Takayuki Yamasaki

Takayuki Yamasaki (山崎 隆之, Yamasaki Takayuki, born February 14, 1981) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan.

He was promoted to 1-dan in 1994 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1998 after finishing second in the 22nd 3-dan League (October 1997 – March 1998) with a record of 12 wins and 6 losses.

[1][2] Yamasaki became the 56th shogi professional to reach 600 career wins on April 12, 2019.

[6] Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held.

[7] He also received the association's "Shogi Honor Award" in April 2019 in recognition of winning 600 official games as a professional.