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 playe ...

ranked 8- dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Kamiya was born in

Hamamatsu is a Cities of Japan, city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, with a population density of over the t ...

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on April 21, 1961. He 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 5-

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in 1975 as student of shogi professional . He obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in March 1981.

Shogi professional

Kamiya is a member of the so-called ''Shōwa 55'' group (55年組), a group of eight strong players that become professional in 1980–1981 ( Year 55 of the

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) and won numerous shogi tournaments. Others in the group include Yoshikazu Minami,

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, Michio Takahashi,

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, Yasuaki Tsukada, Masaki Izumi, and . In 1987, Kamiya won twenty-eight consecutive games to set a new professional shogi record for consecutive victories. Kamiya's record stood until June 2017 when it was broken by

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. In August 2024, Kamiya became the 63rd player to win 600 games as a professional. He received the

's "Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award" as a result.

Promotion history

The promotion history for Kamiya is as follows: * 5-

: 1975 * 1-dan: 1978 * 4-dan: March 18, 1981 * 5-dan: April 1, 1984 * 6-dan: March 17, 1989 * 7-dan: December 12, 1997 * 8-dan: May 1, 2014

Awards and honors

Kamiya received the 's

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 "Most Consecutive Games Won" in 1987. He also received the JSA's "25 Years Service Award" in 2005 in honor of his being an active shogi professional for twenty-five years, and the JSA's "Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award" for winning 600 official games as a professional in 2024.

References

External links

*ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Kamiya, Hiroshi
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