Mihoko Iwasa
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| Mihoko Iwasa | |
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| Native name | 岩佐 美帆子 |
| Born | August 15, 2005 |
| Hometown | Gifu, Japan |
| Career | |
| Achieved professional status | February 1, 2022 (aged 16) |
| Badge Number | W-76 |
| Rank | Women's 1-kyū |
| Teacher | Masayuki Toyoshima (9-dan) |
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Mihoko Iwasa (岩佐 美帆子, Iwasa Mihoko, born August 15, 2005) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-kyū.
Early life and becoming a women's professional shogi player
Iwasa was born in Gifu, Japan on August 15, 2005.[1] She learned how to play shogi as a fourth-grade student due the influence of her older brothers.[2][3] She subsequently began attending a local shogi school and had become good enough to enter the Tōkai branch of the Japan Shogi Association's training group system as a fifth-grade elementary school student.
Iwasa qualified for women's professional status after being promoted to training group B2 in December 2021.[3] Needing a sponsor to become a women's professional, her first choice was shogi professional Masayuki Toyoshima.[3] A meeting between the two was arranged by a mutal acquaintance and Toyoshima agreed to take her on as his first apprentice.[3][4] She applied for women's professional status and her application was accepted by the Japan Shogi Association; she was granted women's professional status on February 1, 2022.[2] As of February 2022,[update] she is a senior high school student and Uguisudani Junior and Senior High School in Gifu.[2]
Promotion history
Iwasa's promotion history is as follows.[5]
- 2-kyū: February 1, 2022
- 1-kyū: April 1, 2023
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
References
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Iwasa Mihoko" 女流棋士データベース: 岩佐美帆子 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Mihoko Iwasa] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Iwasa Mihoko-san ga Nigatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni" 岩佐美帆子さんが2月から女流棋士2級に [Mihoko Iwasa will be a women's professional 2-kyū from February] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Seko Hiroko (December 25, 2021). "Toyoshima Masayuki Kudan, Shishō ni Naru Hatsu no Deshi, Gifu no Jūrokusai" 豊島将之九段, 師匠になる 初の弟子, 岐阜の16歳 [Masayuki Toyoshima's first student is a 16-year-old from Gifu]. Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ^ "Toyoshima Kudan, Hajimete no Deishi･Iwasa Mihoko-san (16) ra to Iwaukai "Joryūkishi no Tanjō" to "Toyoshima Shishō no Tanjō"" 豊島九段, 初めての弟子･岩佐美帆子さん(16)らと祝う会 ｢女流棋士の誕生｣と｢豊島師匠の誕生｣を祝う [New women's professional Mihoko Iwasa (16) joins her teacher Masayuki Toyoshima 9-dan and other guests in celebrating her becoming a professional and also becoming Toyoshima's first student]. News Department. Chūkyō Television Broadcasting (in Japanese). January 3, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Iwasa Mihoko Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 岩佐美帆子 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Mihoko Iwasa Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
External links
- ShogiHub: Iwasa, Mihoko