Kaori Uekawa

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Kaori Uekawa (上川 香織, Uekawa Kaori, born July 30, 1974) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.^[1]

Personal life[]

Uekawa married professional shogi player Ayumu Matsuo in April 2005, and Uekawa announced that she would be competing professionally under her married name.^[2] On December 1, 2014, however, the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan announced that Uekawa would no longer be competing under the name "Matsuo".^[3]

Promotion history[]

Uekawa has been promoted as follows:^[4][5]

• 1995, April: Women's Professional Apprentice League
• 1999, April 1: 2-kyū
• 1999, November 30: 1-kyū
• 2003, April 1: 1-dan
• 2015, December 10: 2-dan^[6]

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

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