Japanese shogi player
Nana Sakaki Native name 榊 菜吟 Born (2003-11-12 ) November 12, 2003 (age 21) Hometown Osaka , JapanAchieved professional status May 1, 2022(2022-05-01) (aged 18) Badge Number W-77 Rank Women's 2-kyū Teacher Toshiaki Kubo (9-dan)JSA profile page
Nana Sakaki (榊 菜吟 , Sakaki Nana , born November 12, 2003) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-kyū .
Early life and becoming a women's professional shogi player
Sakaki was born in Osaka on November 12, 2003.[ 1] She learned how to play shogi as elementary school student when a friend asked her to play.[ 2] Under the guidance of shogi professional Toshiaki Kubo , she entered the Kansai branch of the Japan Shogi Association 's training group system and subsequently qualified for women's professional status after being promoted to training group B2 in April 2022.[ 2] [ 3]
Women's shogi professional
Promotion history
Sakaki's promotion history is as follows.[ 4]
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks .
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Active women's professional shogi players
7-dan 6-dan 5-dan 4-dan 3-dan 2-dan 1-dan 1-kyū 2-kyū Current Title Holders Qualifying Lifetime Title Holders Notes:
1. No symbol denotes
JSA affiliation
2. An asterisk (*) denotes
LPSA affiliation
3. A cross (†) denotes unaffiliated.
4, A two-barred cross (‡) denotes a
JSA apprentice school player.