is a Japanese

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ranked 7- dan. He is a former executive director of the

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Early life and apprenticeship

Katagami was born in

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on August 28, 1981. He was accepted into the

's apprentice school at the rank of 6-

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under the guidance of shogi professional in September 1993, promoted to the rank of 1-dan in March 1996, and was awarded full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2004 after winning the 34th 3-dan League (October 2003March 2004) with a record of 16 wins and 2 losses.

Shogi professional

Promotion history

Katagami's promotion history is as follows: * 6-

: 1993 * 1-dan: 1996 * 4-dan: April 1, 2004 * 5-dan: October 10, 2006 * 6-dan: May 12, 2009 * 7-dan: July 18, 2018

JSA director

Katagami is a former member of the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors. He was first elected to a two-year term as a

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at the association's 64th General Meeting in June 2013, and elevated to executive director at the 66th General Meeting in June 2015. Near the end of his second term, however, Katagami was one of three board members voted out of office by the JSA membership at an emergency meeting held in February 2017 for their involvement in the 29th Ryūō challenger controversy. Katagami was re-elected as an executive director in June 2023.

Personal life

In February 2006, the JSA announced on its official website the

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of Katagami to women's professional Madoka Kitao. On June 12, 2016, Katagami posted on his personal blog that he had gotten divorced some time ago, and that he had gotten married again to someone else about two months earlier. The following day, Kitao tweeted that she and Katagami had gotten divorced about two years earlier in response; her tweet included a link to Katagami's blog post.

References

External links

*ShogiHub
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Katagami, Daisuke Japanese shogi players Japan Shogi Association players Living people University of Tokyo alumni Shogi players from Hiroshima Prefecture People from Hiroshima 1981 births