Kusajima Masato (草島真人)

Place: Miyagi, Japan

Rating: 2207.31, Std: 111.04, Rank: 433

First game: 2000-05-14, Last game: 2025-05-18

Top rating: 2394.36 (2001-08-12)

Games: 226, Wins: 98, Draws: 29, Losses: 99

Gy1: 9, Gy2: 19, Gy5: 50

63rd Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2025-05-18		Rating	2207.31
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2283.24
3	White	Draw	Shimura Hiroki	2246.06
4	White	Draw	Kawaai Hitoshi	2077.36
5	White	Draw	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2138.28
16th Tohoku Championship
Date	2025-03-09		Rating	2212.08
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2729.18
2	Black	Draw	Kawaai Hitoshi	2075.82
3	Black	Win	Tamura Syougo	1765.62
4	White	Draw	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2134.10
5	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2289.05
62nd Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2024-05-19		Rating	2253.86
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2353.36
2	White	Draw	Fujita Maiko	2430.84
3	Black	Win	Kawaai Hitoshi	2037.14
4	White	Draw	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2124.98
5	White	Win	Shimura Hiroki	2164.18
15th Tohoku Championship
Date	2024-03-31		Rating	2259.22
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Fujita Maiko	2422.97
2	White	Loss	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2421.13
3	White	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2117.47
4	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2358.09
5	White	Win	Kawaai Hitoshi	2039.41
24 Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2023-11-19		Rating	2264.88
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Shimura Hiroki	2155.28
3	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2330.85
4	White	Draw	Shimura Hiroki	2155.28
6	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2330.85
61th Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2023-05-21		Rating	2264.90
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2298.66
3	White	Loss	Inoue Fumiya	2534.01
4	White	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2118.62
5	White	Win	Kawaai Hitoshi	2053.15
14th Tohoku Championship
Date	2023-02-19		Rating	2265.90
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Inoue Fumiya	2536.25
2	White	Win	Kawaai Hitoshi	2062.06
3	White	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2275.95
4	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2116.32
5	White	Loss	Oomura Shu	2369.35
23 Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2022-12-18		Rating	2266.46
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2255.67
2	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2255.67
3	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2255.67
4	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2255.67
60th Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2022-05-29		Rating	2235.84
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2267.41
2	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2267.41
3	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2267.41
4	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2267.41
13th Tohoku Championship
Date	2021-12-12		Rating	2225.79
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Maruta Hiroki	2261.82
2	Black	Loss	Inoue Fumiya	2521.75
3	Black	Loss	Fujita Maiko	2384.60
4	White	Loss	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2340.71
22nd Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2021-11-14		Rating	2224.82
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
3	White	Loss	Shimura Hiroki	2102.34
4	White	Draw	Shimura Hiroki	2102.34
59th Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2021-05-16		Rating	2235.51
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2247.85
2	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2247.85
3	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2247.85
4	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2247.85
21 Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2020-11-08		Rating	2224.13
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2272.87
2	White	Loss	Nagasoe Hiroki	2626.23
4	Black	Loss	Nagasoe Hiroki	2626.23
6	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2272.87
58 Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2020-07-05		Rating	2231.10
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
2	Black	Loss	Takahashi Hisashi	2640.86
2	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2280.73
5	Black	Loss	Takahashi Hisashi	2640.86
6	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2280.73
20 Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2019-11-17		Rating	2244.68
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2302.77
2	Black	Win	Hirono Masakazu	2079.24
4	White	Win	Hirono Masakazu	2079.24
5	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2302.77
ex	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2302.77
11th Tohoku Championship
Date	2019-10-06		Rating	2245.72
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2729.72
2	Black	Loss	Hirono Masakazu	2083.85
3	White	Loss	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2144.17
