[2] He was promoted to 1-dan in 1981, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in February 1983.

[7] The promotion history for Inoue is as follows:[8] Inoue has yet to make an appearance in a major title match, but he has won two non-major shogi championships during his career: the Shinjin-Ō [ja] in 1985 and the Young Lions [ja] in 1986.

[10] He also received the association's "Shogi Honor Award" in 2008 in recognition of winning 600 official games as a professional.

[12] He was re-elected to the board for another two-year term in June 2017, but this time as an executive director.

[16] Inoue served as a vice-president of the Shogi Professional Players' Association [ja] from April 2011 until June 2015,[17][18] and also as the manager of the Kansai branch of the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school from April 2001 until March 2004.