Kenjirō Abe
Kenjirō Abe | |
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Native name | 阿部健治郎 |
Born | (1989-02-25) February 25, 1989 (age 35) |
Hometown | Sakata, Yamagata |
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Achieved professional status | October 1, 2009(2009-10-01) (aged 20) |
Badge Number | 277 |
Rank | 7-dan |
Teacher | Kazuyoshi Nishimura [ja] (9-dan) |
Tournaments won | 1 |
Meijin class | C1 |
Ryūō class | 1 |
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Kenjirō Abe (阿部 健治郎, Abe Kenjirō, born February 25, 1989) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional
Abe was born in Sakata, Yamagata on February 25, 1989.[1] He learned how to play shogi when he was five years old from watching his father and older brother play each other.[2] As a junior high school student, Abe finished runner-up in the Boy's Division of the 22nd All-Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament [ja] in 2001 and later that same year entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional Kazuyoshi Nishimura [ja].[2][3]
Abe obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan on October 1, 2009, after finishing second the 45th 3-dan League (April 2009 – September 2009) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.[2][4]
Shogi professional
In October 2010. Abe won his first tournament since turning professional when he defeated amateur player Hakuyo Kaku[a] 2 games to 1 to win the 41st Shinjin-Ō [ja].[5]
Promotion history
Abe's promotion history is as follows:[6]
- 6-kyū: September 25, 2002
- 4-dan: October 1, 2009
- 5-dan: November 1, 2011
- 6-dan: November 5, 2015
- 7-dan: April 22, 2016
Titles and other championships
Abe has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won one non-major title championship.[7]
Awards and honors
Abe received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Award for"Special Game of the Year" for the 2015 Shogi Year for his game against Yoshiharu Habu in the challenger tournament for the 41st Kiō title.[8][9]
Note list
- ^ Kaku is a former apprentice professional 3-dan who failed to obtain promotion to the full professional status and thus had to leave the apprentice school in 2008 at the age of 28.[5]
References
- ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Abe Kenjirō" 棋士データベース: 阿部健治郎 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kenjirō Abe] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Nagase Takuya・Abe Kenjirō Shinyondan no Oshirase" 永瀬拓矢・阿部健治郎 新四段誕生のお知らせ [Takuya Nagase and Kenjirō Abe announced as new 4-dans] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. August 21, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Dai Nijūnikai Zenkoku Chūgakusei Senbatsu Shōgi Senshuken Taikai [Danshi Kesshō Tōnamento]" 第22回全国中学生選抜将棋選手権大会 [男子決勝トーナメント] [22nd All-Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament [Boy's Division]] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Dai Yonjūgokai Shōreikai Sandan Riigusen Nisenkyūnen Shigatsu kara Nisenkyūnen Kugatsu" 第45回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2009年4月~2009年9月 [45th apprentice school 3-dan league: April 2009 to September 2009] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ a b "Ama no san, Junyūshō Shōgi Shinjin-Ō Abe Yondan ga Yūshō" アマの加来さん, 準優勝 将棋新人王戦 阿部四段が優勝 [Abe 4d defeats amateur to win Shinjin-Ō]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). October 28, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Abe