Tatsuya Sugai

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Tatsuya Sugai
Born (1992-04-17) April 17, 1992 (age 29)
HometownMitsu, Okayama
NationalityJapanese
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 2010(2010-04-01) (aged 17)
Badge Number278
Rank8-dan
TeacherKeita Inoue (9-dan)
Major titles won1
Tournaments won2
Meijin classA
Ryūō class2
Websites
JSA profile page

Tatsuya Sugai (菅井 竜也, Sugai Tatsuya, born April 17, 1992) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.[1] He is a former holder of the Ōi title.

Promotion history[]

The promotion history for Sugai is as follows:[2]

  • 2004, September 29: 6-kyū
  • 2010, April 1: 4-dan
  • 2011, August 21: 5-dan
  • 2015, March 10: 6-dan
  • 2015, November 5: 7-dan
  • 2020, January 23: 8-dan

Titles and other championships[]

Sugai's has appeared in two major title matches to date.[3] His first appearance came in 2017 when he defeated Yoshiharu Habu to win the 58th Ōi title.[4] The following year, however, he was unable to successfully defend his title against Masayuki Toyoshima, losing the 59th Ōi title match 4 games to 3.[5]

In addition to the 58th Ōi title, Sugai has won two other shogi championships during his career: the 46th  [ja] in 2015 and the 5th  [ja] in 2011.[6]

Awards and honors[]

Sugai received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best New Player" (2011), "Best Winning Percentage" (2014), "Most Games Won" (2014) and the Kōzō Masuda Award (2014).[7]

Year-end prize money and game fee ranking[]

Sugai has finished in the "Top 10" of the JSA's  [ja] twice: he finished 7th with JPY 23,630,000 in earnings in 2017, and ninth with JPY 21,930,000 in 2018.[8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Sugai Tatsuya" 棋士データベース: 菅井竜也 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Tatsuya Sugai] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Sugai Tatsuya Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 菅井竜也 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Tatsuya Sugai Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Sugai Tatsuya Taitoru Rireki" 棋士データベース: 菅井竜也 タイトル履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Tatsuya Sugai Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  4. ^ Yamamura, Hideki (August 30, 2017). "Sugai, Hatsu Taitoru no Ōi Kakutoku, Shikkan no Habu wa Nikan ni" 菅井, 初タイトルの王位獲得 失冠の羽生は2冠に [Sugai wins Oi match for first title, Habu defeated and loses title to become 2 crown]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "Ōi Dashu de Toyoshima Nikan ni; Shōgi, Hitori Ichi Taitoru Kuzureru" 王位奪取で豊島二冠に 将棋, 1人1タイトル崩れる [Toyoshima captures Ōi title to become 2-crown, and ends period of each major title being held by different person]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  6. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Sugai Tatsuya Yūshō Rireki" 棋士データベース: 菅井竜也 優勝履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Tatsuya Sugai Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  7. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Sugai Tatsuya Shōgi Taishō" 棋士データベース: 菅井竜也 将棋大賞 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Tatsuya Sugai Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  8. ^ "2017nen Kakutoku Shōkin - Taikyokuryō Besuto 10" 2017年獲得賞金・対局料ベスト10 [2017 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 10] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  9. ^ "Habu Yoshiharu Kudan ga Ninenburi Ichii 2018nen Kakutoku Shōkin - Taikyokuryō Besuto 10" 羽生善治九段が2年ぶり1位 2018年獲得賞金・対局料ベスト10 [2018 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 10: Yoshiharu Habu 9d reclaims top position after two years] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

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