Kusajima Masato (草島真人)

Place: Miyagi, Japan

Rating: 2195.41, Std: 98.48, Rank: 442

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

Top rating: 2394.53 (2001-08-12)

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

Gy1: 9, Gy2: 23, Gy5: 54

63rd Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2025-05-18		Rating	2195.41
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2296.17
3	White	Draw	Shimura Hiroki	2232.69
4	White	Draw	Kawaai Hitoshi	2059.75
5	White	Draw	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2091.35
16th Tohoku Championship
Date	2025-03-09		Rating	2200.37
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2725.95
2	Black	Draw	Kawaai Hitoshi	2060.96
3	Black	Win	Tamura Syougo	1756.99
4	White	Draw	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2091.98
5	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2297.72
62nd Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2024-05-19		Rating	2243.35
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2350.64
2	White	Draw	Fujita Maiko	2417.84
3	Black	Win	Kawaai Hitoshi	2027.63
4	White	Draw	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2098.29
5	White	Win	Shimura Hiroki	2152.62
15th Tohoku Championship
Date	2024-03-31		Rating	2248.98
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Fujita Maiko	2411.22
2	White	Loss	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2415.14
3	White	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2092.23
4	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2354.41
5	White	Win	Kawaai Hitoshi	2030.30
24 Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2023-11-19		Rating	2255.46
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Shimura Hiroki	2144.86
3	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2325.75
4	White	Draw	Shimura Hiroki	2144.86
6	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2325.75
61th Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2023-05-21		Rating	2256.39
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2292.70
3	White	Loss	Inoue Fumiya	2525.08
4	White	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2099.82
5	White	Win	Kawaai Hitoshi	2046.34
14th Tohoku Championship
Date	2023-02-19		Rating	2257.92
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Inoue Fumiya	2528.13
2	White	Win	Kawaai Hitoshi	2055.42
3	White	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2269.89
4	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2098.91
5	White	Loss	Oomura Shu	2365.27
23 Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2022-12-18		Rating	2258.87
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2249.68
2	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2249.68
3	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2249.68
4	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2249.68
60th Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2022-05-29		Rating	2229.28
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2261.90
2	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2261.90
3	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2261.90
4	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2261.90
13th Tohoku Championship
Date	2021-12-12		Rating	2219.96
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Maruta Hiroki	2256.71
2	Black	Loss	Inoue Fumiya	2515.93
3	Black	Loss	Fujita Maiko	2379.43
4	White	Loss	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2337.00
22nd Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2021-11-14		Rating	2219.10
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
3	White	Loss	Shimura Hiroki	2097.64
4	White	Draw	Shimura Hiroki	2097.64
59th Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2021-05-16		Rating	2230.45
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2243.41
2	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2243.41
3	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2243.41
4	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2243.41
21 Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2020-11-08		Rating	2219.66
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2269.01
2	White	Loss	Nagasoe Hiroki	2622.16
4	Black	Loss	Nagasoe Hiroki	2622.16
6	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2269.01
58 Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2020-07-05		Rating	2227.01
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
2	Black	Loss	Takahashi Hisashi	2637.96
2	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2277.30
5	Black	Loss	Takahashi Hisashi	2637.96
6	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2277.30
20 Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2019-11-17		Rating	2241.19
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2300.14
2	Black	Win	Hirono Masakazu	2076.64
4	White	Win	Hirono Masakazu	2076.64
5	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2300.14
ex	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2300.14
11th Tohoku Championship
Date	2019-10-06		Rating	2242.32
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2726.66
2	Black	Loss	Hirono Masakazu	2081.27
