Kiyokazu Katsumata
Kiyokazu Katsumata is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.Early life
Katsumata was born on March 21, 1969, in Zama, Kanagawa. As a junior high school student, Katsumata won the 8th in 1983. Later that same year, he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional. He was promoted to amateur professional 1-dan in 1986 and was awarded full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in April 1995.The promotion history for Katsumata is as follows:
- 1983: 6-kyū
- 1986: 1-dan
- 1995, April 1: 4-dan
- 1999, April 1: 5-dan
- 2007, March 13: 6-dan
- 2020, April 1: 7-dan
