Mihoko Iwasa

Mihoko Iwasa (岩佐 美帆子, Iwasa Mihoko, born August 15, 2005) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-kyū.

Mihoko Iwasa
Native name岩佐 美帆子
Born (2005-08-15) August 15, 2005
HometownGifu, Japan
Career
Achieved professional statusFebruary 1, 2022(2022-02-01) (aged 16)
Badge NumberW-76
RankWomen's 1-kyū
TeacherMasayuki Toyoshima (9-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Early life and becoming a women's professional shogi player

Iwasa was born in Gifu, Japan on August 15, 2005.[1] She learned how to play shogi as a fourth-grade student due the influence of her older brothers.[2][3] She subsequently began attending a local shogi school and had become good enough to enter the Tōkai branch of the Japan Shogi Association's training group system as a fifth-grade elementary school student.

Iwasa qualified for women's professional status after being promoted to training group B2 in December 2021.[3] Needing a sponsor to become a women's professional, her first choice was shogi professional Masayuki Toyoshima.[3] A meeting between the two was arranged by a mutal acquaintance and Toyoshima agreed to take her on as his first apprentice.[3][4] She applied for women's professional status and her application was accepted by the Japan Shogi Association; she was granted women's professional status on February 1, 2022.[2] As of February 2022, she is a senior high school student and Uguisudani Junior and Senior High School in Gifu.[2]

Promotion history

Iwasa's promotion history is as follows.[5]

  • 2-kyū: February 1, 2022
  • 1-kyū: April 1, 2023

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

References
  1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Iwasa Mihoko" 女流棋士データベース: 岩佐美帆子 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Mihoko Iwasa] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  2. "Iwasa Mihoko-san ga Nigatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni" 岩佐美帆子さんが2月から女流棋士2級に [Mihoko Iwasa will be a women's professional 2-kyū from February] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. Seko Hiroko (December 25, 2021). "Toyoshima Masayuki Kudan, Shishō ni Naru Hatsu no Deshi, Gifu no Jūrokusai" 豊島将之九段, 師匠になる 初の弟子, 岐阜の16歳 [Masayuki Toyoshima's first student is a 16-year-old from Gifu]. Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  4. "Toyoshima Kudan, Hajimete no Deishi･Iwasa Mihoko-san (16) ra to Iwaukai "Joryūkishi no Tanjō" to "Toyoshima Shishō no Tanjō"" 豊島九段, 初めての弟子･岩佐美帆子さん(16)らと祝う会 ｢女流棋士の誕生｣と｢豊島師匠の誕生｣を祝う [New women's professional Mihoko Iwasa (16) joins her teacher Masayuki Toyoshima 9-dan and other guests in celebrating her becoming a professional and also becoming Toyoshima's first student]. News Department. Chūkyō Television Broadcasting (in Japanese). January 3, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  5. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Iwasa Mihoko Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 岩佐美帆子 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Mihoko Iwasa Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
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