Ryūma Tonari | |
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![]() Tonari at a
human shogi event in November 2017. | |
Native name | 都成竜馬 |
Born | January 17, 1990 |
Hometown | Miyazaki, Miyazaki |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 2016 | (aged 26)
Badge Number | 304 |
Rank | 7- dan |
Teacher | Kōji Tanigawa (9-dan) |
Tournaments won | 1 |
Meijin class | C1 |
Ryūō class | 2 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Ryūma Tonari (都成 竜馬, Tonari Ryūma, born January 17, 1990) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7- dan.
Tonari was born on January 17, 1990, in Miyazaki, Miyazaki. [1] As a young boy, he learned how to play shogi from watching his father and older brother playing each other. [2] In 2000, Tonari defeated fellow future professional Taichi Nakamura to win the 25th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament as a fifth-grade student at Miyazaki Ehira Elementary School. [3] [4]
Tonari entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6- kyū as a student of shogi professional Kōji Tanigawa in September 2000. He was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in October 2007, and he became the only apprentice professional 3-dan to win the Shinjin-Ō tournament when he defeated shogi professional Tetsuya Fujimori 2 games to 1 for the 44th Shinjin-Ō title in October 2013. [4] Tonari obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2016 after winning the 58th 3-dan League with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses. [2] [5]
Tonari invented the Tonari opening, which is named after him.
Tonari's promotion history is as follows: [6]
Tonari has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won one non-major title championship. [7]
Tonari received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Award for "Special Game of the Year" for the 2014 Shogi Year for his game against Mitsunori Makino in the Round 2 of the 46th Shinjin-Ō tournament. [8] [9]
Ryūma Tonari | |
---|---|
![]() Tonari at a
human shogi event in November 2017. | |
Native name | 都成竜馬 |
Born | January 17, 1990 |
Hometown | Miyazaki, Miyazaki |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 2016 | (aged 26)
Badge Number | 304 |
Rank | 7- dan |
Teacher | Kōji Tanigawa (9-dan) |
Tournaments won | 1 |
Meijin class | C1 |
Ryūō class | 2 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Ryūma Tonari (都成 竜馬, Tonari Ryūma, born January 17, 1990) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7- dan.
Tonari was born on January 17, 1990, in Miyazaki, Miyazaki. [1] As a young boy, he learned how to play shogi from watching his father and older brother playing each other. [2] In 2000, Tonari defeated fellow future professional Taichi Nakamura to win the 25th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament as a fifth-grade student at Miyazaki Ehira Elementary School. [3] [4]
Tonari entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6- kyū as a student of shogi professional Kōji Tanigawa in September 2000. He was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in October 2007, and he became the only apprentice professional 3-dan to win the Shinjin-Ō tournament when he defeated shogi professional Tetsuya Fujimori 2 games to 1 for the 44th Shinjin-Ō title in October 2013. [4] Tonari obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2016 after winning the 58th 3-dan League with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses. [2] [5]
Tonari invented the Tonari opening, which is named after him.
Tonari's promotion history is as follows: [6]
Tonari has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won one non-major title championship. [7]
Tonari received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Award for "Special Game of the Year" for the 2014 Shogi Year for his game against Mitsunori Makino in the Round 2 of the 46th Shinjin-Ō tournament. [8] [9]