Chikara Akutsu (阿久津 主税, Akutsu Chikara, born June 24, 1982) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.
[1] The promotion history for Akutsu is as follows:[2] Although Akutsu has yet to appear in a major title match, he has won two non-major-title championships during his career: the 2nd Asahi Cup Open [ja] (2008) and the 17th Ginga-sen [ja](2009).
[3] Akutsu received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best New Player" in 2004, "Best Winning Percentage" in 2006, and "Most Consecutive Games Won" award in 2009.
[4] Akutsu has finished in the "Top 10" of the JSA's year-end prize money and game fee rankings [ja] only once during his career.
He earned a total of JPY 25,700,000 to rank ninth in 2009.