Aya Uchiyama

Aya Uchiyama
Native name	内山 あや
Born	(2004-05-22) May 22, 2004 (age 20)
Hometown	Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Career
Achieved professional status	December 1, 2020(2020-12-01) (aged 16)
Badge Number	W-71
Rank	Women's 1-dan
Teacher	Tadao Kitajima (7-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Aya Uchiyama (内山 あや, Uchiyama Aya, born May 22, 2004) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.^[1][2][3]

Early life and amateur shogi

As a junior high school seventh-grade student in 2017, Ushiyama finished third in the 42nd Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament [ja].^[4] Two years later in October 2019, she finished fourth in the 51st Women's Amateur Meijin Tournament [ja], losing in the semi-finals to Miran Nohara.^[5][6]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Uchiyama's promotion history is as follows:^[7]

• 2-kyū: December 1, 2020
• 1-kyū: April 1, 2022
• 1-dan: March 9, 2023

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

References

1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Uchiyama Aya" 女流棋士データベース: 内山あや [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Aya Uchiyama] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
2. "Joryūkishi Futari Tanjō! Yamaguchi Kirari-san Gokumime Shimaikishi" 女流棋士2人誕生！山口稀良莉さん5組目姉妹棋士 [Two new women's shogi professionals announced! Kirari Yamaguchi's promotion means that she and her older sister are the fifth pairs of sisters to become women's shogi professionals]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). November 27, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
3. "Uchiyama Aya-san ga Jūnigatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni" 内山あやさんが12月から女流棋士2級に [Aya Uchiyama will be a women's professional 2-kyū from December] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. November 27, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
4. "Dai Yonjūnikai Chūgakusei Shōgi Meijinsen [Kaisai Hōkoku]" 第42回中学生将棋名人戦 [開催報告] [42nd Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament [Report]] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. July 20, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
5. "｢Dai Gojūikki Joryū Ama Meijinsen｣ Kaisai Hōkoku" ｢第51期女流アマ名人戦｣ 開催報告 [51st Women's Amateur Meijin Tournament Report] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. October 16, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
6. "Dai Gojūikki Joryū Ama Meijinsen" 第51期女流アマ名人戦 [51st Women's Amateur Meijin Tournament] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. October 14, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
7. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Uchiyama Aya Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 内山あや 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Aya Uchiyama Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

External links

• ShogiHub: Uchiyama, Aya
• Aya Uchiyama's Supporters Club (in Japanese)
• October 2020 Koma.doc blog interview (in Japanese)