is a retired Japanese
women's professional shogi player ranked 4-
dan
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People
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.
Personal life
Takamure is married to
professional shogi player Yasuaki Tsukada
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Ōza title holder and the inventor of the influential Tsukada Special strategy, which he used to win numerous games in the 1980s, is named after him.
Early life
Tsukada was b ...
, but plays professionally under her
maiden name
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. The couple's daughter
Erika is also a women's professional shogi player.
Promotion history
Takamura's promotion history is as follows:
*1986, March 1: 3-
kyū
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*1987, April 1: 1-dan
*1994, March 22: 2-dan
*2000, June 30: 3-dan
*2018, January 21: 4-dan
*2020, March 31: Retired
Note: All ranks are
women's professional ranks.
Awards and honors
Takamure received the
Japan Shogi Association
The , or JSA, is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan. The JSA sets the professional calendar, negotiates sponsorship and media promotion deals, helps organize tournaments and title matches, publishes shogi-related materia ...
's received the "25 Years Service Award" in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years in 2010.
References
External links
* ShogiHub
Takamure, Sachiko
Japanese shogi players
Living people
Women's professional shogi players
1971 births
People from Akita Prefecture
Professional shogi players from Akita Prefecture
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