Tatsuya Futakami

Tatsuya Futakami ( Japanese 二 上 達 也 , Futakami Tatsuya ; born January 2, 1932 in Hakodate ; died November 1, 2016 ), was a professional Japanese shogi player and official.

Childhood and youth

He was born the youngest of eight children. His mother died when he was seven years old. Originally a wealthy family, they became impoverished by the effects of land reform and inflation. His father died in 1946. When Tatsuya attended middle school in Hakodate, he got to know the Shogi and soon reached the sixth dan amateurs.

professional

In 1949 he took second place in a prefecture-wide tournament in Hokkaidō . Through this success, the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) became aware of Futakami and asked him to start a career as a professional player. Futakami was by the inclusion in Shōreikai ( Japanese. 奨 励 会 ) in April 1950 contenders for a place as a professional with the Japan Shogi Association. In November 1950 he was accepted as a professional at the JSA. His player number was 57. He was coached by Toichi Watanabe . He retired as a player in 1990, but was chairman of the Japan Shogi Association until 2002.

successes

• 1956: Receipt of the 8th professional dan and promotion to class A of the Japanese Shogi league
• 1957: Receipt of the 9th professional dan
• 1989–2002: President of the Japan Shogi Association

title

title

title	Years	Number of titles
Kisei	1980-1981	4th
Osho	1962	1

student

Futakami looked after a total of ten students. One of them was Yoshiharu Habu .

Awards

• 1992: Medal of Honor on a violet ribbon
• 2002: Officer in the Order of the Rising Sun

Publications (selection)

• Futukami Tsumeshogi senshu . 2002, ISBN 4-8197-0257-2 .
• Kishi . Tokyo 2004, ISBN 4-7949-6619-9 .
• Ki o tanoshimite oiru o shirazu . Tokyo 2006, ISBN 4-8083-0851-7 .

Web links

• Obituary of the JSA in Japanese
• Site at the Japan Shogi Association Japanese
• Page at ShogiHub English

Remarks

1. ↑ Until 1994 the title was played twice a year.