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Kunio Yonenaga was born on 10 June, 1943 in Japan, is an A recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class. Discover Kunio Yonenaga's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

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Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 10 June, 1943
Birthday 10 June
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Date of death 2012
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Nationality Japan

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1943

Yonenaga was born in Masuho, Yamanashi in 1943.

He became a disciple of shogi professional Yūji Sase and moved to Tokyo to live with his teacher to become a professional.

1963

Yonenaga became a professional in 1963, and was promoted to 9 dan in 1979.

1970

Yonenaga was regarded as one of the best shogi players through the 1970s and 1980s.

1973

He won Kisei, his first titleholder championship in 1973 and dominated four of the seven shogi titles in 1984.

1978

He was awarded as Best Shogi Player of the Year thrice (1978, 1983 and 1984), though he had not won a Meijin title, then regarded the supreme tournament, for decades.

1993

He finally won Meijin in 1993 when he was 49 (the oldest on record), but he was defeated by Yoshiharu Habu the next year.

2003

Yonenaga retired in 2003.

He was also an education board member for Tokyo.

2008

In 2008 Yonenaga announced he had suffered cancer since 2008 spring.

2009

He reported his cancer diagnosis on his website occasionally which later turned into a book Cancer Note (published in 2009).

Yonenaga was one of early shogi professionals who played with computer shogi publicly.

2012

Kunio Yonenaga (米長 邦雄) was a Japanese professional shogi player and president of Japan Shogi Association (May, 2005 - December 18, 2012 ).

He received an honorary title Lifetime Kisei due to his remarkable results in the Kisei title tournament.

He is a former Meijin and 10-dan.

In 2012 when was retired, he played a game with bonkras, a computer shogi software, and lost.

Yonenaga authored his last book I lost about this game.

Yonenaga died on December 18, 2012 from prostate cancer at a hospital in Tokyo.