Ichiyo Shimizu
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Ichiyo Shimizu | |
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Native name | 清水市代 |
Born | January 9, 1969 |
Hometown | Higashimurayama, Tokyo |
Nationality | Japanese |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 1985 | (aged 16)
Badge Number | W-7 |
Rank | Women's 7-dan |
Teacher | (9-dan) |
Lifetime titles |
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Major titles won | 43 |
Tournaments won | 11 |
Notable students | Sachio Ishibashi |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Ichiyo Shimizu (清水 市代, Shimizu Ichiyo, born January 9, 1969) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.[1] In May 2017, Shimizu became the first woman to be elected as an executive director to the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors.
Early life[]
Shimizu was born on January 9, 1969, in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. In 1983, she won the 15th Amateur Women's Meijin Tournament while she was a junior high school student.[2][3] That same year, she entered the Japan Shogi Association's Women's Professional Apprentice League under the guidance of shogi professional .[3] She achieved the rank of women's professional 2-kyū in April 1985,[3] thus becoming the first apprentice to graduate from the Women's Professional Apprentice League system.[4](p24)
Shogi professional[]
In October 2000, Shimizu became the first women's professional to be promoted to the rank of women's 6-dan.[3]
In November 2016, Shimizu defeated Tomomi Kai in a women's meijin league game to become the second women's professional to win 600 official games.[5]
As of January 2018, Shimizu's career record versus male professionals in official games is 29 wins and 156 losses.[6]
JSA director[]
In May 2017, Shimizu became the first women to be elected as an executive director to the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors.[7] She was re-elected to a second two-year term in June 2019.[8]
Promotion history[]
Shimizu has been promoted as follows:[9]
- 1985, April 1: 2-kyū
- 1986, January 17: 1-dan
- 1987, September 21: 2-dan
- 1988, February 8: 3-dan
- 1992, April 1: 4-dan
- 1995, April 1: 5-dan
- 2000, October 1: 6-dan
- 2020, April 1: 7-dan
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Titles and other championships[]
Shimizu has appeared in major title matches a total of 70 times and has won a total of 43 titles. She has won the [10] In addition to major titles, Shimizu has won 11 other shogi championships.[11]
title ten times, the title nine times, the title fourteen times and the ten times. She has been awarded the lifetime titles of , , and .Major titles[]
Title | Years | Number of times overall |
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1987, 1989, 1994–98, 2003–04, 2008 | 10 | |
1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000–01, 2007–09 | 9 | |
1993–96, 1998–2006, 2009 | 14 | |
1994–2000, 2004–05, 2007 | 10 |
Other championships[]
Tournament | Years | Number of times |
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* | 2011 | 1 |
* | 1987, 1991–1993, 1997, 2003, 2003 | 7 |
* | 1997, 1999, 2004 | 3 |
Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held or currently suspended.
Awards and honors[]
Shimizu has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards[12] and other awards in recognition of her accomplishments in shogi and contributions made to Japanese society.[13]
Annual shogi awards[]
- 15th Annual Awards (April 1987 – March 1988): Women's Professional Award
- 19th Annual Awards (April 1991 – March 1992): Women's Professional Award
- 21st Annual Awards (April 1993 – March 1994): Women's Professional Award
- 22nd Annual Awards (April 1994 – March 1995): Women's Professional Award
- 23rd Annual Awards (April 1995 – March 1996): Women's Professional Award
- 24th Annual Awards (April 1996 – March 1997): Women's Professional Award, Special Award
- 25th Annual Awards (April 1997 – March 1998): Women's Professional Award
- 26th Annual Awards (April 1998 – March 1999): Women's Professional Award
- 28th Annual Awards (April 2000 — March 2001): Women's Professional of the Year
- 29th Annual Awards (April 2001 — March 2002): Women's Professional Award
- 31st Annual Awards (April 2003 — March 2004): Women's Professional of the Year
- 32nd Annual Awards (April 2004 — March 2005): Women's Professional of the Year
- 35th Annual Awards (April 2007 — March 2008): Women's Professional of the Year
- 36th Annual Awards (April 2008 — March 2009): Women's Professional of the Year
- 37th Annual Awards (April 2009 — March 2010): Women's Professional of the Year
- 38th Annual Awards (April 2010 — March 2011): Women's Professional Most Games Played
- 39th Annual Awards (April 2011 — March 2012): Women's Professional Award, Women's Professional Most Games Played
- 42nd Annual Awards (April 2014 — March 2015): Women's Professional Most Games Played
Other awards[]
- 1996, June: Minister of Education Award
- 1997, February: Tokyo Resident Culture Honor Award (Awarded by the Governor of Tokyo in recognition of cultural achievements by a Tokyoite)
- 2000, November: Higashimurayama, Tokyo Resident Honor Award
- 2008, August: Kurashiki Shogi Culture Honor Award
- 2009: 25 Years Service Award (Awarded by the JSA in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years)
References[]
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ "Joryū Ama Meijinsen Rekidai Yūshōsha Ichiran" 女流アマ名人戦 歴代優勝者一覧 [Women's Amateur Meijin Tournament: List of Winners] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Heisei Nijūrokunenban Shōgi Nenkan Nisenjūyonnen" 平成26年版 将棋年鑑 2014 [Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition] (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2014. p. 581. ISBN 978-4-8399-5175-7. Retrieved January 12, 2018 – via Google Books. Cite magazine requires
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(help) - ^ Furukawa, Tetsuo, ed. (September 2014). "Joryū Kikai no Yonjū Shūnen" 女流棋界の40周年 [40 years of Women's Professional Shogi]. Shogi World (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. pp. 22–29. Retrieved September 8, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Yamamura, Hideki (November 28, 2016). "Shimizu Ichiyo Rokudan ga Roppyakushō" 清水市代女流六段が600勝 [Ichiyo Shimizu 6-dan wins 600th official game]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Kōshikisen (「Dansei Kisen」) Tsūsan Seiseki Ichiran" 女流棋士公式戦 (「男性棋戦」 通算成績一覧 [Career Record of Women's Professionals in Male Professional Tournaments] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "Shimizu Joryū Rokudan, Shōgi Renmei no Jōmu Riji ni, Josei Hatsu" 清水女流六段, 将棋連盟の常務理事に 女性初 [Women's professional Shimizu 6-dan, first women to be elected as executive director to shogi association board]. Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 30, 2017. Archived from the original on January 12, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Yūshō Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 優勝履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Sonota Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 その他表彰 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Other Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
External links[]
- 1969 births
- Japanese shogi players
- Living people
- Female professional shogi players
- People from Higashimurayama, Tokyo
- Professional shogi players from Tokyo Metropolis
- Women's Meijin
- Women's Ōshō
- Women's Ōi
- Kurashiki Tōka Cup