Kōsuke Tamura

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.