is a retired Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 6-

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. She is the first female to be accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school and is a former Women's

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and title holder. She also holds the records for being the oldest women's professional to win an official game at 71 years and 9 months.

Promotion history

Takojima's promotion history is as follows.

Apprentice professional

*1961: 7-

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*1966: 1-dan

Women's professional

*1967: 2-dan *1974, October 31: 3-dan *1976, November 26: 4-dan *1988, November 17: 5-dan *2017, May 21: 6-dan Note: The above are women's professional ranks.

Major titles

Takojima appeared in major title matches a total of eleven times and won a total of seven titles. She won the

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title four times (197476, 1981) and the title three times (1978-1980).

Awards and honors

Takojima won the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional" Annual Shogi Award in 1980 and 1981.

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Japanese shogi players Living people Retired women's professional shogi players LPSA Professional shogi players from Tokyo People from Suginami Women's Meijin Women's Ōshō 1946 births {{Shogi-stub