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Mana Watanabe

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Mana Watanabe
Native name渡部愛
Born (1993-06-26) June 26, 1993 (age 31)
HometownObihiro, Hokkaido
Career
Achieved professional statusOctober 24, 2013(2013-10-24) (aged 20)
Badge NumberLPSA-19
RankWomen's 3-dan
Major titles won1
Tournaments won2
Websites
LPSA profile page

Mana Watanabe (渡部 愛, Watanabe Mana, born June 26, 1993) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan. She is a former Women's Ōi [ja] title holder. She is also the first women's professional to come out of the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan (LSPA) and subsequently be recognized as such by the Japan Shogi Association.[1][2][3]

Women's shogi professional

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Watanabe's first appearance in a women's professional major title match came in May–June 2018 when she challenged Kana Satomi for 29th Women's Ōi [ja] title, and she won the match 3 games to 1.[4] The two met again the following year in the 30th Women's Ōi title match (May–June 2019); Watanabe was, however, unable to successfully defend her title, losing 3 games to 1.[5]

Watanabe met Tomoka Nishiyama in the title match of the 1st Hakurei [ja] title match in September–October 2021, but lost the match 4 games to none.[6]

Promotion history

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Watanabe has been promoted as follows.[1]

  • 3-kyū: July 3, 2012
  • 2-kyū: October 2013
  • 1-kyū: March 2014
  • 1-dan: March 2014
  • 2-dan: November 2017
  • 3-dan: June 2018

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Major titles and other championships

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Watanabe has appeared in major title matches three times and has won one major title. In addition, she has also won two other official women's professional shogi tournaments.[1]

Awards and honors

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Watanabe received the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional Award", "Women's Professional Game of the Year", "Game of the Year Special Prize" Annual Shogi Awards for the April 2018 – March 2019 shogi year.[7][8]

In addition, to Annual Shogi Awards, Watanabe received Ōta, Tokyo's "Meritorious Resident Award" in 2019.[9]

Personal life

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Watanabe is married to shogi professional Hirotaka Nozuki. The two got married in January 2024. Watanabe stated that she will continue to complete professionally under her maiden name.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kireki (Watanabe Mana)" 棋歴(渡部愛) [Player history: Mana Watanabe] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "LPSA Kōnin Hatsu no Joryū Puro" LPSA公認 初の女流プロ [LPSA certifies its first women's professional]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). July 10, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Watanabe Mana Sankyū, Tokurei de Mitomeru...Nihon Shōgi Renmei" 渡部愛さんの女流3級, 特例で認める...将棋連盟 [Japan Shogi Association makes exception and recognizes Mana Watanabe as a women's professional 3-kyū]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). July 12, 2013. Archived from the original on July 16, 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Shōgi no Joryū Ōisen Watanabe Joryū Nidan ga Dasshu" 将棋の女流王位戦 渡部女流二段が奪取 [Women's professional Watanabe 2-dan captures Women's Ōi title]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). June 20, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  5. ^ Satō, Keiji (June 13, 2019). "Satomi Joryū Yonkan, Joryū Ōi Dasshu 「Kuin Ōi」 Shōgō Kakutoku" 里見女流四冠, 女流王位奪取 「クイーン王位」 称号獲得 [Satomi Women's 4-crown captures Women's Ōi title and "Queen Ōi" lifetime title]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "Shōgi・Hakureisen, Nishiyama Tomoka Sanka ga Shodai Taitoru Kakutoku...Shōkin wa Joryū Gikai Saikōgaku Sengohyakuman" 将棋・白玲戦, 西山朋佳三冠が初代タイトル獲得...賞金は女流棋界最高額1500万円 [Tomoka Nishiyama 3-crown first winner of the Hakurei title...the winner's prize of JPY 15,000,000 is largest in women's profssional shogi.]. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). October 16, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "Saiyūshūkishishō wa Toyoshima Nikan Fujii Shichidan wa 「Myōshu」 de Jushōllanguage=ja" 最優秀棋士賞は豊島二冠 藤井七段は「妙手」で受賞 [Toyoshima 2-crown named "Player of the Year"; Fujii 7d wins award for "best move".]. Asahi Shimbun. April 1, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  8. ^ "Saiyūshūkishishō ni Toyoshima Masayuki Nikan, Dai Yonjūroku Shōgi Taishō Kimaru" 最優秀棋士賞に豊島将之二冠, 第46回将棋大賞決まる [46th Annual Shogi Award winners announced; Masayuki Toyoshima 2-crown wins "Player of the Year"] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. April 1, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  9. ^ "Joryūkishi, Watanabe Mana-san ga Tōkyō・Ōtakumineiyoshō wo Jushō" 女流棋士, 渡部愛さんが東京・大田区民栄誉賞を受賞 [Women's professional Mana Watanabe awarded Ōta, Tokyo's "Meritorious Resident Award"]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). March 24, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  10. ^ "Shogi no Watanabe Mana Joryu Sandan ga Nozuki Hirotaka 8-dan to Kekkon" 将棋の渡部愛女流三段が野月浩貴八段と結婚 [Shogi's women professional 3-dan Mana Watanabe married Hirotaka Nozuki 8-dan]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). February 14, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
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