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Daisuke Suzuki (shogi)

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Daisuke Suzuki
Native name鈴木大介
Born (1974-07-11) July 11, 1974 (age 50)
HometownMachida, Tokyo
Career
Achieved professional statusOctober 1, 1994(1994-10-01) (aged 20)
Badge Number213
Rank9-dan
TeacherNobuyuki Ōuchi (9-dan)
Tournaments won2
Meijin classB2
Ryūō class3
Notable studentsHirotaka Kajiura
Websites
JSA profile page

Daisuke Suzuki (鈴木 大介, Suzuki Daisuke, born July 11, 1974) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former executive director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Suzuki is also the first professional shogi player to be awarded professional status by the Japan Professional Mahjong League [ja] (JPML) and become a professional mahjong player [ja].

Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship

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Daisuke Suzuki was born in Machida, Tokyo on July 11, 1974.[1] He won the 11th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament [ja] tournament in 1986, defeating fellow future shogi professional Toshiaki Kubo in the semi-final round.[2][3]

In June 1986, Suzuki entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a protegee of shogi professional Nobuyuki Ōuchi.[4] He was promoted to 1-dan in October 1988, and then obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1994.[4]

Shogi professional

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Suzuki's first tournament victory as a professional came in 1996 when he defeated Takashi Abe to win the 15th Hayazashi Shineisen [ja] tournament.[4] In March 1999, he defeated Masataka Gōda to win the 49th NHK Shogi TV Tournament for his only other tournament victory.[5]

In October 1999, Suzuki made his first appearance in a major title match as the challenger to Takeshi Fujii for the 12th Ryūō title, but lost the match 4 games to 1.[6] In 2006, he defeated Yoshiharu Habu to earn the right to challenge defending champion Yasumitsu Satō for the 77th Kisei title, but ended up losing the match 3 games to none.[7]

Playing style and theoretical contributions

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Suzuki is considered to be one of the foremost specialists in the Ranging Rook opening. Suzuki and fellow ranging rook specialists Takeshi Fujii and Toshiaki Kubo are collectively referred to as the "Ranging Rook Big Three".[8]

Suzuki has also been recognized for his contributions to opening theory and received the 32nd Kōzō Masuda Award for the 2004–5 shogi year for his development of the New Quick Ishida attacking formation.[9][10]

On December 20, 2024, Suzuki became the 64th shogi professional to win 600 official games.[11]

Promotion history

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The promotion history for Suzuki is as follows:[12]

  • 6-kyū: 1986
  • 4-dan: October 1, 1994
  • 5-dan: April 1, 1997
  • 6-dan: October 1, 1999
  • 7-dan: April 1, 2002
  • 8-dan: April 1, 2003
  • 9-dan: March 1, 2017

Titles and other championships

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Suzuki has appeared as a challenger in a major title match twice: the 12th Ryūō title (1999) and the 77th Kisei title (2006).[13] He has won two non-major shogi championships during his career: the 15th Hayazashi Shineisen [ja] (1996) and the 49th NHK Cup (1999).[14]

Awards and honors

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Suzuki has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards throughout his career. He won the awards for "Best New Player", "Best Winning Percentage" and "Most Consecutive Games Won" in 1996; the "Fighting Spirit Award" in 1999; and the Kōzō Masuda Award in 2004.[15]

Year-end prize money and game fee ranking

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Suzuki has finished in the "Top 10" of the JSA's year-end prize money and game fee rankings [ja] twice since 1993: he earned a total of JPY 21,600,000 to rank eighth in 2000, and JPY 22,770,000 to rank eighth in 2006.[16][17]

JSA director

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Suzuki was selected to be an executive director and serve on the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors for a two-year term at the association's 68th General Meeting on May 29, 2017.[18] He was subsequently re-elected to additional two-year terms in June 2019[19] and June 2021.[20] Suzuki announced in May 2023 that he would not be seeking another term as a JSA board member upon completion of his current term in June 2023.[21]

