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久保利明
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9- dan. He is a former Ōshō and Kiō title holder. Early life Kubo was born in Kakogawa, Hyōgo on August 27, 1975. He learned shogi when he was about four years old, and at the encouragement of a friend of his father soon began playing regularly at the Kobe Shogi Center in neighboring Kobe. The center was managed by shogi professional who became Kubo's shogi teacher after the two played a 19-piece "Naked King" handicap game. In 1986, he advanced to the semi-finals of the 11th as fifth-grade elementary school student, but lost to the eventual tournament winner and fellow future shogi professional Daisuke Suzuki. Later that same year, Kubo entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of Awaji. He was awarded professional status and the rank of 4-dan on April 1, 1993, at the age of 17. Shogi professional Kubo's first appearance in a major title match came in 2000 when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōshō (shogi)
is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi. The tournament is co-sponsored by Sports Nippon and the Mainichi Shimbun with additional support received from and the . The word also refers to the piece called the "Shogi#Equipment, King" in shogi. History The tournament was first held in 1950 as a non-title tournament. The following year in 1951, it was elevated to major title status as the third major title along with the Meijin (shogi), Meijin and Tenth Dan (later Ryūō) title tournaments. Format The tournament is open to all and takes place in four stages. The first and second preliminary rounds consist of multiple single-elimination tournaments in which the first round winners advance to compete against each other in the second round. The three winners of the second round tournaments then advance to a round-robin tournament, round-robin league called the "" along with four seeded players. The winner of the challenger league then advances to a Best-of-seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōko Kubo
is a Japanese Professional shogi player#Women's professionals, women's professional shogi player ranked 1-Dan (rank)#Modern usage in shogi, kyū. Early life and becoming a women's professional shogi player Kubo was born in Osaka, Japan on January 12, 2006. Since her father Toshiaki Kubo, Toshiaki is also a Professional shogi player, shogi professional, she was exposed to the game from an early age. Under the guidance of her father, she entered the Kansai region, Kansai branch of Japan Shogi Association's Professional shogi player#Training group system, training group system in October 2019 when she was a Secondary education in Japan#Junior high school, first-year junior high school student. She Professional shogi player#Women's professional status, qualified for women's professional status in September 2022 after being promoted to training group B2. Women's shogi professional Promotion history Kubo's Professional shogi player#Promotion, promotion history is as follows. * 2-Dan ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
