Masao Tsukada

Masao Tsukada (塚田 正夫, tsukada masao, August 2, 1914 – December 30, 1977) was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan (the highest dan at the time) and also 10-dan, which is an honorary rank, after death. He is a former Meijin and Ninth Dan title holder.[1]

Masao Tsukada
Tsukada in 1952.
Native name	塚田正夫
Born	( 1914 -08-02)August 2, 1914
Hometown	Bunkyō
Nationality	Japanese
Died	December 30, 1977(1977-12-30) (aged 63)
Career
Achieved professional status	January 1, 1932(1932-01-01) (aged 17)
Badge Number	11
Rank	10 dan
Teacher	Chōtarō Hanada
Lifetime titles	Lifetime Ninth Dan
Major titles won	6
Tournaments won	4
Notable students	Yukio Miyasaka
Websites
JSA profile page

Early life

Shogi professional

Promotion history

Titles and other championships

Tsukada (right) playing against Yasuharu Ōyama in 1948 for Meijin.

Tsukada has appeared in major title matches a total of 9 times. He has won the Meijin title twice. He has also won the Ninth Dan title four times with three consecutive wins, which qualified him for the Lifetime Ninth Dan title. (At the time, the highest rank in shogi was 8-dan, and 9-dan was actually a title instead of a permanent rank unlike the ranking system of today.) In addition to major titles, Tsukada has won four other shogi championships during his career.[2][3][4]

Major titles

Title	Years	Number of times overall
Meijin	1947, 1948	2
Ninth Dan (Ryūō)	1952–1955	4

Other championships

Tournament	Years	Number of times
NHK Cup	1953	1
Ōza (then a nontitle tournament)	1958	1
^†全日本選手権名人九段戦	1952, 1954	2

Note: Tournaments marked with a cross (†) are no longer held.

Awards and honors

References

1. "JSA page". Retrieved 2019-03-19.
2. 名人戦・順位戦過去の結果 [Meijin match and Jun'isen past results] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
3. "JSA page". Retrieved 2019-03-19.
4. https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/finished/10_9.html

External links

• Japan Shogi Association official profile page (in Japanese)