Tadao Kitajima

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Tadao Kitajima
Native name北島忠雄
Born (1966-01-04) January 4, 1966 (age 60)
HometownTokyo Metropolis
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 1995(1995-04-01) (aged 29)
Badge Number214
Rank7-dan
TeacherShigeru Sekine (ja) (9-dan)
Meijin classC2
Ryūō class4
Notable students
Websites
JSA profile page

Tadao Kitajima (北島 忠雄, Kitajima Tadao; born January 4, 1966) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. He is a former director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Early life and apprenticeship

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Kitajima was born in Tokyo on January 1, 1966.[1] He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school in November 1980 at the rank 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Shigeru Sekine (ja). He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1983 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1995.[2]

Shogi professional

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Promotion history

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Kitajima's promotion history is as follows:[3]

  • 6-kyū: 1980
  • 1-dan: 1983
  • 4-dan: April 1, 1995
  • 5-dan: June 3, 1999
  • 6-dan: October 1, 2003
  • 7-dan: August 14, 2014

JSA director

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Tadajima is a former member of the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors, having served as a director from 2002 to 2004 and then again from 2011 to 2013.[2][4][5]

References

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