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Ogata, Judan
I submit that Ogata's name above his character section should have ""10-dan"" replaced with the Japanese ""Judan"" for the reason that ""Judan"" is not a literal rank; it is the name of a title of which he is the current holder (for the duration of the series). His rank is 9-dan; there is no such thing as a 10-dan.   see http://senseis.xmp.net/?Judan, especially the sentence ""Challenging for the title warrants a promotion to 7-dan, actually winning the title promotes to 8-dan, and finally winning the title twice gives an immediate 9-dan promotion."" If it were a literal ""10-dan"" rank, then winning it wouldn't guarantee a promotion to 8-dan, would it? ) 72.84.200.91  "