Japanese shogi player
Hiroaki Yokoyama (横山 泰明 Yokoyama Hiroaki is a Japaneseprofessional shogi player ranked 7-dan .
Early life and apprenticeship [ edit ] Hiroaki Yokoyama was born on October 16, 1980, inTama, Tokyo .[ 1] Japan Shogi Association 'sapprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professionalNoboru Sakurai [ja ] in August 1993, was promoted to 1-dan in July 1999, and finally obtainedfull professional status and corresponding rank of 4-dan in October 2002.[ 2]
Thepromotion history for Yokoyama is as follows:[ 3]
6-kyū : 1993 1-dan: 1999 4-dan: October 1, 2002 5-dan: October 30, 2007 6-dan: December 7, 2012 7-dan: September 11, 2019 Yokoyama received the Japan Shogi Association's 42ndAnnual Shogi Award for "Most Consecutive Victories" for April 2014 – March 2015.[ 4]
Yokoyama is a graduate ofChuo University .[ 5] [ 6] LPSA professionalSaori Shimai since July 2011.[ 7]
^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Yokoyama Hiroaki"棋士データベース: 横山泰明 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Hiroaki Yokoyama] (in Japanese).Japan Shogi Association . RetrievedJune 8, 2018 .^ "Kishi Meikan: Rokudan Yokoyama Hiroaki"棋士名鑑: 六段 横山 泰明 [Player Directory: Hiroaki Yokoyama 6-dan].平成26年版 将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition) (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2014. p. 572.ISBN 978-4-8399-5175-7 . RetrievedJune 8, 2018 – viaGoogle Books .^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Yokoyama Hiroaki Shōdan Rireki"棋士データベース: 横山泰明 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Hiroaki Yokoyama Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. RetrievedJune 8, 2018 .^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Yokoyama Hiroaki Shōgi Taishō"棋士データベース: 横山泰明 将棋大賞 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Hiroaki Yokoyama Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. RetrievedJune 8, 2018 .^ "Gakusei Puro Kishi Tanjō"学生プロ棋士誕生 [University student becomes professional shogi player](PDF) .Hakumon Chuo (in Japanese). Vol. Fall, no. 243.Chuo University . October 25, 2015. p. 23. Archived fromthe original (pdf) on June 12, 2018. RetrievedJune 8, 2018 .中大出身のプロ棋士は4人。米長邦雄永世棋聖 (中退), 大内延介九段, 横山泰明六段, 石田直裕四段 [Chuo University graduates who became professional shogi players: Lifetime Kisei Kunio Yonenaga (did not graduate), Nobuyuki Ōuchi 9d, Hiroaki Yokoyama 6d, Naohiro Ishida 4d] ^ "Shakai wo Rīdosuru Chūō Daigaku OB･OG: Igo･Shōgi"社会をリードする中央大学 OB･OG: 囲碁･将棋 [Prominent Chuo Alumni: Go and Shogi](pdf) (in Japanese). Chuo University. September 30, 2020. p. 8. RetrievedMay 3, 2021 .^ "Yokoyama Hiroaki Godan & Shimai Saori Joryūshodan Kishidōshi ga Kekkon"横山五段＆島井女流初段 棋士同士が結婚 [Hiroaki Yokoyama 5d and female professional Saori Shimai 1d announce marriage].Sports Hochi the original on August 18, 2011. RetrievedJune 8, 2018 .
Active professional shogi players
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