Ichiyo Shimizu

Ichiyo Shimizu
Native name清水市代
Born (1969-01-09) January 9, 1969 (age 55)
HometownHigashimurayama, Tokyo
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 1985(1985-04-01) (aged 16)
Badge NumberW-7
RankWomen's 7-dan
TeacherToshio Takayanagi [ja] (9-dan)
Lifetime titles
  • Queen Meijin
  • Queen Ōshō
  • Queen Ōi
  • Queen Kurashiki Tōka
Major titles won43
Tournaments won11
Notable studentsSachio Ishibashi
Websites
JSA profile page

Ichiyo Shimizu (清水 市代, Shimizu Ichiyo, born January 9, 1969) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.[1] In May 2017, Shimizu became the first woman to be elected as an executive director to the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors.

Early life and apprentice women's shogi professional

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Shimizu was born on January 9, 1969, in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. In 1983, she won the 15th Amateur Women's Meijin Tournament while she was a junior high school student.[2][3] That same year, she entered the Japan Shogi Association's Women's Professional Apprentice League under the guidance of shogi professional Toshio Takayanagi [ja].[3] She achieved the rank of women's professional 2-kyū in April 1985,[3] thus becoming the first apprentice to graduate from the Women's Professional Apprentice League system.[4]: 24 

Women's shogi professional

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In October 2000, Shimizu became the first women's professional to be promoted to the rank of women's 6-dan.[3]

In November 2016, Shimizu defeated Tomomi Kai in a women's meijin league game to become the second women's professional to win 600 official games.[5]

As of January 2018, Shimizu's career record versus male professionals in official games is 29 wins and 156 losses.[6]

Promotion history

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Shimizu has been promoted as follows.[7]

  • 2-kyū: April 1, 1985
  • 1-dan: January 17, 1986
  • 2-dan: September 21, 1987
  • 3-dan: February 8, 1988
  • 4-dan: April 1, 1992
  • 5-dan: April 1, 1995
  • 6-dan: October 1, 2000
  • 7-dan: April 1, 2020

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

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Shimizu has appeared in major title matches a total of 70 times and has won a total of 43 titles. She has won the Women's Meijin title ten times, the Women's Ōshō [ja] title nine times, the Women's Ōi [ja] title fourteen times and the Kurashiki Tōka Cup [ja] ten times. She has been awarded the lifetime titles of Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō [ja], Queen Ōi [ja] and Queen Kurashiki Tōka [ja].[8] In addition to major titles, Shimizu has won 11 other shogi championships.[9]

Major titles

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Title Years Number of times overall
Women's Meijin 1987, 1989, 1994–98, 2003–04, 2008 10
Women's Ōshō [ja] 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000–01, 2007–09 9
Women's Ōi [ja] 1993–96, 1998–2006, 2009 14
Kurashiki Tōka Cup [ja] 1994–2000, 2004–05, 2007 10

Other championships

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Tournament Years Number of times
*Daiwa Securities Strongest Women's Professional Cup [ja] 2011 1
*Ladies Open Tournament [ja] 1987, 1991–1993, 1997, 2003, 2003 7
*Kajima Cup [ja] 1997, 1999, 2004 3

Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held or currently suspended.

Awards and honors

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Shimizu has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards[10] and other awards in recognition of her accomplishments in shogi and contributions made to Japanese society.[11]

Annual Shogi Awards

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  • 15th Annual Awards (April 1987 – March 1988): Women's Professional Award
  • 19th Annual Awards (April 1991 – March 1992): Women's Professional Award
  • 21st Annual Awards (April 1993 – March 1994): Women's Professional Award
  • 22nd Annual Awards (April 1994 – March 1995): Women's Professional Award
  • 23rd Annual Awards (April 1995 – March 1996): Women's Professional Award
  • 24th Annual Awards (April 1996 – March 1997): Women's Professional Award, Special Award
  • 25th Annual Awards (April 1997 – March 1998): Women's Professional Award
  • 26th Annual Awards (April 1998 – March 1999): Women's Professional Award
  • 28th Annual Awards (April 2000 — March 2001): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 29th Annual Awards (April 2001 — March 2002): Women's Professional Award
  • 31st Annual Awards (April 2003 — March 2004): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 32nd Annual Awards (April 2004 — March 2005): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 35th Annual Awards (April 2007 — March 2008): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 36th Annual Awards (April 2008 — March 2009): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 37th Annual Awards (April 2009 — March 2010): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 38th Annual Awards (April 2010 — March 2011): Women's Professional Most Games Played
  • 39th Annual Awards (April 2011 — March 2012): Women's Professional Award, Women's Professional Most Games Played
  • 42nd Annual Awards (April 2014 — March 2015): Women's Professional Most Games Played

Other awards

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  • 1996, June: Minister of Education Award
  • 1997, February: Tokyo Resident Culture Honor Award (Awarded by the Governor of Tokyo in recognition of cultural achievements by a Tokyoite)
  • 2000, November: Higashimurayama, Tokyo Resident Honor Award
  • 2008, August: Kurashiki Shogi Culture Honor Award
  • 2009: 25 Years Service Award (Awarded by the JSA in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years)

JSA director

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In May 2017, Shimizu became the first women to be elected as an executive director to the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors.[12] She was re-elected to additional two-year terms in June 2019,[13] June 2021[14] and June 2023.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Joryū Ama Meijinsen Rekidai Yūshōsha Ichiran" 女流アマ名人戦 歴代優勝者一覧 [Women's Amateur Meijin Tournament: List of Winners] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Kishi Meikan [Joryūkishi]: Rokudan Shimizu Ishiyo" 棋士名鑑 [女流棋士]: 六段 清水市代 [Player Directory [Women's Professionals]: Ichiyo Shimizu 6-dan]. Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2014. p. 581. ISBN 978-4-8399-5175-7. Retrieved January 12, 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Furukawa, Tetsuo, ed. (September 2014). "Joryū Kikai no Yonjū Shūnen" 女流棋界の40周年 [40 years of Women's Professional Shogi]. Shogi World (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. pp. 22–29. Retrieved September 8, 2019 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Yamamura, Hideki (November 28, 2016). "Shimizu Ichiyo Rokudan ga Roppyakushō" 清水市代女流六段が600勝 [Ichiyo Shimizu 6-dan wins 600th official game]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "Joryū Kishi Kōshikisen (｢Dansei Kisen｣) Tsūsan Seiseki Ichiran" 女流棋士公式戦 (｢男性棋戦｣ 通算成績一覧 [Career Record of Women's Professionals in Male Professional Tournaments] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  7. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  9. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Yūshō Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 優勝履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  10. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  11. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Sonota Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 その他表彰 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Other Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  12. ^ "Shimizu Joryū Rokudan, Shōgi Renmei no Jōmu Riji ni, Josei Hatsu" 清水女流六段, 将棋連盟の常務理事に 女性初 [Women's professional Shimizu 6-dan, first women to be elected as executive director to shogi association board]. Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 30, 2017. Archived from the original on January 12, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  13. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  14. ^ "Dai Nanajūnikai Tsūjō Sōkai Gohōkoku" 第72回通常総会ご報告 [Report on 72nd General Meeting] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  15. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shiyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
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