Tachiage 15	1596		0W-1L	0.000
65	Yuji Maeda6-dan / age 27	1595	46.7	12W-19L	0.387
66	Katsuhiko Murooka1-dan / age 22	1594		1W-2L	0.333
67	Terutaka Yasue6-dan / age 40	1592	48.3	14W-17L	0.452
68	Yasuaki Tsukada4-dan / age 16	1590		0W-2L	0.000
69	Eiji Ooshima4-dan / age 23	1589	48.1	17W-17L	0.500
70	Toshihiko Kawaguchi5-dan / age 44	1589	51.1	16W-13L	0.552
71	Yoshiyuki Ueyama1-dan / age 23	1587		3W-1L	0.750
72	Hiroyuki Iida1-dan / age 19	1584		1W-0L	1.000
73	Yaichio Oono1-dan / age 22	1584		1W-0L	1.000
74	Keiji Nishikawa1-dan / age 19	1582		1W-1L	0.500
75	Hiromitsu Takashimaage 39	1580	48.7	16W-18L	0.471
76	Hiroharu Seto4-dan / age 24	1579	46.5	15W-16L	0.484
77	Ryuuichi Matsuura4-dan / age 29	1579	48.6	18W-17L	0.514
78	Tsuneo Kikuchi5-dan / age 31	1578	45.2	11W-15L	0.423
79	Shoudou Nakada4-dan / age 29	1577	46.3	17W-20L	0.459
80	Kouichi Kodama4-dan / age 30	1576	46.9	17W-21L	0.447
81	Kenji Iino4-dan / age 26	1576	47.9	18W-19L	0.486
82	Katsumi Mushano4-dan / age 27	1575	49.2	21W-20L	0.512
83	Toshikatsu Yoshida7-dan / age 47	1573	46.7	15W-20L	0.429
84	Masaki Izumi4-dan / age 20	1571		4W-8L	0.333
85	Junichi Kase1-dan / age 23	1570		1W-1L	0.500
86	Yuuji Yoda4-dan / age 23	1569		6W-6L	0.500
87	永作芳也age 25	1568	48.7	17W-16L	0.515
88	Saburou Takeichi1-dan / age 27	1567		3W-3L	0.500
89	Yasuo Harada8-dan / age 58	1566	43.5	9W-16L	0.360
90	Hiroshi Honma1-dan / age 22	1565		0W-2L	0.000
91	Hiroto Kiritani4-dan / age 31	1561	48.3	18W-18L	0.500
92	Akira Kinoshita5-dan / age 41	1561	45.9	15W-15L	0.500
93	Renshou Nada9-dan / age 54	1556	44.0	12W-17L	0.414
94	Chimine Yamaguchiage 43	1555	48.5	12W-15L	0.444
95	Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 62	1554	44.9	10W-20L	0.333
96	Yuji Sase8-dan / age 62	1545	49.9	17W-16L	0.515
97	Junkichi Sakai4-dan / age 31	1543	44.8	15W-18L	0.455
98	Haruo Numa4-dan / age 32	1542	43.9	15W-18L	0.455
99	Hiroji Katou8-dan / age 57	1541	39.7	8W-18L	0.308
100	Shouji Kenmochi7-dan / age 46	1525	37.7	7W-20L	0.259
101	Yasuo Date6-dan / age 44	1521	45.4	15W-15L	0.500
102	Ichirou Tanabe5-dan / age 42	1521	39.6	10W-16L	0.385
103	Mikio Tomizawa8-dan / age 60	1520	46.5	12W-14L	0.462
104	Kiyoshi Aoki4-dan / age 33	1519	45.9	16W-16L	0.500
105	Hideo Yamaguchi6-dan / age 39	1511	41.2	10W-20L	0.333
106	Seiichi Kobori8-dan / age 69	1497	47.8	16W-16L	0.500
107	Shuuichi Ikeda5-dan / age 36	1489	37.9	9W-21L	0.300
108	Yoshitaka Kimura5-dan / age 50	1487	42.0	10W-16L	0.385
109	Eiji Oohara7-dan / age 52	1478	41.8	12W-15L	0.444
110	Toratsugu Nomoto6-dan / age 35	1475	30.9	5W-23L	0.179
111	Masakazu Wakamatsu5-dan / age 41	1473	34.2	6W-15L	0.286
112	Hisao Hirotsu8-dan / age 58	1470	35.1	6W-18L	0.250
113	Toyoichi Igarashi8-dan / age 56	1465	32.4	5W-16L	0.238
114	Kinji Shiihashi4-dan / age 32	1464	35.6	9W-19L	0.321
115	Yukio Shimodairaage 56	1452	33.5	6W-18L	0.250
116	Masayuki Moriyasu5-dan / age 33	1449	35.2	9W-20L	0.310
117	Fumio Kitamuraage 60	1449	31.0	5W-18L	0.217
118	Souetsu Honma8-dan / age 61	1441		4W-14L	0.222
119	Shigekazu Minamiguchi8-dan / age 62	1439	37.3	9W-16L	0.360
120	Kazumasa Yamanaka7-dan / age 66	1426	33.7	8W-19L	0.296
121	Yoshito Arino4-dan / age 32	1418	31.9	7W-22L	0.241
122	Kiyosaku Sekiya6-dan / age 47	1417		6W-11L	0.353
123	Keizou Hoshida7-dan / age 64	1405		5W-10L	0.333
124	松浦卓造age 66	1393		0W-1L	0.000
125	Sanji Hashimoto6-dan / age 55	1389		5W-10L	0.333
126	Nobuhiko Sakaguchi9-dan / age 72	1382	31.2	5W-18L	0.217
127	Tsutomu Matsushita8-dan / age 68	1379	27.0	4W-19L	0.174
128	Hidejiro Kitamura8-dan / age 73	1307		2W-10L	0.167
129	Mitsuo Kakuta7-dan / age 71	1303		2W-10L	0.167

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.