Hirotaka Nozuki
Hirotaka Nozuki is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan.Hirotaka Nozuki was born in Kita-ku, Sapporo on July 4, 1973. He won the 10th tournament in 1985, and the same year entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional. He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1991 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1996.The promotion history for Nozuki is as follows:
- 1985: 6-kyū
- 1991: 1-dan
- 1996, October 1: 4-dan
- 2000, October 10: 5-dan
- 2004, April 1: 6-dan
- 2005, April 1: 7-dan
- 2017, January 20: 8-dan
Titles and other championships
Nozuki has never appeared in a major title match, but he has won two non-major shogi championships during his career: the 17th and the 19th .