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-
dan.
Early life, education and amateur shogi
Tanaka was born in
Nagano, Nagano
is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin (Zenkoji Daira) in the central Chūbu region of Japan. Nagano is categorized as a core city of Japan. Nagano City is the highest prefectural capital in Japan, with ...
on March 14, 1985. He became interested in shogi as a
fourth-grade elementary school student after watching some friends play and asked his father to teach him the rules.
Shortly thereafter, he started frequenting a local shogi club to improve his skill.
As a
first-grade junior high school student in 1997, Tanaka finished third in the 18th .
In September of the following year, 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 materi ...
's
apprentice school as a student of shogi professional at the rank of 6-
kyū
is a Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in tea ceremony, flower arranging, Go, shogi, academic tests and other similar activities to designate various grades, levels or degrees of proficiency or experience. In Mandarin Ch ...
.
He obtained
full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2008 after finishing tied with
Akira Inaba in the 42nd
3-dan League (October 2007March 2008)with a record of 13 wins and 5 loses.
Tanaka graduated from the Science Department of
Rikkyo University
, also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan.
Rikkyo is known as one of the six leading universities in the field of sports in Tokyo (東京六大学 "Big Six" — Rikkyo University, University of ...
with a degree in mathematics in 2007.
Promotion history
The
promotion history for Tanaka is as follows:
* 6-
kyū
is a Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in tea ceremony, flower arranging, Go, shogi, academic tests and other similar activities to designate various grades, levels or degrees of proficiency or experience. In Mandarin Ch ...
: September 1998
* 4-dan: April 1, 2008
* 5-dan: October 23, 2014
References
External links
*ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Tanaka, Yuichi
Japanese shogi players
Living people
Professional shogi players
Rikkyo University alumni
Professional shogi players from Nagano Prefecture
1985 births
People from Nagano (city)
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