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Makoto Tobe
Makoto Tobe
Native name	戸辺誠
Born	August 5, 1986 (age 38)
Hometown	Yokohama
Career
Achieved professional status	October 1, 2006 (aged 20)
Badge Number	262
Rank	7-dan
Teacher	Jun'ichi Kase [ja] (7-dan)
Meijin class	B2
Ryūō class	4
Notable students	Naoki Koyama [ja]; Mikoto Umezu; Saki Miyazawa [ja];
Websites
	JSA profile page
	Official website

Makoto Tobe (戸辺誠, Tobe Makoto, born August 5, 1986) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Makoto Tobe was born on August 5, 1986, in Yokohama.^[1] He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school as a student of shogi professional Jun'ichi Kase [ja] in October 1998 at the rank of 6-kyū.^[2] He was promoted to 1-dan in August 2001, and then obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2006 after winning the 39th 3-dan League (April 2006 – September 2006) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.^[2]^[3]

The promotion history for Tobe is as follows:^[4]

Tobe received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best New Player" in 2009 and "Best Winning Percentage" (2007 and 2013).^[5]

^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Tobe Makoto" 棋士データベース: 戸辺誠 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Makoto Tobe] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Kishi Meikan: Rokudan Tobe Makoto" 棋士名鑑: 六段戸辺誠 [Player Directory: Makoto Tobe 6-dan]. 平成26年版将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition) (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2014. p. 570. ISBN 978-4-8399-5175-7. Retrieved June 6, 2018 – via Google Books.
^ "Dai Sanjūkyūkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen" 第39回奨励会三段リーグ戦 [39th Apprentice School 3-dan League] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2006. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Tobe Makoto Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 戸辺誠昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Makoto Tobe Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Tobe Makoto Shōgi Taishō" 棋士データベース: 戸辺誠将棋大賞 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Makoto Tobe Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

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