Saki Satomi

Saki Satomi
Saki Satomi
	Satomi at a [ja] event in November 2017
Native name	里見咲紀
Born	April 28, 1996 (age 25)
Hometown	Izumo, Shimane
Nationality	Japanese
Career
Achieved professional status	April 27, 2016 (aged 19)
Badge Number	W-56
Rank	Women's 1-dan
Teacher	[ja] (9-dan)
Tournaments won	1
Websites
	JSA profile page

Saki Satomi (里見咲紀, Satomi Saki, 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[]

Satomi 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 [ja].^[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 [ja],^[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]

Personal life[]

Satomi and her sister Kana are the third pair of sisters to be awarded women's professional shogi status by the JSA.^[8]^[7]

Promotion history[]

Satomi's promotion history is as follows:^[9]

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

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

References[]

^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Satomi Saki" 女流棋士データベース: 里見咲紀 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Saki Satomi] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Satomi no Imoto ga Joryū 2kyū 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]. [ja] (in Japanese). Kyodo News. April 27, 2016. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
^ Okuno, Daiji (January 12, 2018). "Shōgikai no Oyako, Kyōdaishimai Puro Ryōshin and Ko ga Puro no Shogi 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.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Satomi Saki Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 里見咲紀昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Saki Satomi Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

External links[]

ShogiHub: Satomi, Saki

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[1] "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Satomi Saki" 女流棋士データベース: 里見咲紀 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Saki Satomi] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

[3K-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "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.

[47News-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Satomi no Imoto ga Joryū 2kyū 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]. [ja] (in Japanese). Kyodo News. April 27, 2016. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

[8] Okuno, Daiji (January 12, 2018). "Shōgikai no Oyako, Kyōdaishimai Puro Ryōshin and Ko ga Puro no Shogi 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.

[9] "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Satomi Saki Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 里見咲紀昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Saki Satomi Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

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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.