Professional majhong player

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In addition to being a professional shogi player, Suzuki is also a professional mahjong player [ja]. He was awarded professional status by the Japan Professional Mahjong League [ja] (JPML) in May 2023; thus becoming the first shogi professional to receive such recognition.[22] Suzuki became interested in mahjong as a hobby while he was an apprentice shogi professional, and participated in a number of tournaments over the years as an amateur.[23] In December 2019, he won the "Celebrity" class (著名人枠, Chomeijin Waku) of the 2019 Mahjong Strongest Player Tournament [ja]—one of the largest open majhong tournaments in Japan—to advance to the tournament's final round. In the finals, he defeated a number of professionals to become the overall winner.[24] In 2020, he finished atop of the individual standings for the New Year's All Star Mahjong Tournament (新春オールスター麻雀, Shin'nen Ōru Sutā Mājan), and in 2022, he advance to the finals of the 2022 Mahjong Strongest player tournament (this time after winning the "Former Men's Pro Champion" class (男子プロ王者の帰還枠, Danshi Puro Ōja no Kikan Waku)), but finished second to professional mahjong player Naoki Setokuma [ja]. It marked the fourth consecutive year that Suzuki had advanced to the tournament's finals.

Suzuki was awarded the rank of 5-dan by the JPML in June 2023,[25] and is competing as a member of Team Beast Japanext [ja] in Japanese professional mahjong's 2023–2024 M.League [ja].[26] He is also competing in Class B2 of the 40th Hō-Ō League [ja].[25]


