title: Toshiro Yamabe
text: # Toshiro Yamabe
  
  Toshiro Yamabe (山部俊郎, Yamabe Toshiro, July 31, 1926 – February 5, 2000) was a professional Go player.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Toshiro was a student of Mukai Kazuo from 1941. He became shodan professional at the Nihon Ki-in in 1941, and reached 9 dan in 1969. He was known for his early resignations of games, sometimes claiming that he refused to play on because of his opponents mistake.
  
  ## Promotion record
  
  | Rank | Year |
  | - | - |
  | 1 dan | 1941 |
  | 2 dan | 1942 |
  | 3 dan | 1943 |
  | 4 dan | 1945 |
  | 5 dan | 1949 |
  | 6 dan | 1951 |
  | 7 dan | 1954 |
  | 8 dan | 1957 |
  | 9 dan | 1969 |
  
  ## Titles & runners-up
  
  | Title | Years Lost |
  | - | - |
  | Honinbo | 1965 |
  | Tengen | 1980 |
  | Oza | 1959 |
  | Hayago Championship | 1977, 1981 |
  | Igo Senshuken | 1965 |
  