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Hatsumi Ueda (上田 初美, Ueda Hatsumi, born November 16, 1988) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan. She is a former Women's Jo-Ō [ja] title holder.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Ueda's promotion history is as follows.

• 2-kyū: April 1, 2001
• 1-kyū: April 1, 2002
• 1-dan: April 1, 2003
• 2-dan: June 30, 2008
• 3-dan: May 10, 2011
• 4-dan: May 21, 2018

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Ueda has appeared in major title matches nine times and has won a total of two titles: she won the Women's Jo-Ō [ja] title in 2011 and 2012. In addition to major titles, Ueda has won one other shogi championships: the 6th Daiwa Securities Strongest Women's Professional Cup [ja] in 2012.

Awards and honors

Ueda has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards: "Women's Professional Most Games Played" (2009); "Women's Professional Award" and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2012); "Women's Professional Award" and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2016); and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2018).

Personal life

Ueda is married to shogi professional Takuma Oikawa. The couple were married in June 2013 and have two daughters as of October 2018.

References

1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi" 女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
2. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
3. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
4. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Yūshō Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 優勝履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
5. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
6. Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Jō] A-Ta Gyō 現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [上] あ-た [2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook Letter "A" to Letter "Ta"] (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2015. p. 25. Retrieved August 24, 2019 – via Google Books.
7. "Oikawa Takuma Godan to Ueda Hatsumi Joryū Sandan ga Nyūseki" 及川拓馬五段と上田初美女流三段が入籍 [Takuma Oikawa 5d and Hatsu Ueda Women's 3d announce marriage] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 18, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
8. Oikawa, Takuma (October 21, 2018). "Naze Oikawa Takuma wa Kosodate wo Shitsutsu Tsuyokunareta? [Eiōsen Nijūyon Kishi Shiratori Shirō Tokubetsu Intabyū Vol. Jūyon" なぜ及川拓馬は子育てをしつつ強くなれたのか? [叡王戦24棋士 白鳥士郎 特別インタビュー Vol.14] [How has Takuma Oikawa become stronger while being busy raising kids? (Special Eiō Tournament Interview by Shirō Shiratori Vol. 14)]. Niconico News Original (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Shirō Shiratori . Dwango. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

External links

• ShogiHub: Ueda, Hatsumi
• blog: ブログだよ
• Hatsumi Ueda on Twitter

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