3	White	Loss	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2137.92
4	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2296.11
5	White	Win	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2380.22
57 Meijinsen Qualification East Japan area 2nd round
Date	2019-06-23		Rating	2258.61
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Maruta Koji	2142.75
2	White	Loss	Inoue Fumiya	2426.11
3	Black	Loss	Ono Takayuki	2399.52
4	White	Loss	Koyama Jun	2607.26
5	Black	Win	Maruta Hiroki	2187.15
57 Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2019-04-07		Rating	2270.26
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
2	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2142.74
3	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2274.03
5	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2142.74
6	Black	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2274.03
14th All Japan Championship
Date	2019-03-31		Rating	2270.41
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Kamiya Shunsuke	2812.36
2	White	Loss	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2397.09
3	Black	Loss	Ono Takayuki	2398.02
4	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2273.67
5	Black	Win	Maruta Hiroki	2189.21
6	Black	Draw	Chigira Makoto	2091.67
19 Renju Emperor Tournament Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2018-10-07		Rating	2294.52
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2267.90
2	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2267.90
3	Black	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2267.90
10th Tohoku Championship
Date	2018-09-09		Rating	2300.29
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
2	Black	Win	Hirono Masakazu	2085.41
3	Black	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2264.87
4	Black	Win	Demachi Koichiro	1924.76
5	White	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2702.61
13 Middle-dan Players Tournament
Date	2018-08-12		Rating	2305.48
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Maruta Koji	2116.79
3	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2263.83
4	Black	Win	Maruta Koji	2116.79
6	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2263.83
56 Meijinsen Qualification East Japan area 2nd round
Date	2018-06-25		Rating	2306.98
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Koyama Jun	2577.26
2	Black	Win	Ono Takayuki	2391.59
3	Black	Loss	Sato Kiyotomi	2443.58
56 Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2018-04-15		Rating	2308.17
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2256.90
3	Black	Loss	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2191.03
5	White	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2191.03
6	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2256.90
18 Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament 2nd round
Date	2017-12-17		Rating	2303.16
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Nakamura Shigeru	2960.54
2	Black	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2720.29
3	Black	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2273.47
4	Black	Win	Sato Kiyotomi	2437.12
5	Black	Loss	Koyama Jun	2586.92
18 Kanto Renju Emperor Tournament 1st round
Date	2017-11-01		Rating	2299.32
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Tomosue Takahito	1544.90
2	White	Win	Sato Kiyotomi	2442.61
3	White	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2721.82
4	Black	Loss	Koyama Jun	2596.45
34 Aomori Championship
Date	2017-07-02		Rating	2282.71
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Tanno Yoshitaka	2142.76
2	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2272.76
3	Black	Loss	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2213.05
4	Black	Win	Koseki Kenshou	1652.50
5	White	Win	Yamamoto Harue	1634.21
55 Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2017-04-09		Rating	2287.65
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
2	Black	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2257.01
3	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2207.48
4	White	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2207.48
6	White	Loss	Miyamoto Syunju	2257.01
12th All Japan Championship
Date	2017-03-26		Rating	2288.19
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Koyama Jun	2607.94
2	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2253.32
3	Black	Loss	Iio Yoshihiro	2547.28
4	White	Win	Maruta Hiroki	2111.53
5	White	Win	Sato Kiyotomi	2479.78
6	Black	Loss	Tamada Yoichi	2550.97
54 Meijinsen Qualification East Japan area 2nd round
Date	2016-06-12		Rating	2268.39
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Koyama Jun	2630.83
2	White	Loss	Tamada Yoichi	2570.18
3	White	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2725.71
4	White	Draw	Kamiya Shunsuke	2728.54
5	Black	Loss	Mitsumori Masao	2355.16
54 Meijinsen Qualification Tohoku area 1st round
Date	2016-04-10		Rating	2265.94
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Draw	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2208.85
2	Black	Win	Miura Hitoshi	1776.04
3	Black	Draw	Miyamoto Syunju	2158.56
19 Mikami Cup
Date	2016-03-13		Rating	2265.39
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