Kenjirō Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 阿部健治郎 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kenjirō Abe Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Abe Kenjirō Yūshō Rireki" 棋士データベース: 阿部健治郎 優勝履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kenjirō Abe Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Abe Kenjirō Shōgi Taishō" 棋士データベース: 阿部健治郎 将棋大賞 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Kenjirō Abe Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Dai Yonjūsankai Shōgi Taishō Hyōshōshiki・Shōdansha Menjō Juyoshiki no Moyō" 第43回将棋大賞表彰式・昇段者免状授与式の模様 [43rd Annual Shogi Awards and Promotion Certificates Presentation Ceremony] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
External links
- ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Abe, Kenjiro
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- Sōta Fujii
- Takeshi Fujii
- Kōichi Fukaura
- Bungo Fukusaki
- Masataka Gōda
- Yoshiharu Habu
- Akihito Hirose
- Keita Inoue
- Kazuki Kimura
- Toshiaki Kubo
- Tadahisa Maruyama
- Yoshikazu Minami
- Hiroyuki Miura
- Taku Morishita
- Toshiyuki Moriuchi
- Takuya Nagase
- Osamu Nakamura
- Hisashi Namekata
- Amahiko Satō
- Yasumitsu Satō
- Manabu Senzaki
- Akira Shima
- Daisuke Suzuki
- Michio Takahashi
- Kōji Tanigawa
- Eisaku Tomioka
- Masayuki Toyoshima
- Yasuaki Tsukada
- Kenji Waki
- Akira Watanabe
- Nobuyuki Yashiki
- Chikara Akutsu
- Kōzō Arimori
- Shōta Chida
- Mamoru Hatakeyama
- Naruyuki Hatakeyama
- Ichirō Hiura
- Kazushiza Horiguchi
- Eiji Iijima
- Akira Inaba
- Tetsurō Itodani
- Hiroki Iizuka
- Masaki Izumi
- Hiroshi Kamiya
- Kenji Kanzaki
- Kensuke Kitahama
- Hiroshi Kobayashi (b. 1976)
- Yasuhiro Masuda
- Ayumu Matsuo
- Yasuaki Murayama
- Daisuke Nakagawa
- Isao Nakata
- Hiroshi Naganuma
- Taichi Nakamura
- Hirotaka Nozuki
- Hisashi Ogura
- Shintarō Saitō
- Keiichi Sanada
- Yūki Sasaki
- Shūji Satō
- Tatsuya Sugai
- Masataka Sugimoto
- Masahiko Urano
- Takayuki Yamasaki
- Kenjirō Abe
- Kōru Abe
- Takanori An'yōji
- Sakio Chiba
- Kōhei Funae
- Naoya Fujiwara
- Shingo Hirafuji
- Kentarō Ishii
- Takumi Itō
- Hirotaka Kajiura
- Daisuke Katagami
- Kiyokazu Katsumata
- Takeshi Kawakami
- Kōichi Kinoshita
- Tadao Kitajima
- Masakazu Kondō
- Seiya Kondō
- Yoshiyuki Kubota
- Yūji Masuda
- Yoshiyuki Matsumoto
- Atsushi Miyata
- Shūji Muranaka
- Tomohiro Murata
- Akira Nishio
- Takuma Oikawa
- Takahiro Ōhashi
- Tadashi Ōishi
- Hiroshi Okazaki
- Tatsuya Sanmaidō
- Daichi Sasaki
- Makoto Sasaki
- Kazutoshi Satō
- Shin'ya Satō
- Shingo Sawada
- Kazuharu Shoshi
- Taichi Takami
- Issei Takazaki
- Kōsuke Tamura
- Makoto Tobe
- Ryūma Tonari
- Takahiro Toyokawa
- Kazushi Watanabe
- Norihiro Yagura
- Wataru Yashiro
- Hiroaki Yokoyama
- Mirai Aoshima
- Wakamu Deguchi
- Shin'ichirō Hattori
- Kei Honda
- Takashi Ikenaga
- Naohiro Ishida
- Shingo Itō
- Kōta Kanai
- Yūsei Koga
- Reo Kurosawa
- Mitsunori Makino
- Akihiro Murata
- Yūya Nagaoka
- Ryōsuke Nakamura
- Kazuhiro Nishikawa
- Takehiro Ōhira
- Satoru Sakaguchi
- Shin'ichi Satō
- Shōji Segawa
- Ryō Shimamoto
- Hideyuki Takano
- Satoshi Takano
- Yūichi Tanaka
- Yūsuke Tōyama
- Hiromu Watanabe
- Masakazu Watanabe
- Shin'ya Yamamoto
- Akihiro Ida
- Mikio Kariyama
- Naoki Koyama
- Reo Koyama
- Kanta Masegi
- Kenta Miyajima
- Saito Morimoto
- Reo Okabe
- Yūya Saitō
- Yūjirō Takahashi
- Hiroki Taniai
- Kenshi Tokuda
- Hirotoshi Ueno
- Taiki Yamakawa
- Tomoki Yokoyama
- Sōta Fujii (Ryūō, Meijin, Ōi, Ōza, Kiō, Ōshō and Kisei)
- Takumi Itō (Eiō)
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