Yuki Muroya
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Yuki Muroya | |
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Native name | 室谷由紀 |
Born | March 6, 1993 |
Hometown | Ōsakasayama, Osaka |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | July 17, 2010 | (aged 17)
Badge Number | W-42 |
Rank | Women's 3-dan |
Teacher | (7-dan) |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Yuki Muroya (室谷 由紀 Muroya Yuki, born March 6, 1993) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.[1]
Personal life[]
In March 2018, Muroya announced that she had gotten married on her 25th birthday and would be competing under her married name Taniguchi (谷口).[2][3]
In February 2020, Muroya announced she had divorced and would return to using Muroya as her name.[4]
Muroya remarried in January 2021, but this time decided to keep competing under her maiden name.[5]
Promotion history[]
Muroya's promotion history is as follows.[6]
- 2009, October 1: 3-kyū
- 2010, July 17: 2-kyū
- 2010, July 17: 1-kyū
- 2011, April 1: 1-dan
- 2015, August 25: 2-dan
- 2019: December 27: 3-dan
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Titles and other championships[]
Muroya has appeared in major titles match five times, but has yet to win a major title. She was the challenger for the 9th Women's Meijin title in 2020 and the 42nd title also in 2020.[7]
title in 2016, the 24th and 26th titles in 2016 and 2018, the 46thAwards and honors[]
Muroya received the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional" and "Women's Professional Most Games Played" Annual Shogi Awards for the April 2015 – March 2016 shogi year, and the "Women's Professional Most Games Played" award for the April 2016 – March 2017 shogi year.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki" 女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Shōgi no Muroya Yuki Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon" 将棋の室谷由紀女流二段が結婚 [Women's shogi professional Yuki Muroya 2-dan announces marriage]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). March 6, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Shōgi no Muroya Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon Kongo wa 「Taniguchi Yuki」 Meigi de Katsudō" 将棋の室谷女流二段が結婚 今後は「谷口由紀」名義で活動 [Women's shogi professional Muroya announces marriage and will use her married name "Yuki Taniguchi" from hereon]. Sports Nippon (in Japanese). Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Shōgi no Taniguchi Yuki Joryū Sandan ga Rikon Kongo wa Kyūsei・Muroya de Katsudō" 将棋の谷口由紀女流三段が離婚 今後は旧姓・室谷で活動 [Women's shogi professional Yuki Taniguchi announces divorce and that she will go back to using her maiden name "Muroya" from hereon]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). February 27, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Shōgi no Muroya Yuki Joryū Sandan ga 「Wan Wan Kon」 Jishinn mo Oaite mo Dai no Inuzuki 「Kaiwa no Hotondo ga Inu no Koto kamo」" 将棋の室谷由紀女流三段が 「ワンワン婚」 自身もお相手も大の犬好き 「会話のほとんどが犬のことかも」 [Women's professional Yuki Muroya 3-dan remarries; says she and her husband are big dog fans who seem to only talk about dogs.]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
External links[]
- ShogiHub: Muroya, Yuki
- Yuki Muroya on Twitter
- Japanese shogi players
- Living people
- Female professional shogi players
- Professional shogi players from Osaka Prefecture
- 1993 births
- Shogi stubs