Fukuoka Kotaro

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福岡航太朗, b. 2005-12-22 in Yokyo, Nihon Ki-in professional 5 dan, pupil of Hon Seisen. Highest rated Japanese teenager.

Promotion history

1p 2019-04-01, 2p 2021-01-07, 3p 2022-01-01, 4p 2023-01-01, 5p 2024-01-01

Twice Children's Kisei, as the champion of the Lower Division in 2014 (in 3rd grade) and of the Upper Division in 2016 (in 5th grade)
Winner of the 1st (2019) Y's Academy Cup.
His winning percentage in 2021 was 76.4% (39-–12). It seems to have been the second highest of a Japanese professional in that year, after Tsuneishi Takashi's 76.9% (30-9).
Qualified into the C League of the 46th (2021-22) Kisei
In May 2022, he became one of the four members of the Ichiken study group on its foundation.
Semifinalist in the 2023 Shinjin O