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 4- dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Tomoki Yokoyama was born in

Kakogawa, Hyōgo is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 255,523 in 110,380 households and a population density of 1,800 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Kakogawa located in southe ...

on January 26, 2000. He learned how to play shogi from his father, and 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 (JSA) apprentice school at the rank of 6-

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under the tutelage of shogi professional Keita Inoue in September 2012. Yokoyma was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 1-dan in 2014, and apprentice professional 3-dan in 2017. He obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in September 2021 after tying for first with Mikio Kariyama in the 69th 3-dan League (April 2021September 2021) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.

Shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history for Yokoyama is as follows. *6-

: September 1, 2012 *1-dan: December 23, 2014 *3-dan: October 2017 *4-dan: October 1, 2021

Personal life

Yokoyama is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of Konan University. He is the first student from the school to become a professional shogi player.

References

External links

* ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Yokoyama, Tomoki
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