is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-

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. She is a former title holder. She is also the first women's professional to come out of the

Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan The or LPSA is a guild of women's professional shogi players headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The organization was established in May 2007 when a number of women's shogi professionals decided to leave the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) due t ...

(LSPA) and subsequently be recognized as such by the

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Women's shogi professional

Watanabe's first appearance in a women's professional major title match came in MayJune 2018 when she challenged

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for 29th title, and she won the match 3 games to 1. The two met again the following year in the 30th Women's Ōi title match (MayJune 2019); Watanabe was, however, unable to successfully defend her title, losing 3 games to 1. Watanabe met

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in the title match of the 1st title match in SeptemberOctober 2021, but lost the match 4 games to none.

Promotion history

Watanabe has been

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as follows. * 3-

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: July 3, 2012 * 2-kyū: October 2013 * 1-kyū: March 2014 * 1-dan: March 2014 * 2-dan: November 2017 * 3-dan: June 2018 Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Major titles and other championships

Watanabe has appeared in major title matches three times and has won one major title. In addition, she has also won two other official women's professional shogi tournaments.

Awards and honors

Watanabe received the

's "Women's Professional Award", "Women's Professional Game of the Year", "Game of the Year Special Prize"

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for the April 2018March 2019 shogi year. In addition, to Annual Shogi Awards, Watanabe received

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's "Meritorious Resident Award" in 2019.

References

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* Japanese shogi players Living people Women's professional shogi players LPSA Professional shogi players from Hokkaido Women's Ōi 1993 births {{Shogi-stub