Mirai Aoshima

Mirai Aoshima (青嶋 未来, Aoshima Mirai, born February 27, 1995) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan, and a chess player holding the title of FIDE Master.

Mirai Aoshima
Born	(1995-02-27) February 27, 1995 (age 30) Mishima, Shizuoka
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 2015(2015-04-01) (aged 20)
Badge Number	300
Rank	7-dan
Teacher	Terutaka Yasue [ja] (8-dan)
Meijin class	B2
Ryūō class	4
Websites
JSA profile page
Chess career
Country	Japan
Title	FIDE Master (2019)
Peak rating	2385 (August 2024)

Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional

Mirai Aoshima was born on February 27, 1995, in Mishima, Shizuoka.^[1] He learned how to play shogi when he was about six years old from a shogi book his father bought him.^[2] As an elementary school student, he represented Tokyo in the All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament [ja] in 2003 and 2005, finishing in ninth place each time.^[3][4]

Aoshima entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the tutelage of shogi professional Terutaka Yasue [ja] in 2005.^[2] He was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in 2012 and then obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan after taking first place in the 56th 3-dan League with a record of 16 wins and 2 losses.^[2][5]

Shogi professional

Promotion history

Aoshima's promotion history is as follows:^[6]

• 6-kyū: September 2005
• 3-dan: October 2012
• 4-dan: April 1, 2015
• 5-dan: March 3, 2016
• 6-dan: June 16, 2020
• 7-dan: February 5, 2025

Awards and honors

Aoshima received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best Winning Percentage" and "Most Consecutive Games Won" for 2016.^[7][8]

Chess

Aoshima is a FIDE Master with a peak FIDE rating of 2385 as of August 2024^[update].^[9] In 2019, he won the Tokyo Chess Championship^[10] and the Japan Chess Championship.^[11]