is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-

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Early life

Yashiro was born on March 3, 1994, in

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. He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was a first-grade elementary school student, and was accepted into the

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's apprentice school at the rank of 6-

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in September 2005 under the guidance of shogi professional

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. At first, Yashiro had some difficulty as an apprentice professional and even came close to being demoted in rank to 7-kyū; however, he started practicing regularly at the

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Shogi Cluba well-known shogi club where many strong amateurs, apprentence professionals, and even regular professionals would practiceand his results began to quickly improve. He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 2008, and then 3-dan in April 2010. He obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in March 2012 after finishing runner up in the 50th 3-dan League (October 2011March 2012) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses.

Shogi professional

Yashiro defeated

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to win the in February 2017 for his only shogi tournament championship to date. Yashiro was just twenty-two years old at the time which made him the then youngest player to ever have won the tournament. Yashiro's record, however, was broken the following year by

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who won the 11th Asahi Cup Open as a fifteen-year-old.

Promotion history

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

: September 2005 * 3-dan: April 2010 * 4-dan: April 1, 2012 * 5-dan: May 12, 2015 * 6-dan: February 11, 2017 * 7-dan: April 23, 2019

Titles and other championships

Yashiro has yet to make an appearance in a major title match, but he has won one non-major shogi championships during his career.

Awards and honors

Yashiro 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 201617 Shogi Year.

References

External links

*ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Yashiro, Wataru
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