{{Short description|Japanese shogi player}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Tadao Kitajima |native_name = 北島忠雄 |born = {{birth date and age|1966|1|04|mf=yes}} |hometown = Tokyo Metropolis |nationality = |pro_date = {{event date and age|1995|4|01|1966|1|04}} |badge_no = 214 |teacher = {{ill|Shigeru Sekine|ja|関根茂}} |rank = 7-dan |teacher_rank = 9-dan |notable_students = {{ubl|Aya Uchiyama|{{ill|Natsuko Iwasaki|ja|岩崎夏子}}}} |meijinclass = C2 |ryuoclass = 4 |jsa = 214 }}
{{nihongo|'''Tadao Kitajima'''|北島 忠雄|Kitajima Tadao|born January 4, 1966}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. He is a former director of the Japan Shogi Association.
==Early life and apprenticeship== Kitajima was born in Tokyo on January 1, 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/214.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 北島忠雄|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Kitajima Tadao|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Tadao Kitajima|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school in November 1980 at the rank 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional {{ill|Shigeru Sekine|ja|関根茂}}. He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1983 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1995.<ref name="2014yearbook">{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UEcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA568|script-title=ja:平成26年版 将棋年鑑 2014|title=Heisei Nijūrokunenban Shōgi Nenkan Nisenjūyonnen|language=ja|trans-title=Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition|page=568|year=2014|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|isbn=978-4-8399-5175-7|access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref>
==Shogi professional== ===Promotion history=== Kitajima's promotion history is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/214.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 北島忠雄 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Kitajima Tadao Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Tadao Kitajima Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> * 6-kyū: 1980 * 1-dan: 1983 * 4-dan: April 1, 1995 * 5-dan: June 3, 1999 * 6-dan: October 1, 2003 * 7-dan: August 14, 2014
==JSA director== Tadajima is a former member of the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors, having served as a director from 2002 to 2004 and then again from 2011 to 2013.<ref name="2014yearbook" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/214.html#anc05|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 北島忠雄 役員履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Kitajima Tadao Yakuin Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Tadao Kitajima JSA Officer History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2011/05/post_420.html|script-title=ja:日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ|title=Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=New JSA officers announced|date=May 26, 2011|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== *ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/86 Professional Player Info · Kitajima, Tadao]
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