Kazuki Kimura

Kazuki Kimura
Native name 木村一基
Born (1973-06-23) June 23, 1973
Hometown Yotsukaidō
Nationality Japanese
Career
Achieved professional status April 1, 1997(1997-04-01) (aged 23)
Badge Number 222
Rank 9 dan
Teacher Yūji Sase
Tournaments won 2
Meijin class B1
Ryūō class 2
Notable students Satoshi 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.

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 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 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]

Promotion history

The promotion history for kimura is as follows:[4]

  • 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 six times, but has lost each time;[5] he has, however, won two non-major-title championships during his career.[6]

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.[7]

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 six times since turning professional.

YearAmountRank
2005¥22,860,0008th[8]
2007¥23,840,0008th[9]
2008¥29,580,0006th[10]
2009¥29,420,0005th[11]
2011¥20,520,0007th[12]
2014¥16,340,00010th[13]
  • 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 2018-02-28.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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 2017-12-18.
  3. 1 2 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. ↑ "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 2018-02-28.
  5. ↑ "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 2018-02-28.
  6. ↑ "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 2018-02-28.
  7. ↑ "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 2018-02-28.
  8. ↑ "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 2018-02-28.
  9. ↑ "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 2018-02-28.
  10. ↑ "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 2018-02-28.
  11. ↑ "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 2018-02-28.
  12. ↑ "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 2018-02-28.
  13. ↑ "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 2018-02-28.
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