Marin Matsushita

Marin Matsushita
Native name	松下 舞琳
Born	(2006-10-25) October 25, 2006 (age 18)
Hometown	Kumamoto, Japan
Career
Achieved professional status	August 1, 2022(2022-08-01) (aged 15)
Badge Number	W-81
Rank	Women's 1-dan
Teacher	Shūji Satō (8-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Marin Matsumoto (松下 舞琳, Matsumoto Marin, born October 25, 2006) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Early life and becoming a women's professional shogi player

Matsushita was born in Kumamoto, Japan on October 25, 2006.^[1] She became interested in shogi when she was five years old after finding a shogi set as part of board game collection.^[2][3] Under the guidance of shogi professional Shūji Satō, she entered the Kyushu Branch of the Japan Shogi Association's training group system in 2020. In July 2022 while in her first year as a student at Kumamoto Prefectural Seiseikou High School, she qualified for women's professional status after being promoted to training group B2.^[4] She is the first women's professional shogi player to come from Kumamoto Prefecture.^[3][4]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Matsushita's promotion history is as follows.^[5]

• 2-kyū: August 1, 2022
• 1-kyū: October 19, 2022
• 1-dan: April 1, 2023

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

References

1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Matsushita Marin" 女流棋士データベース: 松下舞琳 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Marin Matsushita] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
2. "Matsushita Marin-san ga Hachigatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni" 松下舞琳さんが8月から女流棋士2級に [Marin Matsushita will be a women's professional 2-kyū from August] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. July 25, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
3. Horikoshi, Rina (August 18, 2022). "Kennai Hatsu Joryūkishi no Kōkōsei ga Kumamoto Shichō Hōmon Hofu Kataru" 県内初女流棋士の高校生が熊本市長訪問 抱負語る [High school student who is the first women's professional shogi professional from Kumamoto Prefecture meets Kumamoto City's mayor and tells him of her future goals]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
4. Sonoda, Takuma (July 25, 2022). "Kumamoto Hatsu no Puro Joryū Kishi ga Tanjō e Seiseikō Ichinensei･Matsushita Marin-san Nihon Shōgi Renmei" 熊本初のプロ女流棋士が誕生へ 済々黌高1年･松下舞琳さん 日本将棋連盟 [Newest women's professional shogi player Marin Matsushita is first-year-student at Seiseikō High School. She is the first women's professional to come from Kumamoto]. Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
5. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Matsushita Marin Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 松下舞琳 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Marin Matsushita Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

External links

• ShogiHub: Matsumoto, Marin