Rating › FY1997

Rating at end of FY1997

Shogi in FY1997

Yoshiharu Habu qualifies for Lifetime Oi
Koji Tanigawa qualifies for Lifetime Meijin
Keiichi Sanada becomes challenger from Ryuo-sen Group 4
Nobuyuki Yashiki wins 15 official games in a row
Yoshiharu Habu wins 8 consecutive Kio-sen titles
Tadahisa Maruyama wins all 12 games in Class B1
Yoshiharu Habu wins 6 consecutive Oza-sen titles
Yoshiharu Habu wins 5 consecutive Oi-sen titles
Hisashi Namekata: promoted in Ryuo-sen Ranking 4 years in a row (Group 6→Group 2)
Masataka Sugimoto: biggest rating gain of the year (1632→1755、+123)

Rank	Players	Rating	Deviation	FY1997 results	Win rate
1	Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 27	2011	73.8	43W-16L	0.729
2	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 27	1968	71.6	47W-15L	0.758
3	Koji TanigawaRyuo・Meijin / age 35	1951	70.8	30W-13L	0.698
4	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 28	1913	68.3	36W-22L	0.621
5	Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 27	1895	66.4	32W-18L	0.640
6	Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 26	1885	66.8	40W-14L	0.741
7	Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 28	1885	66.4	32W-15L	0.681
8	Tadahisa Maruyama7-dan / age 27	1881	64.5	31W-15L	0.674
9	Koichi Fukaura6-dan / age 26	1848	64.9	44W-16L	0.733
10	Taku Morishita8-dan / age 31	1822	63.0	25W-19L	0.568
11	Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 50	1818	58.4	21W-22L	0.488
12	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 22	1809	60.6	32W-14L	0.696
13	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 27	1803	60.2	30W-18L	0.625
14	Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 34	1801	61.9	32W-19L	0.627
15	Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 32	1798	62.4	31W-13L	0.705
16	Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 27	1797	61.2	28W-14L	0.667
17	Takashi Abe7-dan / age 30	1796	56.3	22W-19L	0.537
18	Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 37	1795	58.6	21W-23L	0.477
19	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29	1783	59.7	24W-13L	0.649
20	Keita Inoue8-dan / age 34	1761	56.4	17W-16L	0.515
21	Akira Shima8-dan / age 35	1759	56.2	17W-20L	0.459
22	Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 35	1759	56.2	25W-22L	0.532
23	Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 28	1757	62.1	26W-13L	0.667
24	Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 29	1755	62.5	35W-11L	0.761
25	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 24	1755	55.1	24W-15L	0.615
26	Hiroki Nakata7-dan / age 33	1750	58.2	24W-13L	0.649
27	Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 23	1750	57.9	24W-16L	0.600
28	Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 23	1748	60.0	31W-13L	0.705
29	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 30	1747	59.8	30W-14L	0.682
30	Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 22	1738	60.2	31W-10L	0.756
31	Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 54	1738	56.3	14W-19L	0.424
32	Hiroyuki Miura6-dan / age 24	1730	52.9	20W-19L	0.513
33	Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28	1727	53.8	21W-20L	0.512
34	Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 58	1718	57.9	15W-15L	0.500
35	Keiichi Sanada6-dan / age 25	1715	56.5	24W-20L	0.545
36	Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28	1710	54.4	23W-16L	0.590
37	Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 40	1707	56.7	19W-13L	0.594
38	Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 34	1698	54.2	21W-15L	0.583
39	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 45	1697	54.0	20W-21L	0.488
40	Kenji Waki7-dan / age 37	1694	52.5	19W-20L	0.487
41	Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 34	1693	56.7	22W-15L	0.595
42	Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 33	1686	55.3	15W-14L	0.517
43	Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 50	1684	54.0	17W-19L	0.472
44	Kazuki Kimura4-dan / age 24	1678	57.5	25W-14L	0.641
45	Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 32	1678	53.7	27W-16L	0.628
46	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 23	1677	54.1	22W-14L	0.611
47	Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 35	1673	53.7	16W-13L	0.552
48	Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 25	1673	50.1	19W-14L	0.576
49	Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 33	1671	54.3	20W-15L	0.571
50	Hiroshi Kamiya7-dan / age 36	1671	53.4	16W-13L	0.552
51	Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 48	1670	53.1	16W-15L	0.516
52	Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 30	1667	48.3	16W-16L	0.500
53	Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 22	1661	48.0	15W-14L	0.517
54	Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 29	1656	45.0	11W-18L	0.379
55	Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 31	1655	54.4	21W-11L	0.656
56	Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 40	1652	47.3	10W-19L	0.345
57	Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 24	1649	51.6	21W-18L	0.538
58	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 26	1649	49.4	17W-14L	0.548
59	Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 41	1645	49.0	14W-20L	0.412
60	Keiji Mori9-dan / age 51	1645	47.5	14W-24L	0.368
61	Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 38	1644	48.2	15W-23L	0.395
62	小林裕士4-dan / age 21	1643	52.7	21W-11L	0.656
63	Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 26	1643	51.8	23W-19L	0.548
64	Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 58	1642	48.4	18W-26L	0.409
65	Yusuke Ina1-dan / age 22	1635		2W-0L	1.000
66	Koji Tosa7-dan / age 43	1632	47.7	13W-14L	0.481
67	Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 29	1628	53.2	22W-12L	0.647
68	Kenji Imaizumiage 24	1626		1W-1L	0.500
69	Shohei Takada5-dan / age 35	1618	50.0	16W-14L	0.533
70	Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 25	1617	49.2	16W-15L	0.516
