Akiko Nakakura (中倉 彰子, Nakakura Akiko, born March 2, 1977)
is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 2-dan.[1]
Women's shogi professional
Promotion history
The promotion history of Nakakura was as follows.[2][3]
- 2--kyū: April 1, 1994
- 1-kyū: April 1, 2000
- 1-dan: April 1, 2002
- Retired: March 2015
- 2-dan: April 2017
Personal life
Nakakura's sister, Hiromi, is also a women's professional shogi player. The 2001 Japanese movie Travail about a pair of sisters who are women's professional shogi players is partly modeled upon their careers and the sisters served as consultants for the film.[2]
Nakakura is married to professional shogi player Makoto Chūza.[4] The couple married in November 2003,[5] and have three children.[6]
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