Shino Miyasō

Shino Miyasō
Native name	宮宗紫野
Maiden name	Kumakura (熊倉)
Born	(1988-04-23) April 23, 1988 (age 36)
Hometown	Koga, Ibaraki
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 2007(2007-04-01) (aged 18)
Badge Number	W-37
Rank	Women's 2-dan
Teacher	Michio Takahashi (9-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Shino Miyasō (宮宗 紫野 Miyasō Shino, née Shino Kumakura 熊倉 紫野,^[1] born April 23, 1988) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Early life,amateur shogi and apprenticeship

Miyasō was born on April 23, 1988, in Koga, Ibaraki.^[2] She became interested in shogi because her father and older brother both played the game.^[3] She won the 34th All Japan Women's Amateur Meijin Tournament [ja] in 2002, defeating fellow future Women's professional Kana Satomi in the semi-finals.^[4]

Miyaso entered the Women's Professional Apprentice League as a student of professional shogi player Michio Takahashi in October 2002.^[3] She was promoted to rank of women's professional 2-kyū in April 2007 after obtaining her second promotion point by winning all eleven of her games in the Fall 2006 Women's Professional Apprentice League (October 2006 – March 2007).^[5]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

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

• 2-kyū: April 1, 2007
• 1-kyū: April 1, 2008
• 1-dan: April 1, 2009
• 2-dan: July 7, 2018

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

References

1. "Kumakura Joryū Shodan ga Kekkon" 熊倉女流初段が結婚 [Women's professional 1-dan Kumakura gets married] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 1, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
2. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Miyasō Shino" 女流棋士データベース: 宮宗紫野 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Shino Miyasō] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
3. "Kumakura Shino Shinjoryū Nikyū no Shōkai" 熊倉紫野新女流2級の紹介 [Introducing new women's professional 2-kyū Shino Kumakura] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 4, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
4. "Dai Sanjūyonki Joryū Ama Meijinsen" 第34期女流アマ名人戦 [34th Women's Amateur Meijin Tournament] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 26, 2002. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
5. "Nisenrokunendo Kōki Joryū Ikuseikai" 2006年度後期女流育成会 [Fall 2006 Women's Professional Apprentice League] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
6. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Miyasō Shino Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 宮宗紫野 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Shino Miyasō Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

External links

• ShogiHub: Kumakura, Shino