Momoko Katō

Momoko Katō
Momoko Katō
	Katō at an event in 2019.
Native name	加藤桃子
Born	October 6, 1993 (age 27)
Hometown	Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture
Nationality	Japanese
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 2019 (aged 25)
Badge Number	W-67
Rank	Women's 3-dan
Teacher	[ja] (8-dan)
Major titles won	8
Websites
	JSA profile page

Momoko Katō (加藤桃子, Katō Momoko, born October 6, 1993) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan. She is a former Women's [ja] and [ja] title holder.

Early life[]

Katō was born in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture on October 6, 1993.^[1] She started playing shogi when she was about five years old.^[2]^[3] She started taking shogi lessons and was traveling outside of Shizuoka Prefecture to play in shogi tournaments by the time she was a third-grade elementary school student, and won a national shogi championship when she was a fifth-grade elementary school student.^[4]

Apprentice shogi professional[]

Katō entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional [ja] in 2006 when she was eleven years old.^[3] She was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 1-kyū in 2011^[4] and then apprentice professional 1-dan in May 2014, becoming just the third woman to achieve that rank after Kana Satomi and Tomoka Nishiyama.^[5]

In March 2019, Katō decided to leave the apprentice school and petitioned the JSA to become a women's professional shogi player instead. In consideration of her past success in women's professional shogi tournaments, the JSA decided to award Katō the rank of 3-dan instead of her last rank as an apprentice professional which is the common practice for women apprentice professionals ranked 2-kyū or higher.^[2]^[6]

Promotion history[]

2019, April 1: 3-dan^[2]^[6]

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Major titles[]

Katō has appeared in major title matches sixteen times and has won a total of eight titles. She has won the [ja] and the [ja] titles four times each.^[7]

References[]

^ "Kishi Dētabēsu" 女流棋士データベース [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Shōgi no Katō Momoko Shodan ga Shōreikai Taikai Joryū Kishi Sandan ni" 将棋の加藤桃子初段が奨励会退会女流棋士三段に [Shogi's Momoko Katō 1-dan leaves apprentice school to become a women's professional 3-dan]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). March 27, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Shōgi･Shodai Joryū Ōza ni Jūrokusai ｢Kishi｣ Mezasu Shōreikai Ikkyū" 将棋･初代女流王座に16歳｢棋士｣めざす奨励会1級 [Shogi: Apprentice professional 1-kyū aiming for "regular professional status" wins the first Women's Ōza title]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). December 13, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Kaikyo! Honshi Shusshin no Jūrokusai Shōreikaiin ga Joryū Ōza ni Katō Momoko-san" 快挙! 本市出身の16歳奨励会員が女流王座に加藤桃子さん [Hometown girl 16-year-old apprentice shogi professional Momoko Katō wins Women's Ōza title] (pdf). Kōhō Makinohara (in Japanese). Vol. 125. Makinohara City. February 2012. pp. 2–3. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^ "｢Jo-O｣ Katō-san, Sanninme no Shōreikai Shodan" ｢女王｣加藤さん, 3人目の奨励会初段. The Nikkei (in Japanese). May 11, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Katō Momoko Shōreikai Shodan ga Shigatsu yori Joryū Sandan ni" 加藤桃子奨励会初段が4月より女流三段に [Apprentice professional 1-dan Momoko Katō will become a women's professional 3-dan from April] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 27, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Katō Momoko Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 加藤桃子タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Momoko Katō Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 8, 2021.

External links[]

Momoko Katō on Twitter: Official Twitter account (in Japanese)
Reiwa Shogi Schoo: Shogi school operated by Katō (in Japanese)

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[1] "Kishi Dētabēsu" 女流棋士データベース [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 13, 2019.

[SH-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Shōgi no Katō Momoko Shodan ga Shōreikai Taikai Joryū Kishi Sandan ni" 将棋の加藤桃子初段が奨励会退会女流棋士三段に [Shogi's Momoko Katō 1-dan leaves apprentice school to become a women's professional 3-dan]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). March 27, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[AS-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Shōgi･Shodai Joryū Ōza ni Jūrokusai ｢Kishi｣ Mezasu Shōreikai Ikkyū" 将棋･初代女流王座に16歳｢棋士｣めざす奨励会1級 [Shogi: Apprentice professional 1-kyū aiming for "regular professional status" wins the first Women's Ōza title]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). December 13, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[KHM-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Kaikyo! Honshi Shusshin no Jūrokusai Shōreikaiin ga Joryū Ōza ni Katō Momoko-san" 快挙! 本市出身の16歳奨励会員が女流王座に加藤桃子さん [Hometown girl 16-year-old apprentice shogi professional Momoko Katō wins Women's Ōza title] (pdf). Kōhō Makinohara (in Japanese). Vol. 125. Makinohara City. February 2012. pp. 2–3. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[5] "｢Jo-O｣ Katō-san, Sanninme no Shōreikai Shodan" ｢女王｣加藤さん, 3人目の奨励会初段. The Nikkei (in Japanese). May 11, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[JSA-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Katō Momoko Shōreikai Shodan ga Shigatsu yori Joryū Sandan ni" 加藤桃子奨励会初段が4月より女流三段に [Apprentice professional 1-dan Momoko Katō will become a women's professional 3-dan from April] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 27, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[7] "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Katō Momoko Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 加藤桃子タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Momoko Katō Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 8, 2021.

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show v t Active Women's Professional Shogi Players
7-dan	Ichiyo Shimizu
6-dan	Hiroe Nakai† Kana Satomi
5-dan	Tomomi Kai Haruko Saida Rieko Yauchi
4-dan	Ryōko Chiba Manao Kagawa Chikako Nagasawa Sayuri Takebe Hatsumi Ueda Kumi Yamada
3-dan	Yōko Funato* Chisa Hayamizu Sayuri Honda Sae Itō Shinobu Iwane Momoko Katō Yuki Muroya Marika Nakamura Tomoka Nishiyama Kanna Suzuki Mana Watanabe*
2-dan	Aya Fujita Yūki Hasegawa Chihiro Idō Manaka Inagawa Sakura Ishimoto Sumie Ishitaka Kei Katō Madoka Kitao Shino Miyaso Chiho Murata Io Murota Hiromi Nakakura* Momoko Nakamura Minami Sadamasu Saori Shimai* Kaori Uekawa* Akemi Yamada Eriko Yamaguchi Kotomi Yamane
1-dan	Haruka Aikawa Fusako Ajiki Nana Fujii Ai Iino Maho Isotani* Yuria Katō Keika Kitamura Miyu Mizumachi Saya Nakazawa Miran Nohara Sakiko Odaka Saki Satomi Karolina Styczyńska Rei Takedomi Erika Tsukada Aki Wada Nanako Wakita Mio Watanabe Nana Yorimoto
1-kyū	Ayano Hori* Ayaka Ōshima Emina Yamaguchi
2-kyū	Aiko Takahama Aya Uchiyama Hana Wada Kirari Yamaguchi Nikori Yamaguchi
Current Title Holders	Tomoka Nishiyama (Women’s Jo-Ō, Women’s Ōza, Women’s Ōshō) Kana Satomi (Women’s Meijin, Woman’s Ōi, Kurashiki Tōka, Seirei)
Qualifying Lifetime Title Holders	Hiroe Nakai (Queen Meijin) Kana Satomi (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka) Ichiyo Shimizu (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka)
Notes: 1. No symbol denotes JSA affiliation 2. An asterisk (*) denotes affiliation 3. A cross (†) denotes unaffiliated or JSA apprentice school player.