Official News Release

Promotion and retirement of Shogi players as of 2020/4/1 is as follows.

■ Promotion

Hattori Shinichiro to 4-Dan      66th Shoreikai 3-Dan league
Taniai Hiroki    to 4-Dan      66th Shoreikai 3-Dan league
Orita Shogo        to 4-Dan      Pass the professional transfer examination
Katsumata Kiyokazu to 7-Dan      Free class promotion criteria

Kosaka Noboru      to 8-Dan      Retired player promotion criteria
Oshima Eiji        to 8-Dan      Retired player promotion criteria

Shimizu Ichiyo     to Ladies 7-Dan      Superb achievement
Satomi Kana        to Ladies 6-Dan      Superb achievement

Mizumachi Miyu     to Ladies 1-Dan      Annual win ratio 0.5 or higher (８wins or more)
Fujii Nana         to Ladies 1-Dan      Annual win ratio 0.5 or higher (８wins or more)
Wakita Nanako      to Ladies 1-Dan      Annual win ratio 0.5 or higher (８wins or more)
Nodasawa Ayano     to Ladies 1-Dan      Retired Ladies player promotion criteria 

Ishizuka Tooru     Coaching 6-Dan      Coaching criteria
Tsukioka Daisuke   Coaching 4-Dan      Same as above
Honda Tsutomu      Coaching 2-Dan      Same as above
Kawashima Makoto   Coaching 2-Dan      Same as above

  ■ Retirement

Kiriyama Kiyosumi  9-Dan      Free class criteria
Tosa Koji          8-Dan      Same as above
Ito Hirofumi       7-Dan      Same as above
Fujikura Yuki      5-Dan      Same as above

Takamure Sachiko   Ladies 4-Dan      Ladies player retirement criteria
Sanada Ayako       Ladies 2-Dan      Same as above
Nodasawa Ayano     Ladies 1-kyu      Same as above


        
    

Satomi Kana Ladies 4-crown received "Shimane Prefectural Honor Award" at Shimane Prefectural Office on 2020/3/19.
Her achievement of Ladies 6-crown and 11 consecutive titles of Ladies Meijin-sen, both of which were the first time of Shogi history, were recognized for her award.
She was the second person who received the award.

Awards Ceremony

Commemorative photo: Maruyama Tatsuya (Governor of Shimane), Satomi Kana 4-crown, Her parents (left to right)

Satomi Kana 4-crown met with Governor Maruyama

7th game of 69th Osaka Osho title 7-match, where Hirose Akihito 8-Dan challenged Watanabe Akira Osho, was held at Sado Green Hotel Kiraku in Sado, Niigata during March 25 to 26. Watahabe Osho beat Hirose 8-Dan with 153 moves and won 4 games.

Watanabe Osho defended the 7-match game title with 4 wins and 3 losses, and won his 4th time Osho title.

You can check the details on The Mainichi Newspapers or Sports Nippon Newspaper issued March 27th.

Related Pages

The Mainichi News Site
【Shogi Players Data and Performance Comparison】Watanabe Akira Osho VS Hirose Akihito 8-Dan

4th game of 45th Kio 5-match, where Honda Kei 5-Dan challenged Watanabe Akira Kio, was held at Togo Jinja in Shibuya, Tokyo on March 17th. Watanabe Kio beat Honda 5-Dan with 96 moves and won 3 games.

Watanabe kio defended the title with 3-1 and won Kio title 8 times in a row.

Related Articles

【Shogi Player Profile & Performance Comparison】Watanabe Akira Kio VS Honda Kei 5-Dan
About systems and features of Kio title match

Comments from the players

See also

折田翔アマ、棋士編入試験受験へ 【棋士編入試験規定と対局日程】 (only in Japanese)

The fourth game of the 69th Osaka Osho Cup Osho Tournament seven-game match, where Hirose Akihito 8-Dan is challenging Watanabe Akira Osho, will be held in Hotel Kagetsuen in Hakone, Kanagawa prefecture on February 20 and 21.

Watanabe won the first and third games, while Hirose won the second game.
The result of the fourth game has become very important — will Watanabe “check the king” to defend his Osho title, or will Hirose get closer to grabbing the title?

This is the defending match for Watanabe, who came back as Osho for the third time last year.
For Hirose, this is his first challenge to the Osho title.

Watanabe and Hirose have played 29 official games so far, with Watanabe winning 17-12.

The seven-game match of the Osaka Osho Cup Osho Tournament will be broadcast live on The Mainichi, the Osho Tournament live reporting blog and the Japan Shogi Association’s broadcasting app for smartphones.

The games will also be broadcast live on Shogi Premium (*paid registration required).

The long gone 81Ou league is back!
As the veteran users of 81dojo know, 81Ou means the King of 81dojo.
You can find more information about the tournament on this page: 81Ou League
(you need to be logged in to apply)

Nishiyama Tomoka, the only female player in the Shoreikai 3-Dan League at the moment, won two games in the 66th 3-Dan league on February 16, 2020. As a result, she is now ranked 3rd in the league. Depending on the result of the two remaining games for the league, which are scheduled to take place on March 7, there is a possibility that Nishiyama will become the first-time ever female professional player in shogi history.

The second game of the 45th Kio Tournament five-game match, where Honda Kei 5-Dan is challenging Watanabe Akira Kio, was held at Utsunomiya Grand Hotel in Utsunomiya, Tochigi prefecture on February 16. Honda beat Watanabe in 97 moves and gained his first win.

If Honda wins the match, he will be the Kio for the first time, and the Kio will be his first title.

The third game will take place at Niigata Grand Hotel in Niigata, Niigata prefecture on March 1.

The five-game match of the Kio Tournament will be broadcast live on Niconico Live, Abema TV, the Kio Tournament live reporting website and the Japan Shogi Association’s broadcasting app for smartphones.

Shogi Hub volunteers met for the first time in Shogi Cafe "Cobin" in Tokyo.
Our team had a chance to get to know each other face to face, and to share our passion for shogi promotion abroad. We hope to improve ShogiHub with our new ideas!