References

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  1. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Suzuki Daisuke" 棋士データベース: 鈴木大介 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Suzuki] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  2. ^ "Shōgakusei Shōgi Meijinsen Rekidai Yūshōsha Ichiran" 小学生将棋名人戦 歴代優勝者一覧 [Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament: List of Winners] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  3. ^ Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Jō] A-Ta Gyō 現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [上] あ-た [2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [First volume] Letter "A" to Letter "Ta"] (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2015. p. 42. Retrieved May 31, 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c "Kishi Meikan: Hachidan Suzuki Daisuke" 棋士名鑑: 八段 鈴木 大介 [Player Directory: Daisuke Suzuki 8-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. 556. ISBN 978-4-8399-5175-7. Retrieved May 31, 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Dai Yonjūkyūkai NHKhaisen" 第49回NHK杯戦 [49th NHK Cup Tournament] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 1999. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  6. ^ "Ryūōsen: Kako no Kekka" 竜王戦: 過去の結果 [Ryūō tournament: Past results] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  7. ^ "Dai Nanajūnanakai Kiseisen" 第77期棋聖戦 [77th Kisei Tournament] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  8. ^ Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Jō] A-Ta Gyō 現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [上] あ-た [2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [First volume] Letter "A" to Letter "Ta"] (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2015. p. 43. Retrieved May 31, 2018 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Shōgi Taishō Jushōsha: Dai Sanjūnikai (Nisengonen)" 将棋大賞受賞者: 第32回(2005年) [Annual Shogi Award Winners: 32nd Awards (2005)] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  10. ^ Ishikawa, Akio (2016). Shōgi Sengatabetsu Meikyokushū Yon Sangenbisha Meikyokuhen 将棋戦型別名局集4 三間飛車名局集 [Famous Shogi Attacking Formation Game Collection #4: Third-file Ranging Rook Games] (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. p. 30. ISBN 978-4-8399-5949-4. Retrieved May 31, 2018 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Suzuki Daisuke Kudan, Roppyakushō (Shōgi Eiyoshō) wo Tasei" 鈴木大介九段, 600勝(将棋栄誉賞)を達成 [Daisuke Suzuki 9-dan reaches 600 wins (awarded "Shogi Honor Award")] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Suzuki Daisuke Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 鈴木大介 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Suzuki Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  13. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Suzuki Daisuke Taitoru Rireki" 棋士データベース: 鈴木大介 タイトル履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Suzuki Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  14. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Suzuki Daisuke Yūshō Rireki" 棋士データベース: 鈴木大介 優勝履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Suzuki Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  15. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Suzuki Daisuke Shōgi Taishō" 棋士データベース: 鈴木大介 将棋大賞 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Suzuki Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  16. ^ "Nenkan Kakutoku Shōkin･Taikyokuryō TOP10" 年間獲得賞金･対局料TOP10 [Annual Prize Money/Game Fees Top 10] (in Japanese). Kishi-mania. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  17. ^ "Nisenrokunen Kakutoku Shōkin･Taikyokuryō Besuto Nijū" 2006年獲得賞金･対局料ベスト20 [2006 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 20] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 1, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  18. ^ "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. May 29, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  19. ^ "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 7, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  20. ^ "Dai Nanajūnikai Tsūjō Sōkai Gohōkoku" 第72回通常総会ご報告 [Report on 72nd General Meeting] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 4, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  21. ^ "Kishi to Janshi ｢Nitōryu｣ e Shōgi･ Suzuki Daisuke Kudan ga Nihon Puro Majan Renmei no Puro Janshi ｢Ima kara Wakuwaku｣" 棋士と雀士 ｢二刀流｣へ 将棋･鈴木大介九段が日本プロ麻雀連盟のプロ雀士に｢今からワクワク｣ [Shogi professional Daisuke Suzuki 9-dan awarded professional mahjong player status by Japan Professional Majhong League. Says he's excited about becoming a mahjong professional]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). May 11, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  22. ^ "Shōgi no Suzuki Daisukei Kudan ga Puro Jānshi ni Shōgi Puro & Mājan Puro wa Shijōhatsu" 将棋の鈴木大介九段がプロ雀士に 将棋プロ棋士&プロ雀士は史上初 [Shogi's Daisuke Suzuki 9-dan becomes a mahjong professional; Suzuki is the first person to be bot a shogi professional and mahjong professional]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). May 11, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  23. ^ Seto, Kannon (September 18, 2023). "Yonjūkyūsai Kishi･Suzuki Daisuke ga "Ruki" ni Shōgi to Nitōryū Puro Jānshi Chōsen wo Atooshi Shita nowa Sararīmantachi no Sugata" 49歳棋士・鈴木大介が "ルーキー" に 将棋と二刀流 プロ雀士挑戦を後押ししたのはサラリーマンたちの姿 [Forty-nine-year-old shogi professional Daisuke Suzuki and professional mahjong "rookie" says his bid to become "double professional" was inspired by seeing office workers his own age trying new things.]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  24. ^ "Shōgi･Suzuki Daisuki Kudan, Hatsu Taitoru wa Nanto Mājan Saikyōi Toppu Puro Aite ni Dōdō Hatsu Yūshō Kaisetsusha mo ｢Kanshō desu｣" 将棋･鈴木大介九段, 初タイトルはなんと麻雀最強位 トッププロ相手に堂々初優勝 解説者も｢完勝です｣ [Shogi's Daisuke Suzuki 9-dan's first title is at mahjong! Suzuki impressively beats a number of top mahjong pros to win the Mahjong Strongest Player Tournament. Even commentators said it was a "complete victory".]. AbemaNews (in Japanese). December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  25. ^ a b Japan Professional Mahjong League [@JPML0306] (June 5, 2023). "Honjitsu no Rijikai nite Suzuki Daisuke Senshu no Dani to Shozoku Rīgu ga Ketteishimashita" 本日の理事会にて鈴木大介選手の段位と所属リーグが決定いたしました [At today's board of directors' meeting, the rank and ranking league for Daisuke Suzuki were decided] (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
  26. ^ "Shōgi･Suzuki Daisukei Kudan & Moto-Nogizaka46･Nakada Kana ga Mrīgu e! Dorafuto Kaigi de Beast Japanekusuto ga Shimei" 将棋･鈴木大介九段&元乃木坂46･中田花奈がMリーグ入りへ!ドラフト会議でBeastジャパネクストが指名 [Shogi's Daisuke Suzuki 9-dan & former Nogizaki 46 member Kana Nakada selected by Beast Japanext in the M.League draft]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). June 30, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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