Ai Iino

Ai Iino
Iino in 2013
Native name飯野愛
Born (1986-11-17) November 17, 1986 (age 37)
HometownSetagaya, Tokyo
Career
Achieved professional statusOctober 1, 2013(2013-10-01) (aged 26)
Badge NumberW-48
RankWomen's 1-dan
TeacherKenji Iino [ja] (7-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Ai Iino (飯野 愛, Iino Ai, born November 17, 1986) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

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Iino was born on November 17, 1986, in Setagaya, Tokyo.[1] Since her father Kenji [ja] was a shogi professional, she was first exposed to the game at a very young age and grew up in a shogi environment.[2][3] Even so, she only really decided to pursue a career as a women's professional shogi player when she was second-year senior high school student.[4]

In the Fall of 2005, Iino entered the Women's Apprentice Professional League under the guidance of her father, but was moved to Training Group Class D2 in April 2009 after the JSA ended the Women's Apprentice Professional League system at the end of March 2009.[3] Iino was promoted to Training Group Class C1 in June 2013. This earned her the right to request to be promoted to the women's provisional shogi player status and the rank of 3-kyū.[3] Iino submitted her request to the JSA, which announced a little over week later that it had been approved and that and she was to be officially awarded the rank and provisional women's professional status on October 1, 2013.[5] In August 2013, however, Iino—who was still considered an amateur—won her preliminary group of the 7th MyNavi Women's Open Tournament [ja].[6] Her result meant that she not only advanced to the main tournament, but also that she satisfied the criteria for promotion to the rank of women's professional 1-kyū. The JSA announced a few days later on August 19, 2013, that Iino would be officially awarded the rank of women's professional 2-kyū and regular women's professional status on October 1, 2013.[7][8]

Women's shogi professional

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Promotion history

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Iino's promotion history is as follows:[9]

  • 2-kyū: October 1, 2013
  • 1-kyū: May 9, 2014
  • 1-dan: April 1, 2018

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Personal life

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Iino's father Kenji [ja] is a retired shogi professional.[2]<ref name="3k /">

References

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  1. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu:Iino Ai" 女流棋士データベース: 飯野愛 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ai Iino] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Okuno, Daiji (January 12, 2018). "Shōgikai no Oyako, Kyōdaishimai Puro Ryōshin and Ko ga Puro no Shogi Ikka mo" 将棋界の親子, 兄弟姉妹プロ 両親&子がプロの将棋一家も [Parent-child, brother-sister professional shogi families]. Abema Times (in Japanese). AbemaTV. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Iino Ai Kenshukaiin ga Joryū Kishi Sankyū no Shikaku wo Kakutoku" 飯野愛研修会員が女流棋士3級の資格を取得 [Training Group member Ai Iino qualifies for provisional women's professional status and the rank of 3-kyū] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 24, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "Shōgi・Iino Ai Joryū Ikkyū, Kōkō Ninen kara Puro Shibō ni Chichi・Kenji Shichidan mo Odoroki: 「E? tte Iimashita」" 将棋・飯野愛女流1級, 高校2年からプロ志望に父・健二七段も驚き 「え?って言いました」 [Women's shogi professional Ai Iino 1-kyū decision as a second-year high school student to try to become a shogi professional surprised even her father (shogi professional 7-dan) Kenji who said: "Huh?"]. Abema Times (in Japanese). AbemaTV. December 26, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Iino Ai-san ga Jugatsu kara Joryū Kishi Sankyū ni" 飯野愛さんが10月から女流棋士3級に [Ai Iino to be women's shogi professional 3-kyū from October] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. July 3, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "Dai Nanakai Mainabi Joshi Ōpun: Yosen" 第7期マイナビ女子オープン: 予選 [7th MyNavi Women's Open: Preliminaries] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  7. ^ "Iino Ai-san ga Jugatsu kara Joryū Kishi Nikyū ni" 飯野愛さんが10月から女流2級に [Ai Iino to be women's shogi professional 2-kyū from October] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. August 19, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  8. ^ "Kishi Meikan [Joryūkishi]: Ikkyū Iino Ai" 棋士名鑑 [女流棋士]: 1級 飯野愛 [Player Directory [Women's Professionals]: Ai Iino 1-kyū]. Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2014. p. 588. ISBN 978-4-8399-5175-7. Retrieved September 1, 2019 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Iino Ai Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 飯野愛 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ai Iino Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
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