is a Japanese

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, ranked 8-

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. He is a former

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of the

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Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship

Daisuke Nakagawa was born in

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, Japan on July 13, 1968. As a

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, he won the in 1982, and the following year was accepted into the

's apprentice school at the rank of 6-

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under the guidance of shogi professional

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. He was promoted to 1-dan in 1985, and was awarded full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1987.

Shogi professional

Promotion history

Nakagawa's promotion history is as follows: * 6-

: 1983 * 1-dan: 1985 * 4-dan: October 19, 1987 * 5-dan: November 27, 1990 * 6-dan: June 28, 1994 * 7-dan: October 20, 2000 * 8-dan: December 11, 2009

Titles and other championships

Nakagawa has won one non-major-title championship during his career: the 11th tournament in 1987.

Awards and honors

Nakagawa received the JSA's "Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award" in December 2011 for winning 600 official games as a professional.

JSA executive

Nakagawa has served on the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors on multiple occasions. He was first elected as a

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at the association's 58th General Meeting on May 25, 2007, and was re-elected to the same position on May 26, 2009. In May 2011, Nakagawa was selected to be an

at the JSA's 62nd General Meeting, but resigned his position for personal reasons in December of that same year. At the JSA's 64th General Meeting in June 2013, Nakagawa was once again selected to be a JSA executive director. He was re-elected to the same position in 2015, but was one of three members of the board voted out of office by the JSA membership at an emergency meeting held in February 2017 for their involvement in the 29th Ryūō challenger controversy.

References

External links

*ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Nakagawa, Daisuke
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakagawa, Daisuke Japanese shogi players Living people People from Sendai Professional shogi players from Miyagi Prefecture 1968 births