Official News Release

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

3-Dan Hasebe Kohei and 3-Dan Ikenaga Takashi decided their promotion to 4-Dan in Round 18 of the 62th Shoreikai 3-Dan League (October 2017 to March 2018) held on March 4th in Tokyo Shogi Kaikan. Final results are 14 wins 4 losses for both Hasebe and Ikenaga. Their promotion date will be April 1, 2018. The third player was 3-Dan Hattori Shin'ichiro, also with 14 wins 4 losses.

Hasebe Kohei, Professional Player ID 313

Date of birth

Apr. 15, 1994 (23 years old)

Hometown

Oyama city, Tochigi prefecture

Currently resides in

Oyama city, Tochigi prefecture

Master

6-Dan Ohira Takehiro

Enrollment in Shoreikai

March 2007

Enrollment in 3-Dan League

April 2016 (from 59th term)

Favorite strategy

Free-style Static Rook strategies

Hobby

Watching baseball games

How he started playing shogi

Taught by father at the age of five

Comment

"I do not feel my promotion is real yet. I think I was always the 1st in the ranking, but I feel like I was always in difficult situation, as there were so many difficult games for me.
Not to mention playing hard as a professional shogi player, I also want to work hard on promoting shogi in my hometown, as I am the first professional player from Tochigi prefecture in the post-war era."

Ikenaga Takashi, Professional Player ID 314

Date of birth

Apr. 20, 1993 (24 years old)

Hometown

Osaka city, Osaka prefecture

Currently resides in

Osaka city, Osaka prefecture

Master

9-Dan Kobayashi Kenji

Enrollment in Shoreikai

September 2006

Enrollment in 3-Dan League

April 2010 (from 47th term)

Favorite strategy

Yagura

Hobby

Reading books

How he started playing shogi

Father bought him a shogi book when he was 1st grade of elementary school

Comment

"The first thought was that I felt relieved. I think I could play even better than my real strength in this term's 3-Dan League. I have not made a clear target yet, but I want to work hard so I can exceed the results and records of my master, 9-Dan Kobayashi, as many times as possible."

5-Dan Toyama Yusuke (38 years old) has been promoted to 6-Dan, fulfilling the criteria in his game results.

Date of promotion

February 23, 2018

Reason of promotion

120 win in official games after becoming 5-Dan

6-Dan Okazaki Hiroshi (50 years old) has been promoted to 7-Dan on February 19, 2018, fulfilling the criteria in his game results.

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9-Dan Shima Akira Achieves 800 Wins (Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award)

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Published at: 2018-02-07 12:00

Original site: https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2018/02/800_6.html?utm_source=rss

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2017 Top 10 Prize and Game Money Ranking

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Published at: 2018-02-06 06:05

Original site: https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2018/02/201710.html?utm_source=rss

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8-Dan Namekata Hisashi Achieves 600 Wins (Shogi Honor Award)

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Published at: 2018-01-30 03:00

Original site: https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2018/01/600_11.html?utm_source=rss

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Ladies 3-Dan Takamure Sachiko Promoted to Ladies 4-Dan

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Published at: 2018-01-22 05:00

Original site: https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2018/01/post_1643.html?utm_source=rss

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9-Dan Minami Yoshikazu Achieves 800 Wins (Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award)

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Published at: 2018-01-22 04:00

Original site: https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2018/01/800_5.html?utm_source=rss

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