Top Standard Chess Players in Japan 🇯🇵Follow JapanTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers.
254 active players in Japan by Standard rating. #1 Thanh Tu Tran leads with 2,399 — 44 pts ahead of Mirai Aoshima (2,355). This month's standout moves (top 50): Shunji Hashimoto led all gainers at +100 pts, while Sho Moritani saw the steepest fall at -64 pts.
Age Group Leaders
U20Matsumura, CocoroCMFollow Cocoro MatsumuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,225U18Matsumura, CocoroCMFollow Cocoro MatsumuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,225U16Moritani, ShoFollow Sho MoritaniTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.▼72,04165+Jones, StephenFMFollow Stephen JonesTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.▼101,992
Biggest Movers · 1 month
Among top 50 players
Top Movers
Hashimoto, ShunjiFollow Shunji HashimotoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.1,959
+100Togawa, KentaroFollow Kentaro TogawaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.1,915
+89Nakahara, KanCMFollow Kan NakaharaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,290
+46Flop Movers
Moritani, ShoFollow Sho MoritaniTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,041
-64Jones, StephenFMFollow Stephen JonesTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.1,992
-62Furuya, MasahiroFollow Masahiro FuruyaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.1,976
-36RECENT JAPAN #1 · 2021 → 2026
8 distinct leaders across 25 years
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- OkaJan 2021 → Aug 20218mo
- KojimaSep 2021 → Dec 20214mo
- Tran· currentJan 2022 → Jun 20265y
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Avg. top 10
Standard · Active · vs 1 month
2,278+3
Avg. top 100
Standard · Active · vs 1 month
1,942+4
Active players
Active · vs 1 month
254+13
Rankings
Standard · Active · vs 1 month
# | Player | Standard↓ | Rapid | Blitz | Δ 1M | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tran, Thanh TuIM · 36 yrsFollow Thanh Tu TranTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2399 | 2359 | 2407 | −3 | 9 |
2 | Aoshima, MiraiFM · 31 yrsFollow Mirai AoshimaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2355 | — | 2331 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Otsuka, ShouFM · 26 yrsFollow Shou OtsukaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2314 | 2106 | — | −8 | 9 |
4 | Kojima, ShinyaIM · 38 yrsFollow Shinya KojimaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2309 | 2282 | 2281 | +2 | 9 |
5 | Nanjo, RyosukeIM · 38 yrsFollow Ryosuke NanjoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2294 | 2353 | 2270 | −7 | 9 |
6 | Nakahara, KanCM · 21 yrsFollow Kan NakaharaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2290 | 2033 | 1997 | +46 | 9 |
7 | Matsumura, CocoroCM · 18 yrsFollow Cocoro MatsumuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2225 | 2134 | 2131 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Watanabe, AkiraFM · 54 yrsFollow Akira WatanabeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2206 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
9 | Schweizer, Simon · 30 yrsFollow Simon SchweizerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2198 | 2174 | 2182 | −4 | 1 |
10 | Yamada, KoheiFM · 38 yrsFollow Kohei YamadaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2189 | 2193 | 2001 | +7 | 8 |
11 | Baba, MasahiroFM · 42 yrsFollow Masahiro BabaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2157 | 2093 | 2223 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Kobayashi, AtsuhikoCM · 34 yrsFollow Atsuhiko KobayashiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2151 | 2093 | — | +21 | 9 |
13 | Averbukh, AlexCM · 44 yrsFollow Alex AverbukhTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2124 | 2124 | — | −2 | 9 |
14▲2 | Dryglas, Maciej · 44 yrsFollow Maciej DryglasTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2099 | 1992 | 2018 | +17 | 9 |
15▲2 | Yonemitsu, Kohei · 24 yrsFollow Kohei YonemitsuTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2096 | 2034 | 1988 | +16 | 8 |
16▼2 | Higashino, Tetsuo · 52 yrsFollow Tetsuo HigashinoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2094 | 2063 | — | −23 | 9 |
17▲6 | Nagataki, Kota · 23 yrsFollow Kota NagatakiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2062 | 2066 | 1923 | +25 | 9 |
18▲7 | Matsuo, TomohikoCM · 51 yrsFollow Tomohiko MatsuoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2057 | — | — | +25 | 8 |
19 | Nakamura, Naohiro · 37 yrsFollow Naohiro NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2050 | 2096 | — | 0 | 0 |
20▲1 | Okuno, Rion · 18 yrsFollow Rion OkunoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2045 | 1921 | 2003 | 0 | 0 |
21▲3 | Shioguchi, Tatsuya · 38 yrsFollow Tatsuya ShioguchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2041 | 1961 | — | +7 | 8 |
22▼7 | Moritani, Sho · 15 yrsFollow Sho MoritaniTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2041 | 1942 | 1955 | −64 | 8 |
23▼3 | Sanada, Tetsuaki · 38 yrsFollow Tetsuaki SanadaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2041 | 1960 | 1942 | −6 | 6 |
24▲2 | Schweizer, Samuel · 30 yrsFollow Samuel SchweizerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2032 | 2033 | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
25▲3 | Jiang, Likai · 30 yrsFollow Likai JiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2016 | 2008 | — | 0 | 0 |
26▼4 | Fujii, Chiaki · 36 yrsFollow Chiaki FujiiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2013 | — | — | −30 | 8 |
27▲3 | Aso, Masashi · 32 yrsFollow Masashi AsoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1995 | 1757 | — | 0 | 0 |
