Rieko Yauchi

Reiko Yauchi
Yauchi in 2013
Native name	矢内理絵子
Born	(1980-01-10) January 10, 1980 (age 44)
Hometown	Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 1993(1993-04-01) (aged 13)
Badge Number	W-16
Rank	Women's 5-dan
Teacher	Shigeru Sekine [ja] (9-dan)
Major titles won	6
Tournaments won	2
Websites
JSA profile page
Rieko Yauchi on Twitter

Rieko Yauchi (矢内 理絵子, Yauchi Rieko, born January 10, 1980) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 5-dan. She is a former Women's Meijin, Ōi [ja] and Jo-Ō [ja] title holder.^[1]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

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

• Women's Professional Apprentice League: 1990
• 2-kyū: April 1, 1993
• 1-kyū: April 1, 1995
• 1-dan: July 10, 1995
• 2-dan: April 1, 1997
• 3-dan: October 27, 1997
• 4-dan: August 3, 2004
• 5-dan: February 21, 2014

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

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

Major titles

Title	Years	Number of times overall
Women's Ōi [ja]	1997	1
Women's Meijin	2005–07	3
Jo-Ō [ja]	2008–09	2

Other championships

Tournament	Years	Number of times
^*Ladies Open Tournament [ja]	1998, 2006	2

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

Awards and honors

Yauchi has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards^[5] and other awards in recognition of her accomplishments in shogi and contributions made to Japanese society.^[6]

Annual shogi awards

• 33rd Annual Awards (April 2005 – March 2006): Woman's Professional of the Year
• 34th Annual Awards (April 2006 – March 2007): Women's Professional of the Year
• 35th Annual Awards (April 2007 – March 2008): Women's Professional Award

Other awards

• 2007, February: 2nd Saitama Kagayaki Ogino Ginko Award
• 2008, July: City of Gyōda Tourism Ambassador

References

1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Reiko" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Reiko Yauchi] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
2. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Rieko Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Rieko Yauchi Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
3. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Rieko Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Rieko Yauchi Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
4. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Rieko Yūshō Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子 優勝履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Rieko Yauchi Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
5. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Rieko Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Rieko Yauchi Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
6. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Rieko Sonota Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子 その他表彰 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Rieko Yauchi Annual Other Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

External links

• ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Yauchi, Rieko