is a Japanese
professional shogi player
A professional shogi player (将棋棋士 ''shōgi kishi'' or プロ棋士 ''puro kishi'' "professional player") is a shogi player who is usually a member of a professional guild of shogi players.
There are two categories of professional player ...
ranked 7-
dan
Dan or DAN may refer to:
People
* Dan (name), including a list of people with the name
** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark
* Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
**Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoir ...
.
Shogi
Shoshi has written a standard manual on
shogi handicap josekis.
Promotion history
The
promotion history for Shoshi is as follows:
* 5-
kyū
is a Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in tea ceremony, flower arranging, Go, shogi, academic tests and other similar activities to designate various grades, levels or degrees of proficiency or experience. In Mandarin Ch ...
: 1978
* 1-dan: 1980
* 4-dan: June 27, 1985
* 5-dan: April 1, 1987
* 6-dan: October 29, 1992
* 7-dan: April 27, 2005
Xiangqi
Shoshi also plays
xiangqi
''Xiangqi'' (; ), also called Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China. ''Xiangqi'' is in the same family of games as '' shogi'', '' janggi'', Western chess, '' ch ...
representing Japan in world tournaments and won the first prize in 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2015 in the non-Chinese/Vietnamese category.
References
Bibliography
*
External links
* ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Shoshi, Kazuharu* blog
所司七段ブログ
1961 births
Japanese shogi players
Living people
Professional shogi players
Xiangqi players
Professional shogi players from Tokyo
Free class shogi players
People from Kōtō
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