Mirai Aoshima

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Mirai Aoshima
Born (1995-02-27) February 27, 1995 (age 29)
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 2015(2015-04-01) (aged 20)
Badge Number300
Rank6-dan
TeacherTerutaka Yasue [ja] (8-dan)
Meijin classB2
Ryūō class4
Websites
JSA profile page
Chess career
CountryJapan
TitleFIDE Master (2019)
Peak rating2377 (February 2024)

Mirai Aoshima (青嶋 未来, Aoshima Mirai, born February 27, 1995) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan, and a chess player holding the title of FIDE Master.

Early life. amateur shogi and apprentice professional[edit]

Mirai Aoshima was born on February 27, 1995, in Mishima, Shizuoka.[1] He learned how to play shogi when he was about six years old from a shogi book his father bought him.[2] As an elementary school student, he represented Tokyo in the All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament [ja] in 2003 and 2005, finishing in ninth place each time.[3][4]

Aoshima entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the tutelage of shogi professional Terutaka Yasue [ja] in 2005.[2] He was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in 2012 and then obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan after taking first place in the 56th 3-dan League with a record of 16 wins and 2 losses.[2][5]

Shogi professional[edit]

Promotion history[edit]

Aoshima's promotion history is as follows:[6]

  • 6-kyū: September 2005
  • 3-dan: October 2012
  • 4-dan: April 1, 2015
  • 5-dan: March 3, 2016
  • 6-dan: June 16, 2020

Awards and honors[edit]

Aoshima received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best Winning Percentage" and "Most Consecutive Games Won" for 2016.[7][8]

Chess[edit]

Aoshima is a FIDE Master with a peak FIDE rating of 2377 in February 2024.[9] In 2019, he won the Tokyo Chess Championship[10] and the Japan Chess Championship.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Aoshima Mirai" 棋士データベース: 青嶋未来 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Mirai Aoshimai] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Shinyondan Tanjo no Oshirase" 新四段誕生のお知らせ [New 4-dan announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. February 16, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Dainikai Zenkoku Shōgakusei Kurashiki Ōshōsen" 第2回全国小学生倉敷王将戦 [2nd All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2003. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Daiyonkai Zenkoku Shōgakusei Kurashiki Ōshōsen" 第4回全国小学生倉敷王将戦 [4th All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Dai Gonjūryonkkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisenjūyonnen Jūgatsu kara Nisenjūgonen Sangatsu" 第56回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2014年10月~2015年3月 [56th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2014 to March 2015] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  6. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Aoshima Mirai Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 青嶋未来 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Mirai Aoshima Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Aoshima Mirai Shōgi Taishō" 棋士データベース: 青嶋未来 将棋大賞 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Mirai Aoshima Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "Shōgi Nyūsu: Dai Yonjūyonkai Shōgi Taishō Jushōsha no Oshirase" 将棋ニュース: 第44回将棋大賞受賞者のお知らせ [Shogi News: 44th Annual Award Winners] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  9. ^ "FIDE profile". FIDE. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  10. ^ "Tokyo Chess Championship results". National Chess Society of Japan. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  11. ^ "Japan Chess Championship results". National Chess Society of Japan. Retrieved June 7, 2019.

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