Haruko Saida

Haruko Saida
Native name	斎田晴子
Born	(1966-12-04) December 4, 1966 (age 58)
Hometown	Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 1986(1986-04-01) (aged 19)
Badge Number	W-7
Rank	Women's 5-dan
Teacher	Yoshimasa Saeki [ja] (9-dan)
Major titles won	4
Tournaments won	2
Websites
JSA profile page

Haruko Saida (斎田 晴子, Saida Haruko, born December 4, 1966) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.^[1] She is a former Women's Meijin, Women's Ōshō [ja] and Kurashiki Tōka [ja] title holder. She currently serves as a non-executive director for the Japan Shogi Association.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Saida's promotion history is as follows.^[2]

• Women's Professional Apprentice League: 1984
• 3-kyū: April 1, 1986
• 1-kyū: April 1, 1987
• 1-dan: April 1, 1988
• 2-dan: March 20, 1991
• 3-dan: April 1, 1995
• 4-dan: February 27, 2001
• 5-dan: June 9, 2011

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Saida has appeared in major title matches twelve times and has won a total of four titles.^[3] In addition to major titles, Saida has won two other shogi championships.^[4]

Major titles

Title	Years	Number of times overall
Women's Ōshō [ja]	1994, 1997	2
Women's Meijin	2000	1
Kurashiki Tōka Cup [ja]	2006	1

Other championships

Tournament	Years	Number of times
^*Ladies Open Tournament [ja]	2001, 2004	2

Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held or currently suspended.

Awards and honors

Saida received the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional" Annual Shogi Award for the April 2000 – March 2001 shogi year.^[5] She received the JSA's "25 Years Service Award" in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years in 2010.^[6]

JSA director

At the Japan Shogi Association's 70th General Meeting held in June 2019, Saida was elected as a non-executive director to the association's board of directors.^[7] She was reelected to the same position in June 2021^[8] and June 2023.^[9]

References

1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu" 女流棋士データベース [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
2. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
3. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
4. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Yūshō Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 優勝履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
5. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
6. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Sonota Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 その他表彰 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Other Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
7. "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 7, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
8. "Dai Nanajūnikai Tsūjō Sōkai Gohōkoku" 第72回通常総会ご報告 [Report on 72nd General Meeting] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 4, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
9. "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shiyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

External links

• ShogiHub: Saida, Haruko