Hiroshi Yamamoto | |
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Native name | 山本博志 |
Born | August 13, 1996 |
Hometown | Kōtō |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | October 1, 2018 | (aged 22)
Badge Number | 316 |
Rank | 5- dan |
Teacher | Hisashi Ogura (7-dan) |
Meijin class | C2 |
Ryūō class | 6 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Hiroshi Yamamoto (山本 博志, Yamamoto Hiroshi, August 13, 1996) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5- dan.
Yamamoto was born in Kōtō, Tokyo on August 13, 1996. [1] He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was a first-grade elementary school student, and began playing at shogi clubs, etc. to improve. [2] [3] [4] When he was elementary school fourth-grade student, Yamamoto began studying under shogi professional Hisashi Ogura, who also lived in Kōtō, [3] and as an eleven-year old in March 2008, he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) apprentice school at the rank of 6- kyū with Ogura as his sponsor. [2] [4]
Yamamoto was promoted to apprentice professional 3-dan in October 2015, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan on October 1, 2018, after finishing second the 63rd 3-dan League (April–September 2018) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses. [2] [5]
Yamamoto's promotion history is as follows. [6]
Hiroshi Yamamoto | |
---|---|
Native name | 山本博志 |
Born | August 13, 1996 |
Hometown | Kōtō |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | October 1, 2018 | (aged 22)
Badge Number | 316 |
Rank | 5- dan |
Teacher | Hisashi Ogura (7-dan) |
Meijin class | C2 |
Ryūō class | 6 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Hiroshi Yamamoto (山本 博志, Yamamoto Hiroshi, August 13, 1996) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5- dan.
Yamamoto was born in Kōtō, Tokyo on August 13, 1996. [1] He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was a first-grade elementary school student, and began playing at shogi clubs, etc. to improve. [2] [3] [4] When he was elementary school fourth-grade student, Yamamoto began studying under shogi professional Hisashi Ogura, who also lived in Kōtō, [3] and as an eleven-year old in March 2008, he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) apprentice school at the rank of 6- kyū with Ogura as his sponsor. [2] [4]
Yamamoto was promoted to apprentice professional 3-dan in October 2015, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan on October 1, 2018, after finishing second the 63rd 3-dan League (April–September 2018) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses. [2] [5]
Yamamoto's promotion history is as follows. [6]