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Akira Watanabe (渡辺 明, Watanabe Akira, born April 23, 1984) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former holder of the Meijin, Kisei, Ōshō, Ōza, Kiō and Ryūō titles. He is also a Lifetime Kiō and a Lifetime Ryūō title holder.
Professional shogi players, Yoshiharu Habu and Akira Watanabe, in 2014 with women's professional player Aya Fujita as timekeeper and (former) apprentice professional Naoto Kawasaki as game recorder Professional shogi players at a human shogi [] exhibition match in Himeji, Japan in 2018.
Three days before Miura was to begin play against reigning Ryūō Akira Watanabe, however, the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) announced that Maruyama was replacing Miura as the challenger. The official reason given by the JSA had to do with Miura failing to follow proper procedure in requesting to be allowed to withdraw from the match, but there ...
Akira Watanabe (chess player) (渡辺 暁, born 1972), Japanese political scientist and chess player Akira Watanabe (shogi) ( 渡辺 明 , born 1984) , Japanese shogi player Akira Watanabe, director of the 1987 anime Zillion (anime)
Miura was participating in the 2nd Denou-sen—a series of games between five shogi professionals and five computer programs—and his game was the final one of the series. [10] In January 2014, Miura defeated Takuya Nagase to win the 39th Kiō challenger tournament (2013–2014) to advance to the 39th Kiō title match against Akira Watanabe. [11]
In December 2016, Chida faced Sasaki once again and this time defeated him to earn the right to challenge Akira Watanabe for the 42nd Kiō Title. [8] In the best-of-five title match held in February and March 2017, Chida was leading 2 games to 1 after winning Game 3, but Watanabe retained his title by winning the last two games. [ 9 ]
Permanent link; Page information; ... Akira Watanabe; ... Shoshi Kazuharu, born October 23, 1961) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. [1] Shogi ...
The Annual Shogi Awards (将棋大賞 shōgi taishō) are a number of prizes awarded yearly by the Japan Shogi Association to professional and amateur shogi players who have achieved particular success. The first Annual Shogi Awards were presented in 1974.