Ayaka Ōshima

Ayaka Ōshima
Native name	大島綾華
Born	(2003-01-31) January 31, 2003 (age 21)
Hometown	Hiroshima, Japan
Career
Achieved professional status	May 1, 2021(2021-05-01) (aged 18)
Badge Number	W-74
Rank	Women's 2-dan
Teacher	Nobuo Mori [ja] (7-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Ayaka Ōshima (大島 綾華, Ōshima Ayaka, born January 31, 2003) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.^[1]

Early life and becoming a women's shogi professional

Ōshima was born in Hiroshima, Japan on January 31, 2003.^[2] She learned how to play shogi from her father.^[2]

Ōshima entered the Japan Shogi Association's training group system under the guidance of shogi professional Nobuo Mori [ja].^[2] She satisfied the criteria for the rank of women's professional 2-kyū upon obtaining promotion to Training Group B2.^[3] She petitioned the JSA to be allowed to become a women's professional, and the JSA announced that she would be awarded women's professional status and the rank of 2-kyū on April 30, 2021.^[2]

Women's shogi professional

In March 2024, Ōshima defeated Keika Kitamura in the finals of the 17th Women's Mynavi Open [ja] challenger tournament to earn the right to challenge Tomoka Nishiyama for the Jo-Ō title;^[4] Oshima's first appearance in a major title match, however, was unsuccessful as she lost the best-of-five title match (April 2024 – May 2024) against Nishiyama 3 games to 0.^[5]

Promotion history

Ōshima's promotion history is as follows:^[6]

• 2-kyū: May 1, 2021
• 1-kyū: June 26, 2021
• 1-dan: April 1, 2022
• 2-dan: March 4, 2024

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Ōshima has appeared in a women's professional shogi major title match once but has yet to win a major title.^[7]

References

1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ōshima Ayaka" 女流棋士データベース: 大島綾華 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ayaka Ōshima] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
2. "Ōshima Ayaka-san ga Gogatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū" 大島綾華さんが5月から女流棋士2級に [Ayaka Ōshima to be a women's professional 2-kyu from May] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. April 30, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
3. "Shinjoryūkishi Tanjō Ōshima Ayaka-san ga Gogatsu Tsuitachi Tsuke de Joryū Nikyū ni" 新女流棋士誕生 大島綾華さんが5月1日付で女流2級に [New women's professional announced: Ayaka Ōshima will become a women's professional 2-kyū on May 1]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). April 30, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
4. "Ōshima Ayaka Joryū Shodan ga Hatsu no Taitoru Chōsen & Joryū Nidan Shōdan Kimeru Mainabi Joshi Ōpun" 大島綾華女流初段が初のタイトル挑戦&女流二段昇段決める マイナビ女子オープン [Mynavi Women's Open: Women's professional 1-dan Ayaka Ōshima advance to a major title match for the first time and also earns promotion to women's professional 2-dan]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). March 3, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
5. "Shōgi Mynabi Joshi, Nishiyama ga Nanarenpa Chōsensha no Ōshima Joryū Nidan Kudasu" 将棋マイナビ女子, 西山が7連覇 挑戦者の大島女流二段下す [Nishiyama defeates women's professional 2-dan Ōshima to win shogi's Mynavi Women's Open for the seventh consecutive year]. Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese). May 12, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
6. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ōshima Ayaka Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 大島綾華 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ayaka Ōshima Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
7. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ōshima Ayaka Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 大島綾華 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ayaka Ōshima Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 16, 2024.

External links

• ShogiHub: Ōshima, Ayaka