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Age on reaching 6-dan (youngest): ranking

Youngest age at promotion to 6-dan.

Rank	Players	Age	6-dan promotion date
1	Sota Fujii Active	15 y 6 m	6-dan on 2018-2-17 (born 2002-7-19)
2	Hifumi Katoh	16 y 3 m	6-dan on 1956-4-1 (born 1940-1-1)
3	Koji Tanigawa Active	17 y 11 m	6-dan on 1980-4-1 (born 1962-4-6)
4	Yoshiharu Habu Active	19 y 0 m	6-dan on 1989-10-1 (born 1970-9-27)
5	Nobuyuki Yashiki Active	19 y 2 m	6-dan on 1991-4-1 (born 1972-1-18)
6	Nagisa Fujimoto Active	19 y 7 m	6-dan on 2025-3-4 (born 2005-7-18)
7	Yoshikazu Minami Active	19 y 9 m	6-dan on 1983-4-1 (born 1963-6-8)
8	Yasuaki Tsukada Active	20 y 4 m	6-dan on 1985-4-1 (born 1964-11-16)
9	Osamu Nakamura Active	20 y 4 m	6-dan on 1983-4-1 (born 1962-11-7)
10	Akira Watanabe Active	20 y 5 m	6-dan on 2004-10-1 (born 1984-4-23)
11	Takumi Ito Active	20 y 6 m	6-dan on 2023-4-20 (born 2002-10-10)
12	Yasuhiro Masuda Active	20 y 6 m	6-dan on 2018-5-22 (born 1997-11-4)
13	Makoto Nakahara	20 y 6 m	6-dan on 1968-4-1 (born 1947-9-2)
14	Masayuki Toyoshima Active	20 y 6 m	6-dan on 2010-11-29 (born 1990-4-30)
15	Takuya Nagase Active	20 y 9 m	6-dan on 2013-6-17 (born 1992-9-5)
16	Kouru Abe Active	21 y 0 m	6-dan on 2015-11-5 (born 1994-10-25)
17	Bungo Fukusaki	21 y 3 m	6-dan on 1981-4-1 (born 1959-12-6)
18	Toshiyuki Moriuchi Active	21 y 5 m	6-dan on 1992-4-1 (born 1970-10-10)
19	Shintaro Saito Active	22 y 0 m	6-dan on 2015-4-23 (born 1993-4-21)
20	Kazuo Ishida	22 y 0 m	6-dan on 1969-4-1 (born 1947-3-29)
21	Kensuke Kitahama Active	22 y 3 m	6-dan on 1998-4-1 (born 1975-12-28)
22	Kunio Naitou	22 y 4 m	6-dan on 1962-4-1 (born 1939-11-15)
22	Satoshi Murayama	22 y 4 m	6-dan on 1991-10-31 (born 1969-6-15)
24	Yasumitsu Satoh Active	22 y 5 m	6-dan on 1992-3-25 (born 1969-10-1)
25	Kiyozumi Kiriyama	22 y 5 m	6-dan on 1970-4-1 (born 1947-10-7)
26	Seiya Kondou Active	22 y 7 m	6-dan on 2019-3-5 (born 1996-7-25)
27	Hiroyuki Miura Active	22 y 7 m	6-dan on 1996-10-1 (born 1974-2-13)
28	Michio Ariyoshi	22 y 8 m	6-dan on 1958-4-1 (born 1935-7-27)
29	Shota Chida Active	22 y 8 m	6-dan on 2016-12-16 (born 1994-4-10)
30	Kunio Yonenaga	22 y 9 m	6-dan on 1966-4-1 (born 1943-6-10)
31	Tatsuya Sugai Active	22 y 10 m	6-dan on 2015-3-10 (born 1992-4-17)
32	Yuuki Sasaki Active	22 y 11 m	6-dan on 2017-7-11 (born 1994-8-5)
33	Wataru Yashiro Active	22 y 11 m	6-dan on 2017-2-11 (born 1994-3-3)
34	Shingo Sawada Active	22 y 11 m	6-dan on 2014-11-6 (born 1991-11-21)
35	Hirotoshi Ueno Active	23 y 0 m	6-dan on 2026-5-21 (born 2003-5-5)
36	Akira Shima Active	23 y 1 m	6-dan on 1986-4-1 (born 1963-2-19)
37	Yusei Koga Active	23 y 2 m	6-dan on 2024-3-5 (born 2001-1-1)
38	Taku Morishita Active	23 y 2 m	6-dan on 1989-10-3 (born 1966-7-10)
39	Toshiaki Kubo Active	23 y 2 m	6-dan on 1998-11-25 (born 1975-8-27)
40	Amahiko Satoh Active	23 y 3 m	6-dan on 2011-4-21 (born 1988-1-16)
41	Tetsuro Itodani Active	23 y 3 m	6-dan on 2012-1-12 (born 1988-10-5)
42	Akihito Hirose Active	23 y 4 m	6-dan on 2010-6-11 (born 1987-1-18)
43	Nobuyuki Oouchi	23 y 5 m	6-dan on 1965-4-1 (born 1941-10-2)
44	Makoto Tobe Active	23 y 6 m	6-dan on 2010-2-9 (born 1986-8-5)
45	Kenji Waki Active	23 y 7 m	6-dan on 1984-4-1 (born 1960-8-10)
46	Tadashi Ooishi Active	23 y 7 m	6-dan on 2013-5-15 (born 1989-9-16)
47	Shinichiro Hattori Active	23 y 8 m	6-dan on 2023-4-20 (born 1999-8-2)
48	Akira Inaba Active	23 y 8 m	6-dan on 2012-5-1 (born 1988-8-8)
49	Takayuki Yamasaki Active	23 y 9 m	6-dan on 2004-11-18 (born 1981-2-14)
50	Eisaku Tomioka Active	23 y 10 m	6-dan on 1988-4-1 (born 1964-5-19)

Covers players whose birth date and 6-dan promotion date are known to the day.

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