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 5-

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. Orita is the fourth amateur to obtain professional status without doing so via the

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's apprentice professional school after he became the second player to pass the Professional Admission Test in February 2020. Orita is also popular

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whose channel "Age Age Shogi Commentary" has a little over 40 thousand subscribers and has had almost 23 million views since it was started in April 2016.

Promotion history

The promotion history for Orita is as follows. *4-dan: April 1, 2020 *5-dan: October 6, 2022

References

External links

* ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Orita, Shōgo
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