Akiko Nakakura Explained

is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 2-dan.^[1]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history of Nakakura was as follows.^{[2] [3]}

• 2--kyū: April 1, 1994
• 1-kyū: April 1, 2000
• 1-dan: April 1, 2002
• Retired: March 2015
• 2-dan: April 2017

Personal life

Nakakura's sister, Hiromi, is also a women's professional shogi player. The 2001 Japanese movie Travail about a pair of sisters who are women's professional shogi players is partly modeled upon their careers and the sisters served as consultants for the film.^[2]

Nakakura is married to professional shogi player Makoto Chūza.^[4] The couple married in November 2003,^[5] and have three children.^[6]

External links

• 公益社団法人日本女子プロ将棋協会: 所属棋士

• Nakakura's shogi school and blog website: 株式会社いつつ

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://joshi-shogi.com/profile/ . ja:所属棋士 . ja . LPSA members. Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. August 20, 2019.
2. Web site: . Kireki (Nakakura Akiko). ja:棋歴 (中倉彰子). ja. Player history (Akiko Nakakura). Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association of Japan. January 11, 2024.
3. Web site: . Nakakura Akiko Joryū Shodan (Joryū Kishi Bangō Sanjūyon). dead. ja:中倉彰子 女流初段 (女流棋士番号34). ja. Akiko Nakakura Women's 1-dan (Women's professional badge number 34). Japan Shogi Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20070513223847fw_/http://www.shogi.or.jp/syoukai/zyoryuu/nakakura-a.html. May 13, 2007. January 11, 2024.
4. Book: Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Ge] Ta-Wa Gyō]. ja:現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [下] た-わ行. ja. 2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [Last volume] Letter "Ta" to letter "Wa". 2015. 4. MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. Google Books. B019SSNKVA. June 6, 2019.
5. Web site: Chūza Makoto Godan to Nakakura Akiko Joryū Shodan ga Konyaku. ja:中座 真五段と中倉彰子女流初段が婚約. ja. Makoto Chuza 5-dan and female professional Akiko Nakakura 1-dan announce engagement. August 29, 2003. Igo & Shogi Channel. March 2, 2018.
6. Web site: Profile of President. I-tsu-tsu. Co.. March 2, 2018.