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Mikoto Umezu
Mikoto Umezu
Native name	梅津美琴
Born	September 1, 2007 (age 17)
Hometown	Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Career
Achieved professional status	July 1, 2022 (aged 14)
Badge Number	W-80
Rank	Women's 1-kyū
Teacher	Makoto Tobe (7-dan)
Websites
	JSA profile page

Mikoto Umezu (梅津美琴, Umezu Mikoto, born September 1, 2007) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-kyū.

Early life and becoming a women's professional shogi player

Umezu was born in Bunkyō, Tokyo on September 1, 2007.^[1] She became interested in shogi from watching the anime TV series version of the manga March Comes In like a Lion.^[2] Under the guidance of shogi professional Makoto Tobe, she entered the Kantō branch of Japan Shogi Association's training group system in September 2021 as a member of training group B2, was subsequently promoted to training group B1 in December 2021, and qualified for women's professional status in April 2022 for entering the training group system at training group B2 or above and playing 48 games or more at that level.^[2]^[3]

Umezu's promotion history is as follows.^[4]

^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Umezu Mikoto" 女流棋士データベース: 梅津美琴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Mikoto Umezu] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Umezu Mikoto-san ga Nanagatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni" 梅津美琴さんが7月から女流棋士2級に [Mikoto Umezu will be a women's professional 2-kyū from July] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 27, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
^ Maruyama, Susumu (June 27, 2022). "Chūgakusei Joryū Kishi Tanjō Chūgaku Sannen no Umezu Mikoto-san Konnendo Sanninme" 中学生女流棋士誕生中学3年の梅津美琴さん今年度3人目 [New women's professional Mikoto Umezu is a third-year junior high school student; she is the third junior high school student to become a women's professional this shogi year.]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved August 5, 2022.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Umezu Mikoto Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 梅津美琴昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Mikoto Umezu Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 4, 2024.