# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kozo-masuda
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:52:59.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kozo-masuda"
name: "Kōzō Masuda"
slug: "kozo-masuda"
description: "Kōzō Masuda  was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan. He is a former Meijin who was known for playing very creative shogi. For instance, top player Yoshiharu Habu considered Masuda's playing style to be 30 years ahead of its time and the origin of the modern way to play shogi."
tagline: "Japanese shogi player (1918-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masuda_Kozo.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1918-03-21"
deathDate: "1991-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.016894666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Masuda"
    title: "Kōzō Masuda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "كوزو ماسودا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Masuda"
    title: "Kōzō Masuda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%87%E7%94%B0%E5%B9%B8%E4%B8%89"
    title: "升田幸三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%87%E7%94%B0%E5%B9%B8%E4%B8%89"
    title: "升田幸三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%BE"
    title: "Масуда, Кодзо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11406931"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump