Mana Watanabe
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Mana Watanabe | |
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Native name | 渡部愛 |
Born | June 26, 1993 |
Hometown | Obihiro, Hokkaido |
Nationality | Japanese |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | October 24, 2013 | (aged 20)
Badge Number | LPSA-19 |
Rank | Women's 3-dan |
Major titles won | 1 |
Tournaments won | 2 |
Mana Watanabe (渡部 愛, Watanabe Mana, born June 26, 1993) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan. She is a former title holder. She is also the first women's professional to come out of the Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association of Japan (LSPA) and subsequently be recognized as such by the Japan Shogi Association.[1][2][3]
Women's shogi professional[]
Watanabe's first appearance in a women's professional major title match came in May–June 2018 when she challenged Kana Satomi for 29th title, and she won the match 3 games to 1.[4] The two met again the following year in the 30th Women's Ōi title match (May–June 2019); Watanabe was, however, unable to successfully defend her title, losing 3 games to 1.[5]
Promotion history[]
Watanabe has been promoted as follows:[1]
- 2012, July: 3-kyū
- 2013, October: 2-kyū
- 2014, March: 1-kyū
- 2014, March: 1-dan
- 2017, November: 2-dan
- 2018, June: 3-dan
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Major titles and other championships[]
Watanabe has appeared in major title matches twice and has won one major title. In addition, she has also won two other official women's professional shogi tournaments.[1]
Awards and honors[]
Watanabe received the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional Award", "Women's Professional Game of the Year", "Game of the Year Special Prize" Annual Shogi Awards for the April 2018 – March 2019 shogi year.[6][7]
In addition, to Annual Shogi Awards, Watanabe received Ōta, Tokyo's "Meritorious Resident Award" in 2019.[8]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Kireki (Watanabe Mana)" 棋歴(渡部愛) [Player history: Mana Watanabe] (in Japanese). The Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association of Japan. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ "LPSA Kōnin Hatsu no Joryū Puro" LPSA公認 初の女流プロ [LPSA certifies its first women's professional]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). July 10, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ^ "Watanabe Mana Sankyū, Tokurei de Mitomeru...Nihon Shōgi Renmei" 渡部愛さんの女流3級, 特例で認める...将棋連盟 [Japan Shogi Association makes exception and recognizes Mana Watanabe as a women's professional 3-kyū]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). July 12, 2013. Archived from the original on July 16, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ "Shōgi no Joryū Ōisen Watanabe Joryū Nidan ga Dasshu" 将棋の女流王位戦 渡部女流二段が奪取 [Women's professional Watanabe 2-dan captures Women's Ōi title]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). June 20, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ Satō, Keiji (June 13, 2019). "Satomi Joryū Yonkan, Joryū Ōi Dasshu 「Kuin Ōi」 Shōgō Kakutoku" 里見女流四冠, 女流王位奪取 「クイーン王位」 称号獲得 [Satomi Women's 4-crown captures Women's Ōi title and "Queen Ōi" lifetime title]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ "Saiyūshūkishishō wa Toyoshima Nikan Fujii Shichidan wa 「Myōshu」 de Jushōlhanguage=ja" 最優秀棋士賞は豊島二冠 藤井七段は「妙手」で受賞 [Toyoshima 2-crown named "Player of the Year"; Fujii 7d wins award for "best move".]. Asahi Shimbun. April 1, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ "Saiyūshūkishishō ni Toyoshima Masayuki Nikan, Dai Yonjūroku Shōgi Taishō Kimaru" 最優秀棋士賞に豊島将之二冠, 第46回将棋大賞決まる [46th Annual Shogi Award winners announced; Masayuki Toyoshima 2-crown wins "Player of the Year"] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. April 1, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ "Joryūkishi, Watanabe Mana-san ga Tōkyō・Ōtakumineiyoshō wo Jushō" 女流棋士, 渡部愛さんが東京・大田区民栄誉賞を受賞 [Women's professional Mana Watanabe awarded Ōta, Tokyo's "Meritorious Resident Award"]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). March 24, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
External links[]
- 公益社団法人日本女子プロ将棋協会: 所属棋士 (in Japanese)
- ShogiHub: –
- Mana Watanabe on Twitter
- Japanese shogi players
- Living people
- Female professional shogi players
- LPSA
- Professional shogi players from Hokkaido
- Women's Ōi
- 1993 births
- Shogi stubs