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Japanese shogi player
Shōko Kubo Native name 久保 翔子 Born (2006-01-12 ) January 12, 2006 (age 18) Hometown
Osaka , Japan Achieved professional status October 1, 2022(2022-10-01) (aged 16) Badge Number W-82 Rank Women's 1-
kyū Teacher
Toshiaki Kubo (9-dan)
JSA profile page
Shōko Kubo (久保 翔子 , Kubo Shōko , born January 12, 2006) is a Japanese
women's professional shogi player ranked 1-
kyū .
Early life and becoming a women's professional shogi player
Kubo was born in
Osaka , Japan on January 12, 2006.
[1] Since her father
Toshiaki is also a
shogi professional , she was exposed to the game from an early age.
[2]
[3] Under the guidance of her father, she entered the
Kansai branch of
Japan Shogi Association 's
training group system in October 2019 when she was a
first-year junior high school student .
[4] She
qualified for women's professional status in September 2022 after being promoted to training group B2.
[2]
[3]
[4]
Women's shogi professional
Kubo's
promotion history is as follows.
[5]
2-
kyū : October 1, 2022
1-kyū : July 8, 2024
Note: All ranks are
women's professional ranks .
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"Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kubo Shōko" 女流棋士データベース: 久保翔子 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Shōko Kubo] (in Japanese).
Japan Shogi Association . Retrieved October 19, 2022 .
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"Kubo Shōko-san ga Jūgatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni" 久保翔子さんが10月から女流棋士2級に [Shōko Kubo will be a women's professional 2-kyū from October] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022 .
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"Kubo Kudan no Chōjo Shōko-san ga Joryūkishi ni, Oyako Puro wa Geneiki Sangumime, Ōsaka no Joshikōsei de, Chichi to Onaji Furibishatō" 久保九段の長女翔子さんが女流棋士に 父娘プロは現役3組目 大阪の女子高生で, 父と同じ振り飛車党 [Toshiaki Kubo 9-dan's oldest daughter Shōko becomes a women's professional; the two become the third father-daughter pair to be active shogi professionals. Shōko is currently a high school student in Osaka and is a ranging rook player like her father].
Sports Nippon (in Japanese). September 30, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022 .
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b Niidoi, Hitoaki (September 30, 2022).
"Kubo Toshiaki Kudan no Chōjo Shōko-san ga Joryūkishi ni, Debyūsen wa Jūnigatsu Ikō" 久保利明九段の長女翔子さんが女流棋士に デビュー戦は12月以降 [Toshiaki Kubo )-dan's eldest daughter Shōko is a new women's professional; she's scheduled to make her debut sometime after December 1].
Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved October 19, 2022 .
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"Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kubo Shōko Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 久保翔子 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Shōko Kubo Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 10, 2024 .
Active women's professional shogi players
7-dan 6-dan 5-dan 4-dan 3-dan 2-dan 1-dan 1-kyū 2-kyū Current Title Holders Qualifying Lifetime Title Holders Notes:
1. No symbol denotes
JSA affiliation
2. An asterisk (*) denotes
LPSA affiliation
3. A cross (†) denotes unaffiliated.
4, A two-barred cross (‡) denotes a
JSA apprentice school player.