Kazuo Azuma

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Kazuo Azuma
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Native name東和男
Born (1955-08-17) August 17, 1955 (age 66)
HometownSasebo, Nagasaki
NationalityJapanese
Career
Achieved professional statusJuly 16, 1976(1976-07-16) (aged 20)
Badge Number128
Rank8-dan
RetiredMay 17, 2021(2021-05-17) (aged 65)
Teacher [ja] (9-dan)
Meijin classfree
Ryūō class6
Websites
JSA profile page

Kazuo Azuma (東 和男, Azuma Kazuo, August 17, 1955) is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan.[1] He is a former senior managing director of the Japan Shogi Association.

JSA director[]

Azuma has served on the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors on a number of occasions. He first served as a director from 1995 to 2004,[2] and then as a managing director from 2005 to 2006[2] and from 2011 to 2017.[3][4][5]　

In February 2017, Azuma was one of the two JSA board members to survive a no-confidence vote taken at an emergency meeting of the JSA membership as part of the fallout from 29th Ryūō challenger controversy.[6][7] The following month he was elevated to senior managing director by the JSA board at a special meeting;[8][9] he served in that capacity until the end of May 2017, but decided not to submit his name as a candidate for reelection as a board member at the JSA's 68th General Meeting on May 29, 2017.[10]

Promotion history[]

The promotion history for Azuma is as follows:[11]

  • 1971: 6-kyū
  • 1974: 1-dan
  • 1976, July 16: 4-dan
  • 1980, April 1: 5-dan
  • 1984, April 1: 6-dan
  • 1992, December 18: 7-dan
  • 2015, April 1: 8-dan
  • 2021, May 17: Retired

Awards and honors[]

Azuma received the JSA's "25 Years Service Award" in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years in 2001.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Azuma Kazuo" 棋士データベース: 東和男 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuo Azuma] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Kishi Dētabēsu: Azuma Kazuo Yakuin Rireki" 棋士データベース: 東和男 役員履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuo Azuma JSA Officer History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [New JSA officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 26, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [New JSA officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 7, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [New JSA officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 4, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "3 shogi board members sacked over mishandling of software 'cheating' scandal". Mainichi Shimbun. February 28, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Murase, Shinya (February 27, 2017). "Shōgi Renmei no Riji Sannin wo Kainin Sofuto Fusei Sōdō no Taiō Mondai Kaishiin" 将棋連盟の理事3人を解任 ソフト不正騒動の対応問題視 [Three Japan Shogi Association directors dismissed for problems related to the handling of the issue of inappropriate software use]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  8. ^ "Azuma Kazuo Jōmuriji ga Senmuriji e" 東和男常務理事が専務理事へ [Kazuo Azuma managing director selected to be new senior managing director] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 17, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  9. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [New JSA officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 7, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  10. ^ "Shōgi Renmei, Satō Kaichō wo Sainin Moriuchi Kudan ga Senmuriji ni" 将棋連盟, 佐藤会長を再任 森内九段が専務理事に [Sato re-elected president of JSA, Moriuchi Kudan chosen to be senior director.]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 29, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Azuma Kazuo Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 東和男 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuo Azuma Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  12. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Azuma Kazuo Eisaku Sonota Hyōshō" 棋士データベース: 東和男 その他表彰 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kazuo Azuma Other Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

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