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Takuya Nagase
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9- dan. He is the current holder of the Ōza title and a former holder of the Eiō title. Early life Nagase was born in Yokohama on September 5, 1992. He learned how to play shogi at age six from his grandfather, and entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school in 2004 at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional . He was promoted to 1-dan in 2007 and participated in the 3-dan League for the first time in April 2008, finishing with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses. Nagase obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan on October 1, 2009, after winning the 45th 3-dan League (April 2009September 2009) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses. Shogi professional In October 2012. Nagase won his first tournament since turning professional when he defeated Shingo Itō 2 games to none to win the 2nd , and followed that up by defeating Tetsuya Fujimori a few days later to win the 43rd by the score of 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the West following the 1859 end of the policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspaper (1870), gas-powered street lamps (1870s), railway station (1872), and power plant (1882). Yokohama develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nikkei
''The Nikkei'', also known as , is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies. The Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has been calculated by the newspaper since 1950. It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are '' The Asahi Shimbun'', the '' Yomiuri Shimbun'' and the '' Mainichi Shimbun''. History The roots of the Nikkei started with an in-house newspaper department of Mitsui & Company in 1876 when it started publication of ''Chugai Bukka Shimpo'' (literally ''Domestic and Foreign Commodity Price Newspaper''), a weekly market-quotation bulletin. The department was spun out as the ''Shokyosha'' in 1882. The paper became daily (except Sunday) in 1885 and was renamed ''Chugai Shōgyō Shimpo'' in 1889. It was merged with ''Nikkan Kōgyō'' and ''Keizai Jiji'' and renamed ''Nihon Sangyō Keizai Shimbun'' in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiaki Kubo
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] |
Yomiuri Shimbun
The (lit. ''Reading-selling Newspaper'' or ''Selling by Reading Newspaper'') is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan; the other four are the ''Asahi Shimbun'', the '' Chunichi Shimbun ( Tokyo Shimbun)'' the '' Mainichi Shimbun'', and the '' Nihon Keizai Shimbun''. It is headquartered in Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.' It is a newspaper that represents Tokyo and generally has a conservative orientation. It is one of Japan's leading newspapers, along with the Osaka-based liberal ( Third way) Asahi Shimbun and the Nagoya-based Social democratic Chunichi Shimbun. It is published by regional bureaus, all of them subsidiaries of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest media conglomerate by size behind Sony,The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings is the largest media conglomerate by revenue in Japan, while Sony is Japan's largest m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogi
, also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, '' chaturanga, Xiangqi'', Indian chess, and '' janggi''. ''Shōgi'' means general's (''shō'' ) board game (''gi'' ). Western chess is sometimes called (''Seiyō Shōgi'' ) in Japan. Shogi was the earliest chess-related historical game to allow captured pieces to be returned to the board by the capturing player. This drop rule is speculated to have been invented in the 15th century and possibly connected to the practice of 15th century mercenaries switching loyalties when captured instead of being killed. The earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the sixth century, and the game was likely transmitted to Japan via China or Korea sometime after the Nara period."Shogi". ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2002. Shogi in its present form was played as early as the 16th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shintarō Saitō
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8- dan. He is a former Ōza title holder. Early life and apprentice professional Shintarō Saitō was born on April 21, 1993, in Nara. He learned how to play the game from reading books written by Yoshiharu Habu, and as a third-grade elementary school student played his future mentor shogi professional Mamoru Hatakeyama for the first time in an instructional game. As a fourth-grade student, Saitō personally wrote Hatakeyama asking for formal instruction, and formally entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū in September 2004 under the latter's guidance. Saitō steadily progressed as an apprentice professional, reaching 1-dan in November 2006 and entering the 43rd 3-dan League in April 2008; his progress, however, slowed and it took him eight seasons of 3-dan League play before he was able to obtain professional status and the rank of 4-dan by winning the 50th 3-dan League with a record of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayuki Toyoshima
