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Kazuki Kimura
Native name木村一基
Born (1973-06-23) June 23, 1973 (age 51)
HometownYotsukaidō
NationalityJapanese
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 1997(1997-04-01) (aged 23)
Badge Number222
Rank9 dan
TeacherYūji Sase [ja]
Current titles heldŌi
Major titles won1
Tournaments won2
Meijin classA
Ryūō class1
Notable studentsSatoshi Takano
Websites
JSA profile page

Kazuki Kimura (木村 一基, Kimura Kazuki, born June 23, 1973) is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is the current Ōi title holder. He is also the oldest player to win a major title for the first time.

Early life

Kimura was born in Yotsukaidō, Chiba Prefecture on June 23, 1973.[1] He learned how to play shogi at a friend's house when he was in kindergarten, and started regularly going to a local shogi club when he was a second-grade elementary school student.[2]

Kimura first met his future mentor shogi professional Yūji Sase [ja] when the two played a 2-piece handicap game. Kimura soon began taking lessons from Sase at his house, where he occasionally played practice games against Hiroe Nakai, who was another one of Sase's students.[2] In 1985, he advanced to the quarterfinals of the 10th Elementary Student Meijin Tournament [ja] as sixth-grade elementary school student, and later that same year entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school under the guidance of Sase.[2][3]

At first, Kimura progressed fairly quickly and was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in the fall of 1990 when he was an eleventh-grade high school student, but it took more than six years before he was able to obtain professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1997.[2][3]

Shogi professional

In June 2019, Kimura defeated Yoshiharu Habu to earn the right to challenge Masayuki Toyoshima for the 60th Ōi title.[4] In the title match against Toyoshima, Kimura lost the first two games before coming back to tie the score at two wins apiece. Toyoshima won Game 5 and needed just one more win to defend his title; Kimura, however, won the last two games to win the match 4 games to 3. The victory not only gave Kimura his first major title, but it also made him the oldest first time winner of a major title at the age of 46 years and 3 months, breaking the record of 37 years and 6 months set by Michio Ariyoshi in 1973.[5]

Promotion history

The promotion history for kimura is as follows:[6]

  • 1985: 6-kyū
  • 1988: 1-dan
  • 1997, April 1: 4-dan
  • 1999, April 1: 5-dan
  • 2001, December 17: 6-dan
  • 2003, April 1: 7-dan
  • 2007, April 1: 8-dan
  • 2017, June 26: 9-dan

Titles and other championships

Kimura has been the challenger for a major title seven times, and has won one title;[7] he has also won two non-major-title championships during his career.[8]

Awards and honors

Kimura has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards throughout his career. He won the ""Best New Player" award for 1997–1998; the "Best Winning Percentage" award for 1998–1999; the "Best Winning Percentage", "Most Games Won" and "Most games Played" awards for 2000–2001; and the "Fighting-spirit" award for 2008–2009.[9]

Year-end prize money and game fee ranking

Kimura has finished in the "Top 10" of the JSA's year-end prize money and game fee rankings [ja] six times since turning professional.

Year Amount Rank
2005 ¥22,860,000 8th[10]
2007 ¥23,840,000 8th[11]
2008 ¥29,580,000 6th[12]
2009 ¥29,420,000 5th[13]
2011 ¥20,520,000 7th[14]
2014 ¥16,340,000 10th[15]
  • Note: All amounts are given in Japanese yen and include prize money and fees earned from official tournaments and games held from January 1 to December 31.

References

  1. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Kimura Kazuki" 棋士データベース: 木村一基 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuki Kimura] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Kimura Kazuki Shichidan ni Kiku Nebari wa Saizen no Gambari. ｢Korekara, Subete Kachitai｣" 木村一基七段に聞く 粘りは最善の頑張り。｢これからは, すべて勝ちたい」 [According to Kazuki Kimura 7d, never giving up is the best approach, "I want to win all my games from here on."]. Nikkei Net (Interview) (in Japanese). Nikkei Shimbun. 2005-06-08. Archived from the original on 2005-11-25. Retrieved December 18, 2017. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2005-11-21 suggested (help)
  3. ^ a b Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Jō] A-Ta Gyō 現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [上] あ-た [2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [First volume] Letter "A" to Letter "Ta"] (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2015. p. 38 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Yamamura, Hideki (June 6, 2019). "Habu, Ōi Chōsen Nogasu　Ketteisen de Kimura ni Yabureru" 羽生, 王位挑戦逃す 決定戦で木村に敗れる [Habu lets chance to challenge for Ōi title slip away and is defeated by Kimura in the deciding game.]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  5. ^ "「Chūnensei no Hoshi」Yonjūrokusai・Kimura ga Shin Ōi Shōgi Sainenchō Hatsu Taitoru" 「中年の星」46歳・木村が新王位　将棋最年長初タイトル [’Middle-age star’: 46-year-old Kimura is the new Ōi title holder; becomes oldest player to win major title for first time.]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). September 26, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Kimura Kazuki Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 木村一基 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuki Kimura Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  7. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Kimura Kazuki Taitoru Rireki" 棋士データベース: 木村一基 タイトル履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuki Kimura Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Kimura Kazuki Yūshō Rireki" 棋士データベース: 木村一基 優勝履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuki Kimura Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  9. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Kimura Kazuki Shōgi Taishō" 棋士データベース: 木村一基 将棋大賞 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuki Kimura Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  10. ^ "2006nen Kakutoku Shōkin - Taikyokuryō Besuto 20" 2006年獲得賞金・対局料ベスト20 [2006 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 20] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2007-03-01. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  11. ^ "2007nen Kakutoku Shōkin - Taikyokuryō Besuto 20" 2007年獲得賞金・対局料ベスト20 [2007 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 20] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2008-03-01. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  12. ^ "2008nen Kakutoku Shōkin - Taikyokuryō Besuto 20" 2008年獲得賞金・対局料ベスト20 [2008 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 20] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2009-03-02. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  13. ^ "2009nen Kakutoku Shōkin - Taikyokuryō Besuto 20" 2009年獲得賞金・対局料ベスト20 [2009 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 20] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2010-03-05. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  14. ^ "2011nen Kakutoku Shōkin - Taikyokuryō Besuto 20" 2012年獲得賞金・対局料ベスト20 [2011 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 20] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2012-02-16. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  15. ^ "2014nen Kakutoku Shōkin - Taikyokuryō Besuto 10" 2014年獲得賞金・対局料ベスト10 [2014 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 10] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2015-02-03. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
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