Official News Release

Kato Momoko Shoureikai 1-Dan, aged 24, resigned from Shoureikai and submitted her application for Ladies Professional player.
Hence she becomes Ladies Professional player 3-Dan on April 1st 2019, based in Tokyo branch.
Acknowledging her achievement of total 8 titles (4-time Queen, 4-time Ladies Ouza), the JSA entitles her to Ladies 3-Dan, as opposed to Ladies 1-Dan in accordance with the original regulation of Shoureikai; “In case a female Shoureikai member, who holds 2-Kyu or higher, resigns from Shoureikai she is entitled to Ladies Professional player with the same Kyu or Dan of Shoureikai”.

Name

Kato Momoko

Date of Birth

March 9th, 1995 (aged 24)

Address

Setagaya, Tokyo

Master

Yasue Terutaka 8-Dan

Admission to Shoreikai

September, 2006

Hobbies

Ballet, Reading, Karaoke

Title match history

Appeared 12 times, won 8 times (4-time Queen, 4-time Ladies Ouza)

Takebe Sayuri Ladies 3-Dan (40 years old）has been promoted to Ladies 4-Dan, winning the game described below.

Date of promotion

January 16th, 2019

Game

1st Hulic Cup Seireisen, Qualify Round
(opponent: Kitao Madoka Ladies 2-Dan)

Ground of promotion

120 wins in official tournaments since becoming 3-Dan

On Friday, August 24, the Japan Shogi Association presented a letter of appreciation to Frank Rövekamp, President of the Federation of European Shogi Associations (FESA).
It is because of his great achievement in his overseas spread. Specifically, he managed the European Championship (ESC / WOSC), energetically spread Shogi in Europe for many years, and served as an official interpreter at the International Shogi Forum held every three years.

　
JSA Chairman Yasumitsu Sato presented a letter of appreciation, a souvenir and a gold badge.

The regulations of 8-Dan promotion will be partly changed. The changed part is as follows. The enforcement of this change will take place on June 1, 2018. We thank you for your understanding.

【Promotion Regulations of the Japan Shogi Association】

Conditions of 8-Dan Promotion

BEFORE

Acquiring Ryuo title for the first time
Promotion to A-class of Ranking League (Jun'isen)
190 wins in official games after becoming 7-Dan

AFTER

Acquiring Ryuo title for the first time
Promotion to A-class of Ranking League (Jun'isen)
Acquiring major title of the second time
190 wins in official games after becoming 7-Dan

[End of note]

Ladies 3-Dan Ueda Hatsumi has been promoted to Ladies 4-Dan, winning the game described below.

Date of promotion

May 21, 2018

Game

45th Okada Art Museum Cup, Ladies Meijin Tournament, Final League
(opponent: Ladies 1-Dan Yamane Kotomi)

Reason of promotion

By number of games won (120 wins after becoming Ladies 3-Dan)

Date of promotion

May 18, 2018

Game

31st Ryuo Tournament, Ranking Tournament Class 5
(opponent: 6-Dan Funae Kohei)

Reason of promotion

Two consecutive upgrade in Ryuo Ranking Tournament

Comments from players

Ladies 1-kyu Iino Ai (31 years old) has been promoted to Ladies 1-Dan, fulfilling the criteria in her game results as described below.

Date of promotion

April 1, 2018

Results

Year 2017: 14 games 8 wins 6 losses (winning rate 0.571)

Reason of promotion

Annual winning rate over 50% (at least 7 wins) after becoming Ladies 1-kyu

The players who move out to Free-class in 2018 are as follows.

9-Dan Kobayashi Kenji
8-Dan Kanzaki Kenji

4-Dan Tonari Ryuuma (28 years old) has been promoted to 5-Dan, winning the game described below.

Date of promotion

March 15, 2018

Game

76th Ranking League (Jun'i-sen), C2-class
(opponet: 4-Dan Sugimoto Kazuo)

Reason of promotion

Being upgraded C1-class of Ranking League

Ladies 2-kyu Takedomi Rei (18 years old) has been promoted to Ladies 1-Dan, winning the game described below.

Date of promotion

March 9, 2018

Game

45th Okada Art Museum Cup, Ladies Meijin Tournament, Qualify Round
(opponent: Ladies 2-kyu Odaka Sakiko)

Reason of promotion

Entering the Ladies Meijin League