4	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2298.64
5	White	Win	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2382.73
57 Meijinsen Qualification East Japan area 2nd round
Date	2019-06-23		Rating	2261.80
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Maruta Koji	2146.32
2	White	Loss	Inoue Fumiya	2429.26
3	Black	Loss	Ono Takayuki	2402.68
4	White	Loss	Koyama Jun	2612.36
5	Black	Win	Maruta Hiroki	2190.30
57 Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2019-04-07		Rating	2273.27
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
2	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2147.69
3	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2276.28
5	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2147.69
6	Black	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2276.28
14th All Japan Championship
Date	2019-03-31		Rating	2273.41
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Kamiya Shunsuke	2815.20
2	White	Loss	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2399.35
3	Black	Loss	Ono Takayuki	2401.01
4	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2275.91
5	Black	Win	Maruta Hiroki	2192.19
6	Black	Draw	Chigira Makoto	2093.66
19 Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2018-10-07		Rating	2297.14
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2269.88
2	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2269.88
3	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2269.88
10th Tohoku Championship
Date	2018-09-09		Rating	2302.86
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
2	Black	Win	Hirono Masakazu	2087.64
3	Black	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2266.83
4	Black	Win	Demachi Koichiro	1926.70
5	White	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2704.92
13 Middle-dan Players Tournament
Date	2018-08-12		Rating	2308.00
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Maruta Koji	2119.67
3	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2265.77
4	Black	Win	Maruta Koji	2119.67
6	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2265.77
56 Meijinsen Qualification East Japan area 2nd round
Date	2018-06-25		Rating	2309.43
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Koyama Jun	2580.18
2	Black	Win	Ono Takayuki	2394.05
3	Black	Loss	Sato Kiyotomi	2445.71
56 Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2018-04-15		Rating	2310.49
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2258.73
3	Black	Loss	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2193.98
5	White	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2193.98
6	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2258.73
18 Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament 2nd round
Date	2017-12-17		Rating	2305.29
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Nakamura Shigeru	2962.61
2	Black	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2722.25
3	Black	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2275.15
4	Black	Win	Sato Kiyotomi	2439.13
5	Black	Loss	Koyama Jun	2589.25
18 Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament 1st round
Date	2017-11-01		Rating	2301.38
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Tomosue Takahito	1546.31
2	White	Win	Sato Kiyotomi	2444.58
3	White	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2723.74
4	Black	Loss	Koyama Jun	2598.67
34 Aomori Championship
Date	2017-07-02		Rating	2284.59
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Tanno Yoshitaka	2141.53
2	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2274.29
3	Black	Loss	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2215.04
4	Black	Win	Koseki Kenshou	1650.83
5	White	Win	Yamamoto Harue	1634.10
55 Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2017-04-09		Rating	2289.45
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
2	Black	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2258.50
3	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2209.33
4	White	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2209.33
6	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2258.50
12th All Japan Championship
Date	2017-03-26		Rating	2289.97
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Koyama Jun	2609.81
2	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2254.80
3	Black	Loss	Iio Yoshihiro	2549.12
4	White	Win	Maruta Hiroki	2113.39
5	White	Win	Sato Kiyotomi	2481.57
6	Black	Loss	Tamada Yoichi	2552.90
54 Meijinsen Qualification East Japan area 2nd round
Date	2016-06-12		Rating	2269.93
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Koyama Jun	2632.40
2	White	Loss	Tamada Yoichi	2571.81
3	White	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2727.24
4	White	Draw	Kamiya Shunsuke	2730.09
5	Black	Loss	Mitsumori Masao	2356.71
54 Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2016-04-10		Rating	2267.42
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Draw	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2210.17
2	Black	Win	Miura Hitoshi	1776.46
3	Black	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2159.69
19 Mikami Cup
Date	2016-03-13		Rating	2266.85
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
S1	Black	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2722.91
