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Kaori Uekawa

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Kaori Uekawa
Native name上川香織
Born (1974-07-30) July 30, 1974 (age 50)
HometownShimokamagari, Hiroshima
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 1999(1999-04-01) (aged 24)
Badge Number
  • JSA W-46
  • LPSA W-16
RankWomen's 2-dan
TeacherKazuharu Shoshi (7-dan)
Websites
LPSA profile page

Kaori Uekawa (上川 香織, Uekawa Kaori, born July 30, 1974) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan. She is a member of the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan.[1]

Women's shogi professional

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Promotion history

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Uekawa has been promoted as follows.[2][3]

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Personal life

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Uekawa married professional shogi player Ayumu Matsuo in April 2005, and Uekawa announced that she would be competing professionally under her married name.[5] On December 1, 2014, however, the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan announced that Uekawa would no longer be competing under the name "Matsuo".[6]

References

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  1. ^ 所属棋士 [LPSA members] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "Kireki (Uekawa Kaori)" 棋歴(上川香織) [Player history: Kaori Uekawa] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Matsuo Kaori Joryū Shodan (Joryū Kishi Bangō 46)" 松尾香織 女流初段 (女流棋士番号46) [Kaori Matsuo Women's Professional 1d (Women's Professional Badge Number 46)] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Uekawa Kaori Joryū Nidan ni Shōdan" 上川香織女流初段が女流二段に昇段 [Kaori Uekawa promoted to women's professional 2-dan] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. December 11, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Matsuo Ayumu Godan to Uekawa Kaori Joryū Shodan, Kekkon" 松尾歩五段と上川香織女流初段, 結婚 [Ayumu Matsuo 5d and Kaori Uekawa women's professional 1d announce marriage] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. April 2005. Archived from the original on August 31, 2005. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  6. ^ "Oshirase (Nisenjūyonnen Jūnigatsu Tsuitachi" お知らせ (2014.12.1) [Announcement (2014.12.1)] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. December 1, 2014. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2019.