Mirei Kamada

Mirei Kamada (鎌田 美礼, Kamada Mirei, born June 24, 2008) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-kyū.

Mirei Kamada
Native name鎌田 美礼
Born (2008-06-24) June 24, 2008
HometownToride, Ibaraki, Japan
Career
Achieved professional statusMay 1, 2022(2022-05-01) (aged 13)
Badge NumberW-78
RankWomen's 2-kyū
TeacherKazuo Ishida (9-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Early life and becoming a women's professional shogi player

Kamada was born in Toride, Ibaraki on June 24, 2008.[1] She learned how to play shogi from her father when she was six years old,[2][3] subsequently began attending a local shogi school operated by shogi professional Kazuo Ishida as a third-grade elementary school student.[3] Under Ishida's guidance, she entered the Tōkai branch of the Japan Shogi Association's training group system as a fourth-grade elementary school student,[3] and qualified for women's professional status as a second-grade junior high school student after being promoted to training group B2 in April 2022.[3][4]

Promotion history

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

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

References
  1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kamada Mirei" 女流棋士データベース: 鎌田美礼 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Mirei Kamada] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  2. "Kamada Mirei-san ga Gogatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni" 鎌田美礼さんが5月から女流棋士2級に [Mirei Kamada will be a women's professional 2-kyū from May] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 2, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  3. Seto, Kanon (May 4, 2022). "Jūsansai no Kamada Mirei-san ga Geneiki Sainenshō Joryūkishi ni Gēmu ｢Puroseka｣ ni Muchū no Chūgaku Ninensei" 13歳の鎌田美礼さんが現役最年少女流棋士に ゲーム ｢プロセカ｣ に夢中の中学2年生 [13-year-old Mirei Kamada is the newest and youngest women's professional shogi player; she currently is second-grade junior high school student who loves to play the game "Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!"]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  4. Maruyama, Susumu (May 2, 2022). "Shōgi no Joryūkishi Nikyū Tanjō Jūhassai Sakaki Nana-san, Jūsansai Kamada Mirei-san" 将棋の女流棋士2人誕生 18歳榊菜吟さん, 13歳鎌田美礼さん [Shogi's newest women professional 2-kyū's are 18-year-old Nana Sakaki and 13-year-old Mirei Kamada]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  5. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kamada Mirei Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 鎌田美礼 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Mirei Kamada Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 11, 2022.


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