Saki Kawamata
Kawamata at a human shogi event in November 2017
Native name川又咲紀
Maiden nameSatomi (里見)
Born (1996-04-28) April 28, 1996
HometownIzumo, Shimane
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 27, 2016(2016-04-27) (aged 19)
Badge NumberW-56
RankWomen's 1-dan
TeacherKeiji Mori (9-dan)
Tournaments won1
Websites
JSA profile page

Saki Kawamata (川又 咲紀, Kawamata Saki, (née Satomi (里見)) born April 28, 1996) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. Her older sister Kana is also a women's professional shogi player.

Early life

Kawamata (née Satomi (里見)) was born on April 28, 1996, in Izumo, Shimane.[1] She became interested in because her older brother and older sister both played the game.[2][3]

In August 2011 when she was a third-grade junior high school student, Satomi finished third in the 3rd Junior High School Student Girl's Meijin Tournament.[4][5] The following year, she was accepted into Japan Shogi Association (JSA) Kansai Branch's training group system. She was awarded the provisional women's professional rank of 3-kyū in February 2016 under the sponsorship of shogi professional Keiji Mori,[2] and obtained the rank of women's professional 2-kyū and full women's professional status two months later in April 2016.[6][7]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Kawamata's promotion history is as follows:[8]

  • 3-kyū: February 22, 2016
  • 2-kyū: April 27, 2016
  • 1-kyū: July 4, 2016
  • 1-dan: April 1, 2017

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Personal life

Kawamata and her sister Kana are the third pair of sisters to be awarded women's professional shogi status by the JSA.[9][7]

At the end of March 2022, the Japan Shogi Association announced that Kawamata had gotten married and would be no longer competing under her maiden name "Satomi".[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kawamata Saki" 女流棋士データベース: 川又咲紀 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Saki Kawamata] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Satomi Saki-san ga Joryū Kishi Sankyū ni" 里見咲紀さんが女流棋士3級に [Saki Satomi becomes provisional women's professional 3-kyu] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. February 24, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ Satomi, Naomi (March 16, 2010). "Joryū Kishi no Satomi Kana no Okāsan Naomi: 2, Shōhin･Batsugēmuzuki no ｢Satomike Meijinsen｣" 女流棋士･里見香奈のお母さん 治美さん: 2, 賞品･罰ゲーム付きの｢里見家名人戦｣ [Part 2 of interview with women professional Kana Satom's mother Naomi: The "Satomi Family Meijin Tournament" include prizes and batsu games]. Asahi Shimbun (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Masahiko Ishikawa. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Satomi Saki-san San'i Chūgakusei Joshi Meijinsen" 里見咲紀さん3位 中学生女子名人戦 [Saki Satomi takes third place in the Junior High School Student Girl's Meijin Tournament]. Sanin Chūō Shimpō (in Japanese). August 21, 2011. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Shōgakuseibu no Imai-san ga Nirenpa/Shō, Chū Joshi Meijinsen" 小学生の部は今井さんが2連覇/将棋の小, 中女子名人戦 [Elementary and Junior High School Girl's Meijin Tournaments: Ms. Imai repeats as winner of Elementary School Tournament]. Shikoku Shimbun (in Japanese). August 21, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Satomi Saki Joryū Sankyū ga Joryū Nikyū ni Shōkyū" 里見咲紀女流3級が女流2級に昇級 [Saki Satomi promoted from women's professional 3-kyū to women's professional 2-kyū] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. April 28, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Satomi no Imoto ga Joryū Nikyū ni, Shōgi Sangumime no Shimai Puro" 里見の妹が女流2級に 将棋, 3組目の姉妹プロ [Satomi's younger sister promoted to women's professional 2 kyū; the two are the third pair of sisters to become shogi professionals]. 47News (in Japanese). Kyodo News. April 27, 2016. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kawamata Saki Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 川又咲紀 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Saki Kawamata Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  9. ↑ Okuno, Daiji (January 12, 2018). "Shōgikai no Oyako, Kyōdaishimai Puro Ryōshin and Ko ga Puro no Shōgi Ikka mo" 将棋界の親子, 兄弟姉妹プロ　両親＆子がプロの将棋一家も [Parent-child, brother-sister professional shogi families]. Abema Times (in Japanese). AbemaTV. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  10. ↑ Satō, Keiji (March 30, 2022). "Shōgi no Satomi Saki Joryū Shodan ga Kekkon Ane wa Satomi Kana Joryū Yonkan" 将棋の里見咲紀女流初段が結婚 姉は里見香奈女流四冠 [Saki Satomi Women's Professional 1-dan Gets Married; She is the Younger Sister of Women's Professional 4-Crown Kana Satomi]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved March 31, 2022.


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