Toshiyuki Nakao
Native name中尾敏之
Born (1974-10-24) October 24, 1974
HometownFuji, Shizuoka
NationalityJapanese
Career
Achieved professional statusOctober 1, 1998(1998-10-01) (aged 23)
Badge Number230
Rank6 dan
RetiredAugust 13, 2018(2018-08-13) (aged 43)
TeacherHisao Hirotsu
Career record186–260 (.417)[1]
Websites
JSA profile page

Toshiyuki Nakao (中尾 敏之, Nakao Toshiyuki, born October 24, 1974) is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 5-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Nakao was born on October 24, 1974, in Fuji, Shizuoka.[2] He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was an elementary school first grade student.[3] As a third grade junior high school student, Nakano entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice professional school in September 1989 at the rank of 6-kyū under the tutelage of shogi professional Hisao Hirotsu,[4] and was awarded regular professional status and the rank of 4-dan on October 1, 1998 after finishing second behind Shin'ya Yamamoto in the 23rd Apprentice School 3-dan League (April 1998 – September 1998) with a record of 12 wins and 6 loses.[4][5]

Shogi professional

Nakao retired from professional shogi on August 13, 2018.[6] His career record was 186 wins and 260 losses for a winning percentage of 0.417.[1]

Promotion history

The promotion history for Nakao was as follows:[7]

  • 6-kyū: 1989
  • 1-dan: 1993
  • 4-dan: October 1, 1998
  • 5-dan: May 9, 2007
  • Retired: August 13, 2019
  • 6-dan: April 1, 2019

Awards and honors

Nakao received the JSA's Annual Shogi Award "Game of the Year Special Prize" (April 2017 – March 2018 shogi year) in April 2018 for his game against Mitsunori Makino.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tsūsan Seiseki" 通算成績 [Career Records] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. August 21, 2018. Archived from the original on August 22, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakao Toshiyuki" 棋士データベース: 中尾敏之 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Toshiyuki Nakao] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  3. ↑ Kitano, Arata (August 27, 2018). "Nakao Toshiyuki Godan, Kishi Seikatsu Nijunen ni Maku 「Kuihanai. Tada Chikara Tarinakatta.｣" 中尾敏之五段, 棋士生活20年に幕 ｢悔いはない. ただ力が足りなかった.｣ [Curtain drops on Toshiyuki Nakao 5-dan's 20 year career as a shogi professional who says, "I 've got no regrets. I just wasn't strong enough."]. Sports Nippon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Shin Yondan Tanjō/Jūgatsu (Yamamoto Shin'ya ･ Nakao Toshiyuki)" 新四段誕生/10月 (山本真也･中尾敏之) [New 4-dans/October (Shin'ya Yamamoto ･ Toshiyuki Nakao)] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Archived from the original on December 5, 1998. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dai Nijūsankai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgu (Kugatsu Jūichinichi Saishūbi)" 第23回奨励会三段リーグ (9月11日最終日) (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. September 11, 1998. Archived from the original on December 5, 1998. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Nakao Toshiyuki Godan ga Intai" 中尾敏之五段が引退 [Toshiyuki Nakao retires] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. August 14, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakao Toshiyuki Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 中尾敏之 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Toshiyuki Nakao Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakao Toshiyuki Shōgi Taishō" 棋士データベース: 中尾敏之 将棋大賞 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Toshiyuki Nakao Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Saiyūshū Kishi Shō Habu Yoshiharu Ryūō, Tokubetsu Shō ni Fujii Sōta Rokudan, Dai Yonjūgokai Shōgi Taishō Kimaru" 最優秀棋士賞に羽生善治竜王, 特別賞に藤井聡太六段, 第45回将棋大賞決まる [45th Annual Shogi Awards: Yoshiharu Habu Ryūō wins "Player of the Year" and Sōta Fujii wins a "Special Prize"]. Japan Shogi Association. April 2, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2023.


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