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Yūichi Tanaka
Japanese professional shogi player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yūichi Tanaka (田中 悠一, Tanaka Yūichi; born March 14, 1985) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.[1]
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Early life
Tanaka was born in Nagano, Nagano on March 14, 1985.[2] 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.[3] Shortly thereafter, he started frequenting a local shogi club to improve his skill.
Amateur shogi and apprenticeship
As a first-grade junior high school student in 1997, Tanaka finished third in the 18th All-Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament.[3] In September of the following year, he entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school as a student of shogi professional Shigeru Sekine at the rank of 6-kyū.[4] 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 2007 – March 2008) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.[4][5]
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Shogi professional
Promotion history
The promotion history for Tanaka is as follows:[6]
Personal life
Tanaka graduated from the Science Department of Rikkyo University with a degree in mathematics in 2007.[8]
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