{{Short description|Japanese shogi player}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Kensuke Kitahama |native_name = 北浜健介 |image = File:Kitahama kensuke shogi.jpg |caption = Kitahama at a November 2019 {{ill|human shogi|ja|人間将棋}} event in Himeji, Japan. |born = {{birth date and age|1975|12|28|mf=yes}} |hometown = Ebina, Kanagawa |nationality = Japanese |pro_date = {{event date and age|1994|4|01|1975|12|28}} |badge_no = 211 |teacher = {{ill|Yoshimasa Saeki|ja|佐伯昌優}} |rank = 8-dan |teacher_rank = 9-dan |meijinclass = B2 |ryuoclass = 5 |jsa = 211 }}

{{nihongo|'''Kensuke Kitahama'''|北浜 健介|Kitahama Kensuke|born December 28, 1975}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/211.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 北浜健介|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Kitahama Kensuke|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Kensuke Kitahama|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref>

==Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship== Kensuke Kitahama was born in Ebina, Kanagawa on December 28, 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/211.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 北浜健介|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Kitahama Kensuke|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Kensuke Kitahama|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 22, 2018}}</ref> As a sixth-grade elementary school student, he finished runner-up to Kōsuke Tamura in the {{ill|12th Elementary Student Meijin Tournament|ja|小学生将棋名人戦}} in 1987.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goto|first=Genki|url=http://www.asahi.com/shougi/kansenki/TKY200909230110.html|script-title=ja:金内アマ, 2回戦で敗退|title=Kaneuchi Ama, Nikaisen de Haitai|language=ja|trans-title=Amateur shogi player Kaneuchi loses in 2nd round|date=August 1, 2009|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=May 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NoIRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA37|script-title=ja:現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [上] あ-た|title=Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Jō] A-Ta Gyō|language=ja|trans-title=2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [First volume] Letter "A" to Letter "Ta"|page=37|year=2015|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|access-date=May 22, 2018}}</ref>

In September 1988, Kitahama entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the sponsorship of shogi professional {{ill|Yoshimasa Saeki|ja|佐伯昌優}}. He was promoted to 1-dan in 1992 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UEcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA558|script-title=ja:棋士名鑑: 八段 北浜 健介|title=Kishi Meikan: Hachidan Kitahama Kensuke|language=ja|trans-title=Player Directory: Kensuke Kitahama 8-dan|magazine=平成26年版 将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition)|year=2014|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|isbn=978-4-8399-5175-7|access-date=May 22, 2018}}</ref>

==Shogi professional== ===Promotion history=== The promotion history for Kitahama is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/211.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 北浜健介 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Kitahama Kensuke Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Kensuke Kitahama Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 22, 2018}}</ref> * 6-kyū: 1988 * 1-dan: 1992 * 4-dan: April 1, 1994 * 5-dan: April 1, 1996 * 6-dan: April 1, 1998 * 7-dan: April 1, 2003 * 8-dan: March 7, 2013

==Personal life== Kitahama graduated from Waseda University in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Murakami|first=Kōji|url=http://www.asahi.com/shougi/open22/h21/03.html|script-title=ja:第22回朝日オープン将棋選手権 観戦記|title=Dai Nijūnikai Asahi Ōpun Shōgi Senshuken Kansenki|language=ja|trans-title=22nd Asahi Open Tournament Game Report|date=February 27, 2004|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=May 31, 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== *ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/44 Professional Player Info · Kitahama, Kensuke] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116030926/http://shogihub.com/players/44 |date=2017-11-16 }}

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