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Shinya Kojima (小島 慎也, Kojima Shinya, born November 15, 1988) is a Japanese chess player. He has the highest peak rating out of all of Japan's chess players.

Chess career

Kojima represented Japan at several Chess Olympiads, in: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022.

Kojima won the Japanese Chess Championship five times, in: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010.

In November 2022, Kojima won the Japan Open 2022, where he remained undefeated during the event. He won the Japan Open 2021 in the previous year, where he was the top-ranked Japanese player.

In July 2023, Kojima finished tied for second in the Japan Chess Classic 2023 alongside Trần Thanh Tú, Koya Matsuyama, and Samuel Song.

As of September 2023, Kojima is one of two active International Masters in Japan, alongside Ryosuke Nanjo.

Personal life

Kojima graduated from Keio University in 2011.

References

1. Gondhalekar, Mayur (July 27, 2022). "Team Japan at the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022".
2. Gondhalekar, Mayur; Donaldson, Sheldon (November 19, 2022). "Shinya Kojima wins Japan Open 2022".
3. Gondhalekar, Mayur (January 28, 2022). "IM Shinya Kojima wins Japan Open 2021".
4. Donaldson, Sheldon (August 7, 2023). "Aoshima Mirai wins Japan Chess Classic 2023".
5. Schulz, Andre (September 20, 2023). "A small, well-organized community: the Japanese Team Championship".
6. "The first Japanese IM? FM Shinya Kojima". September 6, 2012.

External links

• Shinya Kojima rating card at FIDE

• Living people
• 1988 births
• People from Zushi, Kanagawa
• Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture
• Japanese chess players
• Keio University alumni
• Chess International Masters
• Chess players at the 2006 Asian Games
• Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games
• 21st-century chess players
• Chess players at the 2022 Asian Games
• Asian Games competitors for Japan
• Chess Olympiad competitors