Hatsumi Ueda
Native name上田初美
Born (1988-11-16) November 16, 1988
HometownKodaira, Tokyo
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 2001(2001-04-01) (aged 12)
Badge NumberW-26
RankWomen's 4-dan
TeacherHatasu Itō (8-dan)
Major titles won2
Tournaments won1
Websites
JSA profile page

Hatsumi Ueda (上田 初美, Ueda Hatsumi, born November 16, 1988) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.[1] She is a former Women's Jo-Ō title holder.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Ueda's promotion history is as follows.[2]

  • 2-kyū: April 1, 2001
  • 1-kyū: April 1, 2002
  • 1-dan: April 1, 2003
  • 2-dan: June 30, 2008
  • 3-dan: May 10, 2011
  • 4-dan: May 21, 2018

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Ueda has appeared in major title matches nine times and has won a total of two titles: she won the Women's Jo-Ō title in 2011 and 2012.[3] In addition to major titles, Ueda has won one other shogi championships: the 6th Daiwa Securities Strongest Women's Professional Cup in 2012.[4]

Awards and honors

Ueda has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards: "Women's Professional Most Games Played" (2009); "Women's Professional Award" and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2012); "Women's Professional Award" and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2016); and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2018).[5]

Personal life

Ueda is married to shogi professional Takuma Oikawa.[6] The couple were married in June 2013 and have two daughters as of October 2018.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi" 女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Yūshō Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 優勝履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  6. ↑ 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. 25. Retrieved August 24, 2019 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Oikawa Takuma Godan to Ueda Hatsumi Joryū Sandan ga Nyūseki" 及川拓馬五段と上田初美女流三段が入籍 [Takuma Oikawa 5d and Hatsu Ueda Women's 3d announce marriage] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 18, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  8. ↑ Oikawa, Takuma (October 21, 2018). "Naze Oikawa Takuma wa Kosodate wo Shitsutsu Tsuyokunareta? [Eiōsen Nijūyon Kishi Shiratori Shirō Tokubetsu Intabyū Vol. Jūyon" なぜ及川拓馬は子育てをしつつ強くなれたのか? [叡王戦24棋士 白鳥士郎 特別インタビュー Vol.14] [How has Takuma Oikawa become stronger while being busy raising kids? (Special Eiō Tournament Interview by Shirō Shiratori Vol. 14)]. Niconico News Original (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Shirō Shiratori [in Japanese]. Dwango. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
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