S1	Black	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2721.46
S3	Black	Loss	Koyama Jun	2633.21
S4	White	Draw	Ono Takayuki	2329.66
S5	White	Loss	Kamiya Shunsuke	2725.02
12th Middle-dan Players Tournament
Date	2015-07-20		Rating	2264.73
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Kubo Izumi	2083.98
2	Black	Win	Miyagawa Junzo	2246.88
3	Black	Loss	Tachi Masaya	2484.89
4	Black	Win	Hata Masayuki	2186.28
5	Black	Loss	Mano Yoshihisa	2362.82
6	Black	Draw	Kashihara Akihiko	2331.76
53 Meijinsen Qualification East Japan area 1st round
Date	2015-05-10		Rating	2259.50
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Iwano Fumio	2247.24
2	Black	Win	Tanizaki Ryusuke	2196.93
3	White	Loss	Sato Kiyotomi	2504.99
4	White	Draw	Nakamura Souta	2293.73
7th Tohoku Championship
Date	2015-04-12		Rating	2258.23
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Miura Hitoshi	1791.97
2	Black	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2737.49
3	Black	Win	Hirono Masakazu	1992.14
4	White	Loss	Kobayashi Koichi	2294.79
5	Black	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2057.64
Sendai Memorial Cup
Date	2015-03-01		Rating	2256.44
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Kobayashi Koichi	2294.02
2	Black	Win	Miura Hitoshi	1794.45
4	White	Win	Hirono Masakazu	1991.03
5	Black	Win	Seiryu Masanori	1989.16
7	White	Win	Miyamoto Syunju	2047.78
6th Tohoku Championship
Date	2014-04-20		Rating	2235.82
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2163.50
2	White	Win	Miura Hitoshi	1802.97
4	Black	Loss	Kobayashi Koichi	2240.39
5	White	Win	Hirono Masakazu	1991.41
6	White	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2757.75
7	Black	Loss	Sato Kiyotomi	2469.12
5th Tohoku Championship
Date	2013-04-14		Rating	2214.71
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Hirono Masakazu	2011.62
2	White	Loss	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2378.39
3	White	Loss	Okabe Hiroshi	2738.82
4	White	Loss	Nakamura Shigeru	2865.52
5	Black	Win	Gakumazawa Hideaki	2130.94
4th Tohoku Championship
Date	2012-04-08		Rating	2182.54
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Suzuki Junichiro	1937.07
2	Black	Loss	Kudomi Takahiro	2429.23
3	White	Loss	Miura Hitoshi	1917.66
4	Black	Win	Maruta Koji	2125.79
5	Black	Loss	Sato Kiyotomi	2399.49
5th All Japan Championship
Date	2010-03-21		Rating	2169.50
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Loss	Isobe Taizan	2394.50
2	Black	Draw	Kobayashi Koichi	2132.50
3	Black	Loss	Kudomi Takahiro	2376.69
4	White	Loss	Maruta Koji	2113.95
5	White	Win	Kubo Izumi	2105.54
6	Black	Draw	Suzuki Junichiro	1918.01
2nd Tohoku Championship
Date	2010-03-14		Rating	2170.14
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Miura Hitoshi	1926.28
2	White	Win	Kobayashi Koichi	2132.13
3	White	Draw	Kato Yasuhiro	2099.11
4	White	Loss	Tamada Yoichi	2447.02
5	White	Loss	Sato Kiyotomi	2418.64
World Championship 2001, BT
Date	2001-08-12		Rating	2394.53
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Miyagawa Sou	1982.64
2	White	Win	Lunkin Vitaly	2317.10
3	White	Loss	Hasegawa Kazuto	2574.88
4	Black	Win	Tadokoro Hosai	2003.34
5	Black	Win	Kaufman Victor	2096.65
6	Black	Win	Tatsutomi Hiroyuki	2229.31
7	Black	Win	Iio Yoshihiro	2416.95
8	White	Draw	Eibatov Nizami	2362.48
World Championship 2001, QT
Date	2001-08-06		Rating	2394.14
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Win	Sunagawa Shouki	2207.92
2	Black	Win	Lents Johann	2361.68
3	White	Draw	Okabe Hiroshi	2369.82
4	White	Loss	Gardström Petter	2516.24
5	White	Loss	Nara Hideki	2543.05
6	White	Win	Park Jeong Ho	2305.92
7	Black	Loss	Eibatov Nizami	2362.14
Japan WC Qualification tournament
Date	2001-03-24		Rating	2387.29
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Kuramoto Hideharu	1786.66
2	White	Loss	Nara Hideki	2558.42
3	White	Win	Hasegawa Kazuto	2564.80
4	Black	Win	Sunagawa Shouki	2224.55
5	White	Loss	Ishitani Shin-ichi	2418.30
6	Black	Win	Miyagawa Junzo	2210.17
7	Black	Win	Koiso Shigemasa	2172.38
38th Meijinsen Tournament
Date	2000-10-01		Rating	2362.79
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Nishizono Norio	2357.41
2	White	Win	Maruyama Yasushi	2241.32
3	Black	Loss	Kudomi Takahiro	2365.01
4	Black	Loss	Nara Hideki	2580.01
5	White	Loss	Hasegawa Kazuto	2567.43
6	Black	Win	Fujinami Hisao	2244.52
7	White	Draw	Hayakawa Yoshimi	2430.57
8	White	Win	Arai Yutaka	2189.48
9	White	Loss	Iio Yoshihiro	2364.73
38th Meijinsen Qualification: East Japan 2nd round
Date	2000-07-02		Rating	2359.35
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
	White	Loss	Isobe Taizan	2456.89
	Black	Win	Kudomi Takahiro	2357.56
	Black	Win	Mitsumori Masao	2293.78
38th Meijinsen Qualification: East Japan 1st round
Date	2000-06-04		Rating	2356.60
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	White	Loss	Isobe Taizan	2456.71
2	Black	Win	Hara Masao	2121.55
3	Black	Win	Kubo Izumi	2174.86
4	Black	Loss	Mitsumori Masao	2295.03
Kanto Championship
Date	2000-05-14		Rating	2355.67
Round	Color	Result	Opponent
1	Black	Win	Hara Masao	2121.86
2	Black	Win	Horiuchi Kazuki	1758.65
3	Black	Win	Mitsumori Masao	2297.23
4	Black	Draw	Sunagawa Shouki	2216.96