28▼10 | Jones, StephenFM · 84 yrsFollow Stephen JonesTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1992 | 2163 | — | −62 | 7 |
29▲3 | Sharma, Sameer · 22 yrsFollow Sameer SharmaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1985 | 1877 | — | 0 | 0 |
30▲4 | Yamamoto, Soichiro · 24 yrsFollow Soichiro YamamotoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1981 | 1896 | — | 0 | 0 |
31▲2 | Noguchi, Koji · 50 yrsFollow Koji NoguchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1978 | 2002 | 2068 | −3 | 9 |
32▲3 | Scott, Tyler · 37 yrsFollow Tyler ScottTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1977 | 1994 | — | 0 | 0 |
33 | Mizohata, Kyotaro · 22 yrsFollow Kyotaro MizohataTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1977 | — | — | — | 9 |
34▼5 | Furuya, Masahiro · 35 yrsFollow Masahiro FuruyaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1976 | 2028 | — | −36 | 8 |
35▼4 | Taga, Hiroto · 34 yrsFollow Hiroto TagaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1976 | 1925 | — | −15 | 9 |
36 | Nguyen, Tuan Anh · 30 yrsFollow Tuan Anh NguyenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1969 | 1962 | — | 0 | 0 |
37 | Hashimoto, Shunji · 17 yrsFollow Shunji HashimotoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1959 | 1822 | — | +100 | 7 |
38▼1 | Shinoda, Taro · 37 yrsFollow Taro ShinodaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1955 | 1966 | — | 0 | 0 |
39▲3 | Matsunaga, Toma · 14 yrsFollow Toma MatsunagaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1952 | 1838 | 1855 | +22 | 7 |
40 | Matsumoto, Yoshitaro · 36 yrsFollow Yoshitaro MatsumotoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1950 | — | — | −16 | 7 |
41▼2 | Katsuta, Yuki · 35 yrsFollow Yuki KatsutaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1943 | 1961 | — | 0 | 0 |
42▲1 | Higashishiba, Teruomi · 54 yrsFollow Teruomi HigashishibaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1936 | 1929 | — | +11 | 7 |
43 | Okabe, Yuma · 19 yrsFollow Yuma OkabeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1933 | 1922 | 1730 | −18 | 6 |
44 | Maeshima, Hiroaki · 35 yrsFollow Hiroaki MaeshimaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1932 | — | — | −19 | 5 |
45▼5 | Yamaguchi, Tosei · 27 yrsFollow Tosei YamaguchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1920 | 1960 | — | −19 | 9 |
46▼2 | Manabe, Hiroshi · 60 yrsFollow Hiroshi ManabeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1916 | 1928 | 1913 | 0 | 0 |
47▲26 | Togawa, Kentaro · 24 yrsFollow Kentaro TogawaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1915 | — | — | +89 | 8 |
48▼10 | Gishi, Takeshi · 59 yrsFollow Takeshi GishiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1914 | — | — | −31 | 9 |
49▼3 | Tanaka, Satoshi · 30 yrsFollow Satoshi TanakaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1908 | 2016 | — | +8 | 6 |
50▲6 | Kuroda, Yunosuke · 33 yrsFollow Yunosuke KurodaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1901 | 1816 | — | +27 | 9 |
Rating distribution
Standard · Active
12-month evolution
Standard · Active
Titled players — 20
Active · vs 1 month
Open
IM3
21%
FM6
43%
CM5
36%
Women
WCM6
100%
AGE PYRAMID · JAPAN ACTIVE PLAYERS
Active players by age band · Open vs Women
Open
Women
45U206
7520-346
4335-496
2750-641
1765+0
207 open players19 women players
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Asia-Pacific — By Average Top 10
| Federation | Avg top 10 | |
|---|---|---|
1· | 🇮🇳IndiaFollow IndiaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,709 |
2· | 🇨🇳ChinaFollow ChinaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,667 |
3· | 🇷🇺RussiaFollow RussiaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,642 |
4▲1 | 🇺🇿UzbekistanFollow UzbekistanTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,623 |
5· | 🇮🇷IranFollow IranTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,573 |
6▲3 | 🇰🇿KazakhstanFollow KazakhstanTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,514 |
7▼3 | 🇻🇳VietnamFollow VietnamTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,476 |
8▼1 | 🇦🇺AustraliaFollow AustraliaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,459 |
9▼1 | 🇲🇳MongoliaFollow MongoliaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,444 |
10· | 🇵🇭PhilippinesFollow PhilippinesTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,423 |
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| 19 | 🇯🇵JapanFollow JapanTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,278 |
World — By Average Top 10
| Federation | Avg top 10 | |
|---|---|---|
1· | 🇺🇸United StatesFollow United StatesTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,724 |
2· | 🇮🇳IndiaFollow IndiaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,709 |
3· | 🇨🇳ChinaFollow ChinaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,667 |
4· | 🇷🇺RussiaFollow RussiaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,642 |
5· | 🇩🇪GermanyFollow GermanyTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,637 |
6· | 🇺🇦UkraineFollow UkraineTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,628 |
7· | 🇫🇷FranceFollow FranceTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,626 |
8· | 🇦🇿AzerbaijanFollow AzerbaijanTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,625 |
9▲1 | 🇺🇿UzbekistanFollow UzbekistanTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,623 |
10▼1 | FIDEFollow FIDETrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,623 |
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| 80 | 🇯🇵JapanFollow JapanTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,278 |