is a Japanese women's shogi player ranked 3- dan.

Women's shogi professional

Yamane defeated

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to win the in August 2019 for her first shogi tournament championship. Yamane's first appearance in a major title match came in May 2021 when she challenged

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for 32nd title (MayJune 2021). Yamane lost the match 3 games to none.

Promotion history

Yamane's promotion history is as follows. * 3-

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 ...

: October 1, 2013 * 2-kyū: May 24, 2014 * 1-kyū: June 26, 2014 * 1-dan: April 1, 2015 * 2-dan: October 23, 2019 * 3-dan: November 24, 2023 Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Major titles and other championships

Yamane has appeared in one major title match, but has yet to win a major title. Yamane has won one official non-title women's professional shogi tournament.

Awards and honors

Yamane won the Japan Shogi Association's

Annual Shogi Award The Annual Shogi Awards (将棋大賞 ''shōgi taishō'') are a number of prizes awarded yearly by the Japan Shogi Association to professional and amateur shogi players who have achieved particular success. The first Annual Shogi Awards were pre ...

for "Excellent Women's Professional" for the 20202021 shogi year.

Personal life

Yamane is married to shogi professional Kei Honda. The JSA officially announced the couple's marriage on its website on May 2, 2023, and stated that Yamane will continue to use her

maiden name When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries and cultures that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" ...

as a women's professional.

References

External links

* ShogiHub
Yamane, Kotomi
Japanese shogi players Japan Shogi Association players Living people Female shogi players Shogi players from Ehime Prefecture People from Matsuyama, Ehime 1998 births {{Shogi-stub