71	Toshiyuki Nakao1-dan / age 23	1617		1W-1L	0.500
72	Keiji Nishikawa7-dan / age 36	1616	47.6	12W-15L	0.444
73	Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32	1611	47.5	17W-16L	0.515
74	小林宏6-dan / age 35	1610	46.4	14W-15L	0.483
75	Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 40	1605	51.4	18W-12L	0.600
76	Yuji Masuda4-dan / age 27	1605		4W-4L	0.500
77	Shinya Satoh4-dan / age 20	1605		3W-3L	0.500
78	Kazutoshi Satoh1-dan / age 19	1603		0W-1L	0.000
79	Isao Nakata5-dan / age 30	1601	47.9	13W-18L	0.419
80	Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 34	1599	45.1	12W-13L	0.480
81	Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 56	1594	51.4	20W-18L	0.526
82	Shinya Yamamoto1-dan / age 26	1594		0W-1L	0.000
83	Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 36	1593	48.9	16W-17L	0.485
84	Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 35	1593	50.6	15W-14L	0.517
85	Hiroshi Naganuma6-dan / age 33	1591	47.3	18W-16L	0.529
86	Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 51	1586	51.0	14W-15L	0.483
87	Masamitsu Tachi6-dan / age 32	1584	43.7	12W-15L	0.444
88	Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 47	1582	50.0	12W-15L	0.444
89	Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 56	1580	43.4	9W-18L	0.333
90	Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 62	1579	41.4	7W-19L	0.269
91	Masaki Izumi7-dan / age 37	1576	45.5	10W-19L	0.345
92	Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 39	1575	42.0	9W-16L	0.360
93	Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 28	1572	44.3	14W-15L	0.483
94	Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 46	1564	47.3	12W-15L	0.444
95	Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 51	1564	49.0	9W-12L	0.429
96	Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 48	1557	46.0	13W-12L	0.520
97	Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 36	1556	46.9	14W-15L	0.483
98	斎田晴子	1555		0W-3L	0.000
99	木下浩一age 30	1555	43.2	12W-18L	0.400
100	Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 33	1555		6W-8L	0.429
101	Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 39	1542	42.3	9W-15L	0.375
102	Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 39	1533	43.6	12W-15L	0.444
103	Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 51	1527	39.2	6W-15L	0.286
104	Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 47	1516	39.0	7W-19L	0.269
105	Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 40	1516	36.0	7W-17L	0.292
106	Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 47	1513	36.9	7W-18L	0.280
107	Saburou Takeichi6-dan / age 44	1513	44.9	13W-16L	0.448
108	Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 46	1505	43.7	13W-16L	0.448
109	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 34	1505	39.9	9W-17L	0.346
110	Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 48	1502	38.7	9W-19L	0.321
111	Nou Itoh4-dan / age 36	1493	43.4	15W-17L	0.469
112	Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 38	1490	43.1	14W-15L	0.483
113	Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 45	1487	38.9	10W-17L	0.370
114	Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 46	1485	38.6	9W-17L	0.346
115	Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 42	1484	32.6	4W-19L	0.174
116	Junichi Kase5-dan / age 40	1481	40.7	9W-17L	0.346
117	Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 40	1479		6W-10L	0.375
118	Keizou Noda5-dan / age 40	1475	42.7	13W-15L	0.464
119	Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 39	1472		7W-10L	0.412
120	Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 49	1470	38.0	10W-21L	0.323
121	Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 46	1468		5W-8L	0.385
122	中井広恵	1458		1W-3L	0.250
123	Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 56	1457	38.6	9W-20L	0.310
124	Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 44	1455	31.1	5W-19L	0.208
125	Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 44	1448		5W-9L	0.357
126	Kenji Iino6-dan / age 43	1444	36.2	7W-17L	0.292
127	清水市代	1434		4W-9L	0.308
128	Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 43	1432		5W-10L	0.333
129	Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 61	1426	36.5	8W-16L	0.333
130	Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 48	1413		4W-10L	0.286
131	Haruo Numa6-dan / age 49	1405	29.6	4W-20L	0.167
132	Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 49	1401	37.3	8W-20L	0.286
133	Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 37	1399		3W-12L	0.200
134	Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 50	1392		3W-10L	0.231
135	Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 41	1391		3W-9L	0.250
136	Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 48	1389		4W-11L	0.267
137	Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 68	1389	28.3	4W-18L	0.182
138	Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 56	1388		5W-10L	0.333
139	Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 49	1384	31.6	6W-18L	0.250
140	Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 61	1383	33.3	6W-19L	0.240
141	Chimine Yamaguchiage 60	1366		1W-9L	0.100
142	Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 68	1365	36.5	7W-17L	0.292
143	Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 63	1353		4W-11L	0.267
144	Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 57	1336	13.5	1W-19L	0.050
145	Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 58	1332		4W-10L	0.286
146	Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 50	1329		1W-9L	0.100
147	Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 52	1283		0W-10L	0.000
148	Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 58	1267		1W-9L	0.100
149	Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 59	1252		0W-9L	0.000
150	Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 49	1244		1W-9L	0.100
151	Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 53	1221		1W-10L	0.091

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.