is a Japanese
professional shogi player
A professional shogi player (将棋棋士 ''shōgi kishi'' or プロ棋士 ''puro kishi'' "professional player") is a shogi player who is usually a member of a professional guild of shogi players.
There are two categories of professional playe ...
ranked 7-
dan.
Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional
Issei Takazaki was born in
Nichinan, Miyazaki
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on February 12, 1987. As a
sixth-grade student at , he defeated
Kōhei Funae to win the 23rd in 1998, and he was accepted into the
Japan Shogi Association
The , or JSA, is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan. The JSA sets the professional calendar, negotiates sponsorship and media promotion deals, helps organize tournaments and title matches, publishes shogi-related materia ...
's
apprentice school in September of that same year under the guidance of professional shogi player
Kunio Yonenaga.
At the beginning of his shogi apprenticeship, Takazaki commuted from his hometown to the
Japan Shogi Association's headquarters in Tokyo alone by plane to participate in the regularly scheduled meetings and games, but also stayed at Yonenaga's home as a
live-in apprentice for a period of time.
Takazaki was promoted to 1-dan in April 2000 and then to 3-dan in 2002.
He obtained
full professional status and corresponding rank of 4-dan in October 2005 after finishing tied for first in the 37th
3-dan league with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses,
thus becoming the first person from
Miyazaki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Miyazaki Prefecture has a population of 1,028,215 as of 1 January 2025 and has a geographic area of 7,735 Square kilometre, km2 (2,986 sq mi). Miyazaki Prefectur ...
to become a professional shogi player.
Shogi professional
Promotion history
Takazaki's
promotion history is as follows:
* 6-
kyū
is a Japanese language, Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in Japanese tea ceremony, tea ceremony, ikebana, flower arranging, Go (game), Go, shogi, academic tests and other similar activities to designate various grades, leve ...
: 1998
* 1-dan: 2000
* 4-dan: October 1, 2005
* 5-dan: February 2, 2010
* 6-dan: May 15, 2012
* 7-dan: September 18, 2020
References
External links
*ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Takasaki, Issei
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Japanese shogi players
Japan Shogi Association players
Living people
Shogi players from Miyazaki Prefecture
1987 births