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Nana Sakaki (榊 菜吟, Sakaki Nana, born November 12, 2003) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-kyū.

Early life and becoming a women's professional shogi player

Sakaki was born in Osaka on November 12, 2003. She learned how to play shogi as elementary school student when a friend asked her to play. Under the guidance of shogi professional Toshiaki Kubo, she entered the Kansai branch of the Japan Shogi Association's training group system and subsequently qualified for women's professional status after being promoted to training group B2 in April 2022.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Sakaki's promotion history is as follows.

• 2-kyū: May 1, 2022

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

References

1. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Sakaki Nana" 女流棋士データベース: 榊 菜吟 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Nana Sakaki] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
2. ^ "Sakaki Nana-san ga Gogatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni" 榊菜吟さんが5月から女流棋士2級に [Nana Sakaki will be a women's professional 2-kyū from May] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. April 28, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
3. Maruyama, Susumu (May 2, 2022). "Shōgi no Joryūkishi Nikyū Tanjō Jūhassai Sakaki Nana-san, Jūsansai Kamada Mirei-san" 将棋の女流棋士2人誕生 18歳榊菜吟さん, 13歳鎌田美礼さん [Shogi's newest women professional 2-kyū's are 18-year-old Nana Sakaki and 13-year-old Mirei Kamada]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved May 12, 2022.
4. "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Sakaki Nana Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 榊菜吟 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Nana Sakaki Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

External links

• ShogiHub: Sakaki, Nana

• 2003 births
• Living people
• Japanese shogi players
• Japan Shogi Association players
• Female shogi players
• Professional shogi players from Osaka Prefecture