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-

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Early life and apprenticeship

Ōhashi was born in

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on September 22, 1992. He learned how to play shogi as fourth-grade elementary school student, and entered 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 apprentice school at the rank of 6-

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as a student of shogi professional

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in September 2006. Takahashi was promoted to 3-dan in 2010 and obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2016 after finishing runner-up in the 59th 3-dan League (April 2016 September 2016) with a record of 12 wins and 6 losses.

Shogi professional

Takahashi finished runner-up in the 46th in 2015, losing to

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2 games to 1. Takahashi was still ranked an apprentice professional 3-dan at the time, and won the first game of the match before Sugai came back to win the last two. Takahashi won his first tournament as a professional in August 2018 when he defeated Seiya Kondō to win the . In October of the same year, he defeated Hirotaka Kajiura 2 games to none to win the 8th .

Promotion history

The promotion history for Ōhashi is as follows: * 6-

: September 2006 * 3-dan: October 2010 * 4-dan: October 1, 2016 * 5-dan: July 31, 2019 * 6-dan: October 23, 2019 * 7-dan: February 8, 2023

Titles and other championships

Ōhashi has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won two non-major title championships.

Awards and honors

Ōhashi received the Japan Shogi Association

Annual Shogi Award The Annual Shogi Awards (将棋大賞 ''shōgi taishō'') are a number of prizes awarded yearly by the Japan Shogi Association to professional and amateur shogi players who have achieved particular success. The first Annual Shogi Awards were pre ...

for "Best New Player" for the 20182019 Shogi Year. He won the Kōzō Masuda Award for developing the

Yōryū Fourth File Rook In shogi, Yōryū Fourth File Rook (耀龍四間飛車 ''yōryū shikenbisha'') is a Fourth File Rook (Ranging Rook) opening. This strategy was developed by Takahiro Ōhashi, who published a systematic study of it in a book of the same name in 20 ...

opening in 2020.

References

External links

*ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Oohashi, Takahiro
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ohashi, Takahiro Japanese shogi players Living people Professional shogi players from Wakayama Prefecture 1992 births Kakogawa Seiryū