Yuki Muroya Explained

Yuki Muroya
Native Name:室谷由紀
Born:March 6, 1993
Hometown:Ōsakasayama, Osaka
Badge No:W-42
Teacher Rank:7-dan
Rank:Women's 3-dan
Jsa:42
Female:yes

Yuki Muroya (室谷 由紀 Muroya Yuki, born March 6, 1993) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.[1]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Muroya's promotion history is as follows.[2]

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Muroya has appeared in major titles match five times, but has yet to win a major title. She was the challenger for the 9th title in 2016, the 24th and 26th titles in 2016 and 2018, the 46th Women's Meijin title in 2020 and the 42nd title also in 2020.[3]

Awards and honors

Muroya received the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional" and "Women's Professional Most Games Played" Annual Shogi Awards for the April 2015March 2016 shogi year, and the "Women's Professional Most Games Played" award for the April 2016March 2017 shogi year.[4]

Personal life

In March 2018, Muroya announced that she had gotten married on her 25th birthday and would be competing under her married name Taniguchi (谷口).[5] [6]

In February 2020, Muroya announced she had divorced and would return to using Muroya as her name.[7]

Muroya remarried in January 2021, but this time decided to keep competing under her maiden name.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki. ja:女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀. ja. Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya. Japan Shogi Association. August 30, 2020.
  2. Web site: Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki Shōdan Rireki. ja:女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀 昇段履歴. ja. Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya Promotion History. Japan Shogi Association. August 30, 2020.
  3. Web site: Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki Taitoru Rireki. ja:女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀 タイトル履歴. ja. Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya Major Title History. Japan Shogi Association. November 1, 2020.
  4. Web site: Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki Shōgi Taishō. ja:女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀 将棋大賞. ja. Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya Annual Shogi Awards. Japan Shogi Association. August 30, 2020.
  5. News: . Shōgi no Muroya Yuki Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon. ja:将棋の室谷由紀女流二段が結婚. ja. Women's shogi professional Yuki Muroya 2-dan announces marriage. March 6, 2018. Sankei Shimbun. August 30, 2020.
  6. News: . Shōgi no Muroya Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon Kongo wa 「Taniguchi Yuki」 Meigi de Katsudō. ja:将棋の室谷女流二段が結婚 今後は「谷口由紀」名義で活動. ja. Women's shogi professional Muroya announces marriage and will use her married name "Yuki Taniguchi" from hereon. Sports Nippon. August 30, 2020.
  7. News: . Shōgi no Taniguchi Yuki Joryū Sandan ga Rikon Kongo wa Kyūsei・Muroya de Katsudō. ja:将棋の谷口由紀女流三段が離婚 今後は旧姓・室谷で活動. ja. Women's shogi professional Yuki Taniguchi announces divorce and that she will go back to using her maiden name "Muroya" from hereon. February 27, 2020. Sports Hochi. August 30, 2020.
  8. News: . Shōgi no Muroya Yuki Joryū Sandan ga 「Wan Wan Kon」 Jishinn mo Oaite mo Dai no Inuzuki 「Kaiwa no Hotondo ga Inu no Koto kamo」. ja:将棋の室谷由紀女流三段が 「ワンワン婚」 自身もお相手も大の犬好き 「会話のほとんどが犬のことかも」. ja. Women's professional Yuki Muroya 3-dan remarries; says she and her husband are big dog fans who seem to only talk about dogs.. January 12, 2022. Sports Hochi. January 21, 2022.