is a Japanese

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, ranked 9- dan. He is a two-time winner of the Ōshō title, and the current president of the .

Early life

Osamu Nakamura was born in

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on November 7, 1962. In 1976, he won the , and that same year was accepted into the

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's apprentice school at the rank of 6-

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as a protegee of shogi professional . He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1978 and was awarded full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in July 1980.

Shogi professional

Nakamura is a member of the so-called ''Shōwa 55'' group (55年組), a group of eight strong players that become professional in 1980–1981 ( Year 55 of the

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) and won numerous shogi tournaments. Others in the group include Yoshikazu Minami, Michio Takahashi, Akira Shima, Yasuaki Tsukada, Hiroshi Kamiya, Masaki Izumi, and . On June 9, 2021, Nakamura became the 24th professional shogi player to win 800 games.

Promotion history

The promotion history for Nakamura is as follows: * 6-

: 1976 * 1-dan: 1978 * 4-dan: July 2, 1980 * 5-dan: April 1, 1982 * 6-dan: April 1, 1983 * 7-dan: April 1, 1986 * 8-dan: October 15, 1993 * 9-dan: January 23, 2008

Titles and other championships

Nakamura has appeared in major title matches a total of five times and is a two-time winner of the Ōshō title. He also won the 14th title in 1983 for his only non-major shogi championship.

Awards and honors

Nakamura has received a number of Japan Shogi Association

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throughout his career. He won the award for "Best New Player" in 1981; the "Fighting-spirit Award" in 1984 and 1986; and the "Distinguished Service Award" in 1985. In addition, Nakamura received the "25 Years Service Award"in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years in 2005 as well as the "Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award" for winning 600 official games as a professional in 2006.

Professional Shogi Players Group

Nakamura is the current president of the . He was first elected as a vice-president in April 2011, and served in that capacity until the end of February 2017 when he was selected to replace Yasumitsu Satō at a special session of the association. Nakamura served out the remainder of Sato's term, and was re-elected as president for a new two-year term at the end of May 2017. He was re-elected for another two-year term as president in June 2019.

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References

External links

*ShogiHub
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