Saki Kawamata

Saki Kawamata (川又咲紀, Kawamata Saki; (née Satomi (里見)) born April 28, 1996) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. Her older sister Kana is also a women's professional shogi player.

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Saki Kawamata
Kawamata at a human shogi [ja] event in November 2017
Native name	川又咲紀
Maiden name	Satomi (里見)
Born	(1996-04-28) April 28, 1996 (age 29)
Hometown	Izumo, Shimane
Career
Achieved professional status	April 27, 2016(2016-04-27) (aged 19)
Badge Number	W-56
Rank	Women's 1-dan
Teacher	Keiji Mori [ja] (9-dan)
Tournaments won	1
Websites
JSA profile page

Early life

Kawamata (née Satomi (里見)) was born on April 28, 1996, in Izumo, Shimane.^[1] She became interested in because her older brother and older sister both played the game.^[2]^[3]

In August 2011 when she was a third-grade junior high school student, Satomi finished third in the 3rd Junior High School Student Girl's Meijin Tournament [ja].^[4]^[5] The following year, she was accepted into Japan Shogi Association (JSA) Kansai Branch's training group system. She was awarded the provisional women's professional rank of 3-kyū in February 2016 under the sponsorship of shogi professional Keiji Mori [ja],^[2] and obtained the rank of women's professional 2-kyū and full women's professional status two months later in April 2016.^[6]^[7]

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Early life

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Personal life

References

External links

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