Kōsuke Tamura (田村 康介, Tamura Kōsuke, born March 16, 1976) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Kōsuke Tamura was born on March 16, 1976, in Uozu, Toyama.[1] He won the 12th Elementary Student Meijin Tournament [ja] in 1987 when he was a sixth-grade student at Ōkubo Elementary School,[2][3] defeating fellow future shogi professional Kensuke Kitahama in the final.[4]
In November 1987, Tamura entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a protegee of shogi professional Nobuyuki Ōuchi.[3] He was promoted to 1-dan in 1991, and then obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1995.[3]
Tamura defeated Hisashi Namekata 2 games to 1 to win the 34th Shinjin-Ō [ja] in October 2003.[5][6]
The promotion history for Tamura is as follows:[7]
Tamura has never appeared in a major title match, but he has won one non-major shogi championships during his career.[8]
Tamura received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Award for "Best New Player" for the 2003–4 shogi year.[9]
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