title: Chikara Akutsu
text: # Chikara Akutsu
  
  Chikara Akutsu (阿久津 主税, Akutsu Chikara, born June 24, 1982) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.
  
  ## Promotion history
  
  The promotion history for Akutsu is as follows:
  
  * 6-kyū: 1994
  * 1-dan: 1997
  * 4-dan: October 1, 1999
  * 5-dan: July 2, 2004
  * 6-dan: August 3, 2007
  * 7-dan: April 1, 2009
  * 8-dan: February 13, 2014
  
  ## Titles and other championships
  
  Although Akutsu has yet to appear in a major title match, he has won two non-major-title championships during his career: the 2nd Asahi Cup Open [ja] (2008) and the 17th Ginga-sen [ja](2009).
  
  ## Awards and honors
  
  Akutsu received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best New Player" in 2004, "Best Winning Percentage" in 2006, and "Most Consecutive Games Won" award in 2009.
  
  ## Year-end prize money and game fee ranking
  
  Akutsu has finished in the "Top 10" of the JSA's year-end prize money and game fee rankings [ja] only once during his career. He earned a total of JPY 25,700,000 to rank ninth in 2009.
  
  