Daisuke Katagami

Daisuke Katagami
Native name片上大輔
Born (1981-08-28) August 28, 1981 (age 43)
HometownHiroshima
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 2004(2004-04-01) (aged 22)
Badge Number251
Rank7-dan
TeacherNobuo Mori [ja] (7-dan)
Meijin classC1
Ryūō class5
Notable studentsKarolina Styczyńska
Websites
JSA profile page
Official website

Daisuke Katagami (片上 大輔, Katagami Daisuke, born August 28, 1981) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. He is a former executive director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Early life and apprenticeship

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Katagami was born in Hiroshima on August 28, 1981.[1] He was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional Nobuo Mori [ja] in September 1993, promoted to the rank of 1-dan in March 1996, and was awarded full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2004 after winning the 34th 3-dan League (October 2003 – March 2004) with a record of 16 wins and 2 losses.[2][3]

Shogi professional

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Promotion history

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Katagami's promotion history is as follows:[4]

  • 6-kyū: 1993
  • 1-dan: 1996
  • 4-dan: April 1, 2004
  • 5-dan: October 10, 2006
  • 6-dan: May 12, 2009
  • 7-dan: July 18, 2018

JSA director

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Katagami is a former member of the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors.[5] He was first elected to a two-year term as a director at the association's 64th General Meeting in June 2013,[6] and elevated to executive director at the 66th General Meeting in June 2015.[7] Near the end of his second term, however, Katagami was one of three board members voted out of office by the JSA membership at an emergency meeting held in February 2017 for their involvement in the 29th Ryūō challenger controversy.[8]

Katagami was re-elected as an executive director in June 2023.[9]

Personal life

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In February 2006, the JSA announced on its official website the engagement of Katagami to women's professional Madoka Kitao.[10][11]

On June 12, 2016, Katagami posted on his personal blog that he had gotten divorced some time ago, and that he had gotten married again to someone else about two months earlier.[12] The following day, Kitao tweeted that she and Katagami had gotten divorced about two years earlier in response; her tweet included a link to Katagami's blog post.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Katagami Daisuke" 棋士データベース: 片上大輔 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Katagami] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dai Sanjūyonkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisensannen Jūgatsu kara Nisenyonnen Sangatsu" 第34回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2003年10月～2004年3月 [34th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2003 to March 2004] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2004. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Kishi Meikan: Shichidan Katagami Daisuke" 棋士名鑑: 七段 片上 大輔 [Player Directory: Daisuke Katagami 7-dan]. 平成26年版 将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition) (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2014. p. 570. ISBN 978-4-8399-5175-7. Retrieved February 22, 2019 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Katagami Daisuke Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 片上大輔 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Katagami Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Katagami Daisuke Yakuin Rireki" 棋士データベース: 片上大輔 役員履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Katagami JSA Officer History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  6. ^ "Shinriji Tantō Busho no Oshirase" 新理事担当部署のお知らせ [New JSA officers and their respective responsibilities announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 7, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  7. ^ "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, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "3 shogi board members sacked over mishandling of software 'cheating' scandal". Mainichi Shimbun. February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  9. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shiyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  10. ^ "Katagami Daisukei Yondan･Kitao Madoka Joryū Shodan ga Konyaku" 片上大輔四段･北尾まどか女流初段が婚約 [Daisuke Katagami 4-dan and Madoka Kitao women's professional 1-dan announce engagement] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. February 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  11. ^ "Dai Nijūyonkai Asahi Opun Shōgi Senshuken Junkesshō Daiichikyoku: Nishimura Monka no Kesshō Naruka" 第24回朝日オープン将棋選手権 準決勝第1局: 西村門下の決勝なるか [24th Asahi Open Cup Semi-final Game 1: Will Nsihimura's protegee advance to the finals]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). February 23, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2024. ところで本日, 片上大輔四段(24)と北尾まどか女流初段(25)の婚約が発表された.北尾女流初段は三浦と同じく, 西村一義九段門下である. [tr. By the way, the engamement of Katagami Daisuke 4-dan (24) and Madoka Kitao women's professional 1-dan (25) was announced today; Kitao women's professional 1-dan, like Miura, is also a student of Kazuyoshi Nishimura 9-dan
  12. ^ Katagami, Daisuke (June 12, 2016). "Gohōkoku" ご報告 [Announcement]. Daichan no Kobeya (in Japanese). Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  13. ^ Kitao, Madoka [@nemurineko] (June 13, 2016). "Katagami Burogu noi Kisaishimashita ga, Ninenhodomae ni Rikonshimashita" 片上ブログに記載がありましたが, 二年ほど前に離婚しました. [This has been posted on Katagami's blog already, but the two of us got divorced about two years ago.] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved April 19, 2024 – via Twitter.
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