S3	Black	Loss	Koyama Jun	2634.68
S4	White	Draw	Ono Takayuki	2331.13
S5	White	Loss	Kamiya Shunsuke	2726.49
12th Middle-dan Players Tournament
Date	2015-07-20		Rating	2266.01
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Kubo Izumi	2085.37
2	Black	Win	Miyagawa Junzo	2247.93
3	Black	Loss	Tachi Masaya	2486.23
4	Black	Win	Hata Masayuki	2187.96
5	Black	Loss	Mano Yoshihisa	2363.86
6	Black	Draw	Kashihara Akihiko	2333.28
53 Meijinsen Qualification East Japan area 1st round
Date	2015-05-10		Rating	2260.72
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Iwano Fumio	2248.48
2	Black	Win	Tanizaki Ryusuke	2198.23
3	White	Loss	Sato Kiyotomi	2506.21
4	White	Draw	Nakamura Souta	2294.94
7th Tohoku Championship
Date	2015-04-12		Rating	2259.42
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Miura Hitoshi	1792.39
2	Black	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2738.63
3	Black	Win	Hirono Masakazu	1993.29
4	White	Loss	Kobayashi Koichi	2295.62
5	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2058.46
Sendai Memorial Cup
Date	2015-03-01		Rating	2257.60
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kobayashi Koichi	2294.85
2	Black	Win	Miura Hitoshi	1794.88
4	White	Win	Hirono Masakazu	1992.14
5	Black	Win	Seiryu Masanori	1989.82
7	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2048.60
6th Tohoku Championship
Date	2014-04-20		Rating	2236.82
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2164.21
2	White	Win	Miura Hitoshi	1803.41
4	Black	Loss	Kobayashi Koichi	2241.21
5	White	Win	Hirono Masakazu	1992.36
6	White	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2758.53
7	Black	Loss	Sato Kiyotomi	2470.02
5th Tohoku Championship
Date	2013-04-14		Rating	2215.56
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Hirono Masakazu	2012.43
2	White	Loss	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2379.18
3	White	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2739.64
4	White	Loss	Nakamura Shigeru	2866.32
5	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2131.53
4th Tohoku Championship
Date	2012-04-08		Rating	2183.26
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Suzuki Junichiro	1937.70
2	Black	Loss	Kudomi Takahiro	2429.93
3	White	Loss	Miura Hitoshi	1918.04
4	Black	Win	Maruta Koji	2126.51
5	Black	Loss	Sato Kiyotomi	2400.18
5th All Japan Championship
Date	2010-03-21		Rating	2170.00
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Isobe Taizan	2394.99
2	Black	Draw	Kobayashi Koichi	2132.94
3	Black	Loss	Kudomi Takahiro	2377.14
4	White	Loss	Maruta Koji	2114.42
5	White	Win	Kubo Izumi	2105.92
6	Black	Draw	Suzuki Junichiro	1918.42
2nd Tohoku Championship
Date	2010-03-14		Rating	2170.64
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Miura Hitoshi	1926.60
2	White	Win	Kobayashi Koichi	2132.56
3	White	Draw	Kato Yasuhiro	2099.54
4	White	Loss	Tamada Yoichi	2447.42
5	White	Loss	Sato Kiyotomi	2419.14
World Championship 2001, BT
Date	2001-08-12		Rating	2394.36
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Miyagawa Sou	1982.45
2	White	Win	Lunkin Vitaly	2317.16
3	White	Loss	Hasegawa Kazuto	2574.65
4	Black	Win	Tadokoro Hosai	2003.25
5	Black	Win	Kaufman Victor	2096.26
6	Black	Win	Tatsutomi Hiroyuki	2229.15
7	Black	Win	Iio Yoshihiro	2416.64
8	White	Draw	Eibatov Nizami	2362.38
World Championship 2001, QT
Date	2001-08-06		Rating	2393.97
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Sunagawa Shouki	2207.78
2	Black	Win	Lents Johann	2361.27
3	White	Draw	Okabe Hiroshi	2369.60
4	White	Loss	Gardström Petter	2516.37
5	White	Loss	Nara Hideki	2542.95
6	White	Win	Park Jeong Ho	2305.89
7	Black	Loss	Eibatov Nizami	2362.04
Japan WC Qualification tournament
Date	2001-03-24		Rating	2387.08
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Kuramoto Hideharu	1786.62
2	White	Loss	Nara Hideki	2558.23
3	White	Win	Hasegawa Kazuto	2564.50
4	Black	Win	Sunagawa Shouki	2224.40
5	White	Loss	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2418.16
6	Black	Win	Miyagawa Junzo	2209.99
7	Black	Win	Koiso Shigemasa	2172.12
38th Meijinsen Tournament
Date	2000-10-01		Rating	2362.54
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Nishizono Norio	2356.70
2	White	Win	Maruyama Yasushi	2241.03
3	Black	Loss	Kudomi Takahiro	2364.74
4	Black	Loss	Nara Hideki	2579.72
5	White	Loss	Hasegawa Kazuto	2567.03
6	Black	Win	Fujinami Hisao	2244.29
7	White	Draw	Hayakawa Yoshimi	2428.67
8	White	Win	Arai Yutaka	2189.26
9	White	Loss	Iio Yoshihiro	2364.26
38th Meijinsen Qualification: East Japan 2nd round
Date	2000-07-02		Rating	2359.11
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
	White	Loss	Isobe Taizan	2456.72
	Black	Win	Kudomi Takahiro	2357.30
	Black	Win	Mitsumori Masao	2293.62
38th Meijinsen Qualification: East Japan 1st round
Date	2000-06-04		Rating	2356.36
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Isobe Taizan	2456.54
2	Black	Win	Hara Masao	2121.45
3	Black	Win	Kubo Izumi	2174.77
4	Black	Loss	Mitsumori Masao	2294.86
Kanto Championship
Date	2000-05-14		Rating	2355.43
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Hara Masao	2121.76
2	Black	Win	Horiuchi Kazuki	1758.50
3	Black	Win	Mitsumori Masao	2297.06
4	Black	Draw	Sunagawa Shouki	2216.79