Hirotaka Kajiura

Hirotaka Kajiura
Native name	梶浦宏孝
Born	(1995-07-06) July 6, 1995 (age 29)
Hometown	Shinjuku
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 2015(2015-04-01) (aged 19)
Badge Number	301
Rank	7-dan
Teacher	Daisuke Suzuki (9-dan)
Meijin class	C2
Ryūō class	3
Websites
JSA profile page

Hirotaka Kajiura (梶浦 宏孝, Kajiura Hirotaka, born July 6, 1995) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Kajiura was born in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, Japan on July 6, 1995.^[1] He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was about five years old, and eventually entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the tutelage of shogi professional Daisuke Suzuki in 2008.^[2][3] He was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in 2012 and then obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan after finishing in second place in the 56th 3-dan League with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.^[2][4]

Shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history for Kajiura is as follows.^[5]

• 6-kyū: April 2008
• 3-dan: October 2012
• 4-dan: April 1, 2015
• 5-dan: July 25, 2019
• 6-dan: June 4, 2020
• 7-dan: May 6, 2021

References

1. "Kishi Dētabēsu: Kajiura Hirotaka" 棋士データベース: 梶浦宏孝 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Hirotaka Kajiura] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
2. "Shinyondan Tanjo no Oshirase" 新四段誕生のお知らせ [New 4-dan announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 14, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
3. Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Jō] A-Ta Gyō 現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [上] あ-た [2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [First volume] Letter "A" to Letter "Ta"] (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2015. p. 27. Retrieved July 31, 2019 – via Google Books.
4. "Dai Gonjūryonkkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisenjūyonnen Jūgatsu kara Nisenjūgonen Sangatsu" 第56回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2014年10月～2015年3月 [56th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2014 to March 2015] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
5. "Kishi Dētabēsu: Kajiura Hirotaka Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 梶浦宏孝 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Hirotaka Kajiura Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 7, 2021.

External links

• ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Kajiura, Hirotaka