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Japanese shogi player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Takashi Ikenaga (池永 天志, Ikenaga Takashi, April 20, 1993) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.
Takashi Ikenaga | |
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Native name | 池永天志 |
Born | April 20, 1993 |
Hometown | Osaka |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 2018 24) | (aged
Badge Number | 314 |
Rank | 6-dan |
Teacher | Kenji Kobayashi (9-dan) |
Tournaments won | 2 |
Meijin class | C2 |
Ryūō class | 4 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Ikenaga was born in Osaka on April 20, 1993.[1] He learned how to play shogi from a book his father bought for him when he was first grade elementary school student.[2]
In September 2006, Ikenaga was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Kenji Kobayashi.[2] He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in 2010, and obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in April 2018 tying for first with Kōhei Hasebe in the 62nd 3-dan League (October 2017 – March 2018) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses.[3]
In October 2019, Ikenaga defeated apprentice professional 3-dan Shin'ichirō Hattori 2 games to 1 to win the 9th Kakogawa Seiryū Tournament .[4] In October 2020, Ikenaga defeated apprentice professional 3-dan Yūki Saitō 2 games to none to win the 51st Shinjin-Ō tournament.[5]
Ikenaga's promotion history is as follows:[6]
Ikenaga has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won two non-major title championships.[7]
Ikenaga won the Japan Shogi Association's Annual Shogi Award for "Best New Player" for the 2020–2021 shogi year.[8]
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