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9- dan. He is a former holder of the Ryūō, Meijin, Ōi, Kisei and Eiō titles. Toyoshima, together with Akira Inaba, Tetsurō Itodani and Akihiro Murata, is one of four Kansai-based young shogi professionals who are collectively referred to as the . Early life Toyoshima was born in Ichinomiya, Aichi on April 30, 1990. He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional Kiyozumi Kiriyama in 1999. He obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan on April 1, 2007, after finishing tied for first with Kōta Kanai in the 40th 3-dan League (October 2006March 2007) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses. Shogi professional Toyoshima's first appearance in a major title match came in 2010 when he defeated Yasumitsu Satō to win the 60th Ōshō league with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss, Although Toyoshima lost his first game in league play, he proceeded to wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meijin (shogi)
is one of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word ''meijin'' (名 ''mei'' "excellent, artful", 人 ''jin'' "person") refers to a highly skilled master of a certain field (the various arts found in traditional Japanese culture, such as the Japanese tea ceremony, go, competitive karuta, rakugo, budō). History The Meijin institution started in the 17th century (Edo period), and for around 300 years (1612–1937) was a hereditary title that was passed from the reigning Meijin upon his retirement or death to another selected from three families, as deemed to be worthy. This is known as the Lifetime Meijin system (終生名人制). In 1935, however, the Japan Shogi Association, or JSA, announced that it was abolishing the existing system of succession in favor of something more short-term and reflective of actual playing strength, known as the Real Strength Meijin system (実力名人制). In 1937, the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taichi Takami
is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 7- dan. He is a former Eiō title holder. Early life and education Taichi Takami was born in Yokohama on July 12, 1993. He learned shogi from his father when he was in kindergarten, and was later accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6- kyū as a protegee of shogi professional in April 2005. He was promoted to 1-dan in December 2007 and then to 3-dan in April 2010. He finished the 47th 3-dan League (April 2010September 2010) with a record of 9 wins and 9 losses, and the 48th 3-dan League (October 2010March 2011) with a record of 12 wins and 6 losses before winning the 49th 3-dan League (April 2011September 2011) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses to obtain full professional status and the rank of 4-dan. Takami graduated from Rikkyo University in 2017 with a degree in history. Shogi professional On May 26, 2018, Takami defeated Kota Kanai to win the 3rd Eiō title 4 games to no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuya Sugai
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8- dan. He is a former holder of the Ōi title. Promotion history The promotion history for Sugai is as follows: * 6-kyū: September 29, 2004 * 4-dan: April 1, 2010 * 5-dan: August 21, 2011 * 6-dan: March 10, 2015 * 7-dan: November 5, 2015 * 8-dan: January 23, 2020 Titles and other championships Sugai's has appeared in two major title matches to date. His first appearance came in 2017 when he defeated Yoshiharu Habu to win the 58th Ōi title. The following year, however, he was unable to successfully defend his title against Masayuki Toyoshima, losing the 59th Ōi title match 4 games to 3. In addition to the 58th Ōi title, Sugai has won four other shogi championships during his career: the 5th in 2011, the 46th in 2015, the 29th in 2021, and the 15th in 2021. Awards and honors Sugai has received the following Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards: "Best New Player" (2011), "Best Winning Percentage" (2014), "Most Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainichi Shimbun
The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language news website called ''The Mainichi'' (previously ''Mainichi Daily News''), and publishes a bilingual news magazine, ''Mainichi Weekly''. It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine, ''Sunday Mainichi''. It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are the ''Asahi Shimbun'', the '' Yomiuri Shimbun'' and the '' Nihon Keizai Shimbun''. The Sankei Shimbun and The '' Chunichi Shimbun'' are not currently in the position of a national newspaper despite a large circulation for the both respectively. History The history of the ''Mainichi Shinbun'' began with the founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The '' Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun'' was founded first, in 1872. The ''Mainichi'' claims that it is the oldest ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Watanabe (shogi)
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9- dan. He is the current holder of the Meijin, and Kiō major titles, and also a former holder of the Kisei, Ōshō, Ōza and Ryūō titles. He is also a Lifetime Kiō and a Lifetime Ryūō title holder. Early life Watanabe was born on April 23, 1984, in Katsushika, Tokyo. He learned how to play shogi from his father, who was an amateur 5-dan ranked player. He won the in 1994 as a fourth-grade student at Hokizuka Elementary School. He was the first fourth-grade winner in the history of the tournament. That same year Watanabe took the entrance exam for the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school. Part of his test was a game against future women's professional Sayuri Takebe, who was member of the apprentice school at the time. The entire game was played at an extremely fast pace, with Watanabe winning in less than two minutes. Watanabe passed the entrance exam and entered the apprentice school as a 6-kyū protegee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
