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 player ...
ranked 5-
dan
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Early life and apprenticeship
Tomita was born in
Sanda, Hyōgo
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is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 108,452 in 47018 households and a population de ...
on February 13, 1996. He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was about five years old.
Tomita entered 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 materi ...
's
apprentice school in September 2007 under the tutelage of shogi professional
Kenji Kobayashi
is a retired Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9- dan. He is a former director of the Japanese Shogi Association.
Early life
Kobayashi was born in Takamatsu, Kagawa on March 31, 1957. He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice ...
.
He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in April 2013 and obtained
full professional status and the
rank of 4-dan after finishing second in the 67th
3-dan League (April 2020September 2020) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses.
Shogi professional
Promotion history
The
promotion history for Tomita is as follows.
* 6-
kyū
is a Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in tea ceremony, flower arranging, Go, shogi, academic tests and other similar activities to designate various grades, levels or degrees of proficiency or experience. In Mandarin Ch ...
: September 2007
* 3-dan: April 2013
* 4-dan: October 1, 2020
* 5-dan: March 12, 2024
Personal life
Tomita graduated from the
College of Business Administration of Ritsumeikan University in 2018.
He is the first graduate of the university to become a professional shogi player.
References
External links
* ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Tomita, Seiya
Living people
1996 births
Japanese shogi players
Japan Shogi Association players
Professional shogi players from Hyōgo Prefecture
Ritsumeikan University alumni
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