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Keiji Nishikawa
Japanese shogi player (1961–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Keiji Nishikawa (西川 慶二, Nishikawa Keiji; December 6, 1961 – January 17, 2022) was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan.[1] He was a former director of the Japan Shogi Association, and his son Kazuhiro is also a professional shogi player.
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Shogi professional
Nishikawa finished the 73rd Meijin Class C2 league (April 2014 – March 2015) with a record of 1 win and 9 losses, earning a third demotion point which meant automatic demotion to "Free Class" play.[2]
He submitted his retirement papers to the JSA on June 30, 2021. He had been on an official leave of absence since the end of 2018 due to health problems.[3][4]
Promotion history
The promotion history for Nishikawa was as follows:[5]
- 5-kyū: 1975
- 1-dan: 1978
- 4-dan: November 3, 1981
- 5-dan: April 1, 1984
- 6-dan: May 27, 1988
- 7-dan: September 24, 1997
- 8-dan: April 1, 2018
- Retired: June 30, 2021
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JSA director
Nishikawa served on the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors as a director from 2007 to 2011.[6][7][8]
Personal life and death
Nishikawa and his son Kazuhiro were the sixth father-son pair to become professional shogi players and the only pair since the end of World War II.[4][9] He died on January 17, 2022, at the age of 60.[10]
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