Haruka Aikawa

Haruka Aikawa
Aikawa in 2013.
Native name	相川春香
Born	(1994-04-18) April 18, 1994 (age 30)
Hometown	Suginami, Tokyo
Career
Achieved professional status	August 17, 2013(2013-08-17) (aged 19)
Badge Number	W-47
Rank	Women's 1-dan
Teacher	Terutaka Yasue [ja] (8-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Haruka Aikawa (相川 春香, Aikawa Haruka, born April 18, 1994) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Early life, amateur shogi and training group student

Aikawa was born in Suginami, Tokyo on April 18, 1994.^[1] She learned how to play shogi from her father when she was about seven years old.^[2]

In August 2007, she finished runner up in the girl's division of the 28th All Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament [ja] as a junior high school student,^[3] and was honored by the Suginami City Board of Education as a result.^[4]

In the Fall of 2008, Ailkawa entered the Women's Apprentice Professional League under the guidance of shogi professional Terutaka Yasue [ja], but was moved to Training Group Class D2 in April 2009 after the JSA ended the Women's Apprentice Professional League system at the end of March 2009.^[2] Aikawa was promoted to training group Class C1 in May June 2011, which earned her the right to request to be promoted to the women's provisional shogi player status and the rank of 3-kyū.^[5][6] Aikawa submitted her request to the JSA, which announced in August that and she was to be officially awarded the rank and provisional women's professional status on October 1, 2011.^[2]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

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

• 3-kyū: October 1, 2011
• 2-kyū: August 17, 2013
• 1-kyū: February 24, 2015
• 1-dan: April 1, 2015

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

References

1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Aikawa Haruka" 女流棋士データベース: 相川春香 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruka Aikawa] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
2. "Aikawa Haruka-san ga Jūgatsu yori Joryū Sankyū ni" 相川春香さんが10月より女流3級に [Haruka Aikawa to become a women's professional 3-kyū from October] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. August 17, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
3. "Dai Nijūhakkai Zenkoku Chūgakusei Senbatsu Shogi Senshuken Taikai [Joshi Kesshō Tōnamento]" 第28回全国中学生選抜将棋選手権大会 [女子決勝トーナメント] [28th All Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament Girl's Championship Tournament] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
4. "Heisei Jūkyūnendo Suginamiku Gakkō Bunka Eiyō Kenshō Jushōsha ni Tsuite" 平成19年度 杉並区学校文化栄誉顕彰受賞者について [2007 Sugiyama City School Culture Honors List] (in Japanese). Suginami City Board of Education. 2007. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
5. "Aikawa Haruka Kenshūkaiin ga Joryū Sankyū no Shikaku wo Shutoku" 相川春香研修会員が女流棋士3級の資格を取得 [Training group member Haruka Aiakawa qualifies for women's professional rank of 3 kyū] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 11, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
6. "Aikawa-san ga Joryū Sankyū e" 相川さんが女流3級へ [Ms. Aikawa to become women's professional 3 kyū]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 31, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
7. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Aikawa Haruka Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 相川春香 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruka Aikawa Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved November 14, 2019.

External links

• ShogiHub: Aikawa, Haruka