Mikio Kariyama

Mikio Kariyama
Native name	狩山幹生
Born	(2001-11-12) November 12, 2001 (age 23)
Hometown	Kurashiki, Japan
Career
Achieved professional status	October 1, 2021(2021-10-01) (aged 19)
Badge Number	330
Rank	5-dan
Teacher	Keita Inoue (9-dan)
Meijin class	C2
Ryūō class	4
Websites
JSA profile page

Mikio Kariyama (狩山 幹生, Kariyama Mikio, November 12, 2001) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Mikio Kariyama was born in Kurashiki on November 12, 2001.^[1][2] He learned how to play shogi from his father,^[3] and was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's (JSA) apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the tutelage of shogi professional Keita Inoue in September 2014.^[3]

Kariyama was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in 2019.^[3] He obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in September 2021 after tying for first with Tomoki Yokoyama in the 69th 3-dan League (April 2021 – September 2021) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.^[4][5]

Shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history for Kariyama is as follows.^[6]

• 6-kyū: September 1, 2014
• 3-dan: October 2019
• 4-dan: October 1, 2021
• 5-dan: November 5, 2024

References

1. "Kishi Dētabēsu: Kariyama Mikio" 棋士データベース: 狩山幹生 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Mikio Kariyama] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
2. "Shōwa no Dai Meijin･Ōyama Yasuharu Dai Jūgose Meijin Irai Hachijūichinenburi no Kurashiki Shūsshin Kishi Tanjō Kariyama Mikio Shin Yondan" 昭和の大名人･大山康晴十五世名人以来81年ぶりの倉敷市出身棋士誕生 狩山幹生新四段 [New shogi professional 4-dan Mikio Kariyama is the first new shogi professional from Kurashiki in 81 years since Showa Era legend 15th Lifetime Meijin Yasuharu Ōyama]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Retrieved October 4, 2021.
3. "Shin Yonden Tanjō no Oshirase" 新四段誕生のお知らせ [New 4-dans announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. September 11, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
4. "Dai Rokujūkyūkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisennijūichinen Shigatsu kara Nisennijūichinen Kugatsu" 第69回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2021年4月～2021年9月 [69th apprentice school 3-dan league: April 2021 to September 2021] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
5. "Yokoyama, Kariyama ga Shōgi Kishi ni tomoni Inoue Kudan Monka" 横山, 狩山が将棋棋士に ともに井上九段門下 [New Shogi professionals Yokoyama and Kariyama are both students of Inoue 9-dan]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). September 11, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
6. "Kishi Dētabēsu: Kariyama Mikio Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 狩山幹生 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Mikio Kariyama Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved November 9, 2024.

External links

• ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Mikio Kariyama