Juri Kimura (shogi)

Juri Kimura
Native name	木村 朱里
Born	(2008-07-11) July 11, 2008 (age 16)
Hometown	Takashima, Shiga, Japan
Career
Achieved professional status	June 1, 2022(2022-06-01) (aged 13)
Badge Number	W-79
Rank	Women's 1-dan
Teacher	Kenji Kobayashi (9-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Juri Kimura (木村 朱里, Kimura Juri, born July 11, 2008) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. She is the first person from Shiga Prefecture to become a professional shogi player.

Early life and becoming a women's professional shogi player

Kimura was born in Takashima, Shiga on July 11, 2008.^[1] She became interested in shogi after watching her older brother play and father play when she was a first-grade elementary school student, and then learned how to play at a neighborhood club for senior citizens.^[2][3] She performed well in a number of shogi tournaments for elementary school students, and then won the girl's division of the 42nd All Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament [ja] as a first-grade junior high school student in August 2021.^[3][4][5] She subsequently entered the Kansai branch of the Japan Shogi Association's training group system under the tutledge of shogi professional Kenji Kobayashi and qualified for women's professional status after being promoted to training group B2 in April 2022.^[3]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Kimura's promotion history is as follows.^[6]

• 2-kyū: June 1, 2022
• 1-kyū: January 26, 2023
• 1-dan: April 1, 2024

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Personal life

Kimura is the first professional shogi player, regular or women's, from Shiga Prefecture.^[3][7]

References

1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kimura Juri" 女流棋士データベース: 木村朱里 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Juri Kimura] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
2. "Kimura Juri-san ga Rokugatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni" 木村朱里さんが6月から女流棋士2級に [Juri Kimura will be a women's professional 2-kyū from June] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 30, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
3. "Shiga no Kimura-san ga Gen'eiki Sainenshō Jūsansai Joryūkishi ni" 滋賀の木村さんが現役最年少13歳女流棋士に [Shiga's 13-year-old Juri Kimura becomes the youngest women's professional shogi player]. Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
4. Isono, Kenichi (September 30, 2021). "｢Sotsugyō made ni Joryū Kishi ni｣ Chūgakusei Senbatsu Shōgi de Hatsuyusho no Kimura Juri-san" ｢卒業までに女流棋士に｣ 中学生選抜将棋で初優勝の木村朱里さん [Juri Kimura wins All Japan Junior High School Shogi for first amateur championship; she says she wants to become a women's professional before she graduates]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved June 6, 2022.
5. "Dai Yonjūnikai Zenkoku Chūgakusei Senbatsu Shogi Senshuken Taikai [Joshi Kesshō Tōnamento]" 第42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] [42nd All Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament Girl's Championship Tournament] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
6. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kimura Juri Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 木村朱里 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Juri Kimura Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
7. "Kusatsu no Chūgaku Ninensei Kennaizaijū de Hatsu no Joryūkishi ni" 草津の中学2年生 県内在住で初の女流棋士に [A Second-grade Kusatsu Junior High School Student is the prefecture's first women's professional shogi player]. NHK News Web (in Japanese). May 30, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.

External links

• ShogiHub: Kimura, Juri