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 6- dan.

Early life

Tanaka was born in

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on March 14, 1985. He became interested in shogi as a fourth-grade elementary school student after watching some friends play and asked his father to teach him the rules. Shortly thereafter, he started frequenting a local shogi club to improve his skill.

Amateur shogi and apprenticeship

As a first-grade junior high school student in 1997, Tanaka finished third in the 18th . In September of the following year, he 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 materia ...

's apprentice school as a student of shogi professional at the rank of 6-

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. He obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2008 after finishing tied with Akira Inaba in the 42nd 3-dan League (October 2007March 2008) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.

Shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history for Tanaka is as follows: * 6-

: September 1998 * 4-dan: April 1, 2008 * 5-dan: October 23, 2014 * 6-dan: October 12, 2023

Personal life

Tanaka graduated from the Science Department of Rikkyo University with a degree in mathematics in 2007.

References

External links

*ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Tanaka, Yuichi
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