Saki Kawamata

Saki Kawamata
Kawamata at a human shogi [ja] event in November 2017
Native name	川又咲紀
Maiden name	Satomi (里見)
Born	(1996-04-28) April 28, 1996 (age 28)
Hometown	Izumo, Shimane
Career
Achieved professional status	April 27, 2016(2016-04-27) (aged 19)
Badge Number	W-56
Rank	Women's 1-dan
Teacher	Keiji Mori [ja] (9-dan)
Tournaments won	1
Websites
JSA profile page

Saki Kawamata (川又 咲紀, Kawamata Saki, (née Satomi (里見)) born April 28, 1996) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. Her older sister Kana is also a women's professional shogi player.

Early life

Kawamata (née Satomi (里見)) was born on April 28, 1996, in Izumo, Shimane.^[1] She became interested in because her older brother and older sister both played the game.^[2][3]

In August 2011 when she was a third-grade junior high school student, Satomi finished third in the 3rd Junior High School Student Girl's Meijin Tournament [ja].^[4][5] The following year, she was accepted into Japan Shogi Association (JSA) Kansai Branch's training group system. She was awarded the provisional women's professional rank of 3-kyū in February 2016 under the sponsorship of shogi professional Keiji Mori [ja],^[2] and obtained the rank of women's professional 2-kyū and full women's professional status two months later in April 2016.^[6][7]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Kawamata's promotion history is as follows:^[8]

• 3-kyū: February 22, 2016
• 2-kyū: April 27, 2016
• 1-kyū: July 4, 2016
• 1-dan: April 1, 2017

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Personal life

Kawamata and her sister Kana are the third pair of sisters to be awarded women's professional shogi status by the JSA.^[9][7]

At the end of March 2022, the Japan Shogi Association announced that Kawamata had gotten married and would be no longer competing under her maiden name "Satomi".^[10]

References

1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kawamata Saki" 女流棋士データベース: 川又咲紀 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Saki Kawamata] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
2. "Satomi Saki-san ga Joryū Kishi Sankyū ni" 里見咲紀さんが女流棋士3級に [Saki Satomi becomes provisional women's professional 3-kyu] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. February 24, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
3. Satomi, Naomi (March 16, 2010). "Joryū Kishi no Satomi Kana no Okāsan Naomi: 2, Shōhin･Batsugēmuzuki no ｢Satomike Meijinsen｣" 女流棋士･里見香奈のお母さん 治美さん: 2, 賞品･罰ゲーム付きの｢里見家名人戦｣ [Part 2 of interview with women professional Kana Satom's mother Naomi: The "Satomi Family Meijin Tournament" include prizes and batsu games]. Asahi Shimbun (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Masahiko Ishikawa. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
4. "Satomi Saki-san San'i Chūgakusei Joshi Meijinsen" 里見咲紀さん3位 中学生女子名人戦 [Saki Satomi takes third place in the Junior High School Student Girl's Meijin Tournament]. Sanin Chūō Shimpō (in Japanese). August 21, 2011. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
5. "Shōgakuseibu no Imai-san ga Nirenpa/Shō, Chū Joshi Meijinsen" 小学生の部は今井さんが2連覇/将棋の小, 中女子名人戦 [Elementary and Junior High School Girl's Meijin Tournaments: Ms. Imai repeats as winner of Elementary School Tournament]. Shikoku Shimbun (in Japanese). August 21, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
6. "Satomi Saki Joryū Sankyū ga Joryū Nikyū ni Shōkyū" 里見咲紀女流3級が女流2級に昇級 [Saki Satomi promoted from women's professional 3-kyū to women's professional 2-kyū] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. April 28, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
7. "Satomi no Imoto ga Joryū Nikyū ni, Shōgi Sangumime no Shimai Puro" 里見の妹が女流2級に 将棋, 3組目の姉妹プロ [Satomi's younger sister promoted to women's professional 2 kyū; the two are the third pair of sisters to become shogi professionals]. 47News [ja] (in Japanese). Kyodo News. April 27, 2016. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
8. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kawamata Saki Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 川又咲紀 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Saki Kawamata Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
9. Okuno, Daiji (January 12, 2018). "Shōgikai no Oyako, Kyōdaishimai Puro Ryōshin and Ko ga Puro no Shōgi Ikka mo" 将棋界の親子, 兄弟姉妹プロ　両親＆子がプロの将棋一家も [Parent-child, brother-sister professional shogi families]. Abema Times (in Japanese). AbemaTV. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
10. Satō, Keiji (March 30, 2022). "Shōgi no Satomi Saki Joryū Shodan ga Kekkon Ane wa Satomi Kana Joryū Yonkan" 将棋の里見咲紀女流初段が結婚 姉は里見香奈女流四冠 [Saki Satomi Women's Professional 1-dan Gets Married; She is the Younger Sister of Women's Professional 4-Crown Kana Satomi]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved March 31, 2022.

External links

• ShogiHub: Satomi, Saki