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Shogi player and investor Kiritani Hiroto, famous as the “master of shareholder perks” who lives off stock dividend-in-kind benefits, revealed his d Points balance on the October 12 broadcast of Nippon TV’s “Getsuyo kara Yofukashi” (Monday Midnight Talk). The thread buzzed with astonishment at just how huge the number was, while many pointed out that since both Rakuten Points and d Points come with monthly spending caps, even a massive stockpile can’t actually be used up all at once. The discussion branched out into Max Matsuura’s famous Rakuten Points haul and old stories about a broken engagement from the shogi world, along with comments about Kiritani’s single life and his ongoing cancer treatment.
Shareholder-Perk Master Kiritani Hiroto Reveals Shocking d Points Balance: “Different League,” “Insane,” “Not Even the Same Order of Magnitude,” “More Than 10 Times Mine”
Shogi player and investor Kiritani Hiroto had a moment where he revealed his “d Points” balance.
On the 12th, Nippon TV’s “Getsuyo kara Yofukashi” (Mondays, 10 p.m.) aired an update on Kiritani’s recent life. Though his life has long revolved entirely around shareholder perks, he says he’s recently been having all sorts of realizations.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
His room is an absolute disaster, not even room to walk. What difference would having a family make? Would they just clean it up for him?
No idea if it's true or not, but after reading about that brutal love-triangle mess with his mentor, yeah, I get why he'd never want to marry. Too wild even for a show like "Yofukashi" to touch.
Kiritani's just too particular about everything — I think he's happier single. If he got married and had a wife and kids nagging him, the stress would make him go bald.
I'm not bald yet so I'll be fine (´^ω^｀)
For regular (non time-limited) points, as long as you use or earn even 1 point, the expiration automatically extends another year.
Then don't sign up for it in the first place.
Thanks to Matsuura, I learned that "Rakuten Points have a monthly spending cap" — a rule that will absolutely never apply to me personally.
Kiritani's mentor was Masuda Kōzō, the first player in history to hold the triple crown (Meijin, Kudan, and Ōsho titles), and he never had any trouble like that with his student Kiritani — you're thinking of someone else.
It was Yonenaga who made Kiritani's fiancée his mistress.
The guy in Re: #21 is mixing it up — thinking Yonenaga was Kiritani's mentor.
But apparently that fiancée was a hostess at a club, so wasn't he kind of being played from the start?
d Points are basically permanent. He's got around ¥800 million in Monex mutual funds, and that alone racks up a ton of points. Back in the day they were called "Monex Points" and there wasn't much you could even do with them.
Isn't that more just wishful thinking from lonely people who want it to be a fantasy?
I send points to my family — is there a limit on that kind of transfer too?
Just use it through a brokerage.
Looks like SMBC Nikko Securities is ending support for it this coming March. The d Points service itself isn't ending though.
They had a relationship for decades, so he was basically like a mentor.
Re: #48
Well, maybe she never actually intended to end up with Kiritani in the first place.
Less like mentor and student, more like boss and underling, maybe.
His riding is scary, right? He's probably going to take someone down with him.
Looked it up — apparently they removed about 60cm of his intestine. Removing the stomach tends to make people lose a ton of weight, but with the intestine maybe it's not as drastic?
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Kiritani Hiroto is a former professional shogi player turned investor who gained fame on TV starting around 2011 as the “master of shareholder perks” for living entirely off stock dividend-in-kind benefits. d Points is a common point system run by NTT Docomo; like Rakuten Points and PayPay Points, some services impose a monthly cap on how many points can be used, and the thread repeatedly pointed out that this means even a huge balance can’t be spent all at once. Some comments referenced old engagement-trouble anecdotes from the shogi world, but these aren’t personal attacks on Kiritani himself — they’re long-circulated stories from shogi history. Kiritani has also publicly disclosed that he is undergoing cancer treatment, and the broadcast also showed him going to his hospital appointments.
*This article is composed of excerpts and a summary from the 5ch (Geisokuho+) thread “[Getsuyo kara Yofukashi] Shareholder-Perk Investor Kiritani Hiroto Reveals Shocking d Points Balance: “Different League,” “Insane,” “Not Even the Same Order of Magnitude,” “More Than 10 Times Mine”.”
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