Ichiyo Shimizu

Ichiyo Shimizu
Native name清水市代
Born (1969-01-09) January 9, 1969 (age 55)
HometownHigashimurayama, Tokyo
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 1985(1985-04-01) (aged 16)
Badge NumberW-7
RankWomen's 7-dan
TeacherToshio Takayanagi [ja] (9-dan)
Lifetime titles
  • Queen Meijin
  • Queen Ōshō
  • Queen Ōi
  • Queen Kurashiki Tōka
Major titles won43
Tournaments won11
Notable studentsSachio Ishibashi
Websites
JSA profile page

Ichiyo Shimizu (清水 市代, Shimizu Ichiyo, born January 9, 1969) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.[1] In May 2017, Shimizu became the first woman to be elected as an executive director to the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors.

Early life and apprentice women's shogi professional

Shimizu was born on January 9, 1969, in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. In 1983, she won the 15th Amateur Women's Meijin Tournament while she was a junior high school student.[2][3] That same year, she entered the Japan Shogi Association's Women's Professional Apprentice League under the guidance of shogi professional Toshio Takayanagi [ja].[3] She achieved the rank of women's professional 2-kyū in April 1985,[3] thus becoming the first apprentice to graduate from the Women's Professional Apprentice League system.[4]: 24 

Women's shogi professional

In October 2000, Shimizu became the first women's professional to be promoted to the rank of women's 6-dan.[3]

In November 2016, Shimizu defeated Tomomi Kai in a women's meijin league game to become the second women's professional to win 600 official games.[5]

As of January 2018, Shimizu's career record versus male professionals in official games is 29 wins and 156 losses.[6]

Promotion history

Shimizu has been promoted as follows.[7]

  • 2-kyū: April 1, 1985
  • 1-dan: January 17, 1986
  • 2-dan: September 21, 1987
  • 3-dan: February 8, 1988
  • 4-dan: April 1, 1992
  • 5-dan: April 1, 1995
  • 6-dan: October 1, 2000
  • 7-dan: April 1, 2020

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Shimizu has appeared in major title matches a total of 70 times and has won a total of 43 titles. She has won the Women's Meijin title ten times, the Women's Ōshō [ja] title nine times, the Women's Ōi [ja] title fourteen times and the Kurashiki Tōka Cup [ja] ten times. She has been awarded the lifetime titles of Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō [ja], Queen Ōi [ja] and Queen Kurashiki Tōka [ja].[8] In addition to major titles, Shimizu has won 11 other shogi championships.[9]

Major titles

Title Years Number of times overall
Women's Meijin 1987, 1989, 1994–98, 2003–04, 2008 10
Women's Ōshō [ja] 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000–01, 2007–09 9
Women's Ōi [ja] 1993–96, 1998–2006, 2009 14
Kurashiki Tōka Cup [ja] 1994–2000, 2004–05, 2007 10

Other championships

Tournament Years Number of times
*Daiwa Securities Strongest Women's Professional Cup [ja] 2011 1
*Ladies Open Tournament [ja] 1987, 1991–1993, 1997, 2003, 2003 7
*Kajima Cup [ja] 1997, 1999, 2004 3

Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held or currently suspended.

Awards and honors

Shimizu has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards[10] and other awards in recognition of her accomplishments in shogi and contributions made to Japanese society.[11]

Annual Shogi Awards

  • 15th Annual Awards (April 1987 – March 1988): Women's Professional Award
  • 19th Annual Awards (April 1991 – March 1992): Women's Professional Award
  • 21st Annual Awards (April 1993 – March 1994): Women's Professional Award
  • 22nd Annual Awards (April 1994 – March 1995): Women's Professional Award
  • 23rd Annual Awards (April 1995 – March 1996): Women's Professional Award
  • 24th Annual Awards (April 1996 – March 1997): Women's Professional Award, Special Award
  • 25th Annual Awards (April 1997 – March 1998): Women's Professional Award
  • 26th Annual Awards (April 1998 – March 1999): Women's Professional Award
  • 28th Annual Awards (April 2000 — March 2001): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 29th Annual Awards (April 2001 — March 2002): Women's Professional Award
  • 31st Annual Awards (April 2003 — March 2004): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 32nd Annual Awards (April 2004 — March 2005): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 35th Annual Awards (April 2007 — March 2008): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 36th Annual Awards (April 2008 — March 2009): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 37th Annual Awards (April 2009 — March 2010): Women's Professional of the Year
  • 38th Annual Awards (April 2010 — March 2011): Women's Professional Most Games Played
  • 39th Annual Awards (April 2011 — March 2012): Women's Professional Award, Women's Professional Most Games Played
  • 42nd Annual Awards (April 2014 — March 2015): Women's Professional Most Games Played

Other awards

  • 1996, June: Minister of Education Award
  • 1997, February: Tokyo Resident Culture Honor Award (Awarded by the Governor of Tokyo in recognition of cultural achievements by a Tokyoite)
  • 2000, November: Higashimurayama, Tokyo Resident Honor Award
  • 2008, August: Kurashiki Shogi Culture Honor Award
  • 2009: 25 Years Service Award (Awarded by the JSA in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years)

JSA director

In May 2017, Shimizu became the first women to be elected as an executive director to the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors.[12] She was re-elected to additional two-year terms in June 2019,[13] June 2021[14] and June 2023.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Joryū Ama Meijinsen Rekidai Yūshōsha Ichiran" 女流アマ名人戦 歴代優勝者一覧 [Women's Amateur Meijin Tournament: List of Winners] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Kishi Meikan [Joryūkishi]: Rokudan Shimizu Ishiyo" 棋士名鑑 [女流棋士]: 六段 清水市代 [Player Directory [Women's Professionals]: Ichiyo Shimizu 6-dan]. Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2014. p. 581. ISBN 978-4-8399-5175-7. Retrieved January 12, 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Furukawa, Tetsuo, ed. (September 2014). "Joryū Kikai no Yonjū Shūnen" 女流棋界の40周年 [40 years of Women's Professional Shogi]. Shogi World (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. pp. 22–29. Retrieved September 8, 2019 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Yamamura, Hideki (November 28, 2016). "Shimizu Ichiyo Rokudan ga Roppyakushō" 清水市代女流六段が600勝 [Ichiyo Shimizu 6-dan wins 600th official game]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "Joryū Kishi Kōshikisen (｢Dansei Kisen｣) Tsūsan Seiseki Ichiran" 女流棋士公式戦 (｢男性棋戦｣ 通算成績一覧 [Career Record of Women's Professionals in Male Professional Tournaments] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  7. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  9. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Yūshō Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 優勝履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  10. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  11. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Shimizu Ichiyo Sonota Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 清水市代 その他表彰 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Ichiyo Shimizu Other Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  12. ^ "Shimizu Joryū Rokudan, Shōgi Renmei no Jōmu Riji ni, Josei Hatsu" 清水女流六段, 将棋連盟の常務理事に 女性初 [Women's professional Shimizu 6-dan, first women to be elected as executive director to shogi association board]. Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 30, 2017. Archived from the original on January 12, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  13. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  14. ^ "Dai Nanajūnikai Tsūjō Sōkai Gohōkoku" 第72回通常総会ご報告 [Report on 72nd General Meeting] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  15. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shiyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.