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.

Suzuki Daisuke 8-Dan (42 years old) was promoted on March 1st, 2017, meeting the criteria in the game results.

10 top players in the annual game money ranking have been decided as below.

【Information】

• 3-Crown (Oui, Ouza, Kisei) Yoshiharu Habu is ranked 1st for the 22nd time, 3 times in a row.
• In Ladies Professional, Jo-ou Momoko Kato is ranked 1st for the first time.

12 or 11 correct answers: 8-Dan
10 correct answers: 7-Dan

12 or 11 correct answers: 6-Dan
10 or 9 correct answers: 5-Dan
8 or 7 correct answers: 4-Dan

9-Dan Hifumi Kato won a game against 7-Dan Eiji Iijima in the 88th Kisei Tournament, Second Preliminaries held at Shogi Kaikan in Tokyo on January 20th, establishing a new record of winning a game in the oldest age of 77 years and 0 month, exceeding the former record by 9-Dan Yuzo Maruta of 76 years and 11 months.

7-Dan Hirotaka Nozuki (43 years old) has been promoted to 8-Dan, winning the game described below.

Date of promotion

January 20, 2017

Game

43rd Kiou Championship, Qualify Round
(opponent: 7-Dan Hisashi Ogura)

Ground of promotion

By the number of games won (Winning 190 games after promotion to 7-Dan)

In the press conferences by the JSA and the third-party committee that took place on December 26 & 27, 2016, the incident has been officially concluded to be a false accusation. JSA acknowledged that 9-Dan Hiroyuki Miura is innocent of any wrongdoing; and apologized, promising to make every effort to ensure that Miura's reputation is fully restored.

81Dojo covers the details of the incident, translating key articles and documents into English.

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