Ichiyo Shimizu

Ichiyo Shimizu (清水市代, Shimizu Ichiyo, born January 9, 1969) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.^[1]^[2] She became the first women's professional to be promoted to the rank of women's 6-dan and obtain 40 women titles.^[3]^[4] She is also the second women's professional to win 600 official games.^[5]

JSA director

In May 2017, Shimizu became the first women to be elected as an executive director to the Japan Shogi Association's (JSA) board of directors.^[6] She was re-elected to a second two-year term in June 2019.^[7]

Honors

Shimizu has received several awards in recognition of her accomplishments in shogi and contributions to the Japanese society.^[8]

1996, June: Minister of Education Award
1997, February: Tokyo Resident Culture Honor Award (Awarded by the Governor of Tokyo in recognition of cultural achievements)
2000, November: Higashimurayama,^[9] 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)

Title match records

The following tables are the summary of her achievements.

Names in this table are her opponents. Pink means that she has defended or obtained title. Deep pink means that she obtained a lifetime title. o: win x: lose s: game suspended Shogi Awards - WMVP : Women player MVP (最優秀女流棋士賞), WPA : Women player award (女流棋士賞), SP: Special Award, WPPMG: Women Player who Played More Games than others

Year	Titles							Other Titles	Shogi Award	Notes^[3]^[4]
Year	女王 (Queen)	女流王将 (Women King)	女流王位 (Women Monarch)	清麗 (Seirei)	女流王座 (Women Throne)	倉敷藤花 (Kurashiki Toka Cup)	女流名人 (Women Grand Master)	Other Titles	Shogi Award	Notes^[3]^[4]
1985	－	(Season 8)	－	－	－	－	(Season 12)			Professional player debut
1986	－		－	－	－	－
1987	－		－	－	－	－	Hiroe Nakai ooo	LOT^[10]	★WPA
1988	－		－	－	－	－	Hiroe Nakai xooxx
1989	－		－	－	－	－	Hiroe Nakai ooo
1990	－		(Season 1)	－	－	－	Naoko Hayashiba xxox
1991	－	Naoko Hayashiba oxo		－	－	－		LOT	★WPA
1992	－	↓		－	－	－	Hiroe Nakai xxx	LOT
1993	－	Naoko Hayashiba oo	Hiroe Nakai oxoo	－	－	<Season 1>		LOT	★WPA
1994	－	Haruko Saida xx	Hiroe Nakai ooo	－	－	Naoko Hayashiba oo	Hiroe Nakai ooo		★WPA
1995	－		Rieko Yauchi ooo	－	－	Haruko Saida oxo	Hiroe Nakai ooo		★WPA	Promoted to 5 dan
Year	女王 (Queen)	女流王将 (Women King)	女流王位 (Women Monarch)	清麗 (Seirei)	女流王座 (Women Throne)	倉敷藤花 (Kurashiki Toka Cup)	女流名人 (Women Grand Master)	Other Titles	Shogi Award	Notes
1996	－	(Season 18) Hiroe Nakai oxxoo Dominated 4 titles	<Season 7> Sachio Ishibashi ooxo Maintained 4 titles	－	－	<Season 4> Sayuri Kimura oo Maintained 4 titles	<Season 23> Hiroe Nakai xoxoo Maintained 4 titles		★WPA SP	Dominated 4 titles Obtained lifetime title
1997	－	Haruko Saida oxoxx	Rieko Yauchi oxxox	－	－	Hiroe Nakai oxo	Hiroe Nakai ooo	LOT Kajima Cup	★WPA
1998	－	Haruko Saida ooo	Rieko Yauchi xooo Dominated 4 titles	－	－	Ryoko Chiba oxo Maintained 4 titles	Ryoko Chiba ooxo Maintained 4 titles		★WPA	Dominated 4 titles Obtained 2 lifetime titles in this year
1999	－	Sachio Ishibashi ooxxx	Ryoko Chiba ooxo	－	－	Rieko Yauchi oo	Hiroe Nakai xxx	Kajima Cup
2000	－	Sachio Ishibashi oxoo	Ryoko Chiba ooo	－	－	Rieko Yauchi oo		LOT	★WMVP	4th lifetime title Promoted to 6-dan (1st female player to obtain this rank)
2001	－	Rieko Yauchi xooo	Hiroe Nakai xxooo	－	－	Hiroe Nakai xox			WPA
2002	－	Hiroe Nakai xxx	Sachio Ishibashi ooo	－
2003	－		Hiroe Nakai xooo	－	－		Hiroe Nakai oxoo	LOT	★WMVP
2004	－		Rieko Yauchi ooo	－	－	Hiroe Nakai oxo	Ryoko Chiba oxoo	Kajima Cup	★WMVP
2005	－		Hiroe Nakai oxoo	－	－	Rieko Yauchi oo	Rieko Yauchi xxx
2006	－		Sachio Ishibashi ooxo	－	－	Haruko Saida xox
2007	－	Ryoko Chiba xooo	Sachio Ishibashi xoxox	－	－	Haruko Saida xoo			★WMVP
2008	(Season 1)	Rieko Yauchi ooxo	Sachio Ishibashi xxoox	－	－	Kana Satomi xx	Rieko Yauchi xooxo		★WMVP
2009		Hatsumi Ueda oo	Sachio Ishibashi xooxo	－	－		Kana Satomi xxx		WPA
2010		Kana Satomi oxx	Tomomi Kai xxox	－	－		Kana Satomi xxx		WPPMG (30 Games)
2011			Tomomi Kai xxoox	－	(Season 1) Momoko Kato xoxox	Kana Satomi xx	Kana Satomi oxxx	Daiwa Securities Cup	WPA WPPMG (55 games)	Annual winning record (40wins)
2012				－
2013				－
2014		Manao Kagawa oxx	Tomomi Kai soxxx	－			Kana Satomi xxx		WPPMG (37 Games)
2015				－			Kana Satomi oxxox
2016				－
2017				－
2018				－	Kana Satomi xxx					Oldest finalist (challenger to the defending champion) in women titles
2019				(Season 1)
Year	女王 (Queen)	女流王将 (Women King)	女流王位 (Women Monarch)	清麗 (Seirei)	女流王座 (Women Throne)	倉敷藤花 (Kurashiki Toka Cup)	女流名人 (Women Grand Master)	Other Titles	Shogi Award	Notes
Total	－	15 times as finalist Obtained 9 times	20 times as finalist Obtained 14 times	－	2 times as finalist	14 times as finalist Obtained 10 times	20 times as finalist Obtained 10 times	11 times
Total	71 times as finalist, obtained title for 43 times (Japan record)^[3]^[4]							11 times

Title	Years	Number of times overall
女流名人 (Women Grand Master)	1987, 1989, 1994–98, 2003–04, 2008	10
女流王将 (Women King)	1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000–01, 2007–09	9
女流王位 (Women Monarch)	1993–96, 1998–2006, 2009	14 (Japan record)^[3]^[4]
Kurashiki Tōka Cup	1994–2000, 2004–05, 2007	10 (Japan record)^[3]^[4]

References and notes

↑ "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.
↑ She is the first female player to obtain this rank
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 "Ichiyo Shimizu at ShogiHub". Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Official JSA Profile
↑ 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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ City in western Tokyo
↑ Ladies Open Tournament

[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] She is the first female player to obtain this rank

[hub-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 "Ichiyo Shimizu at ShogiHub". Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

[pro-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Official JSA Profile

[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] "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.

[7] "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.

[8] "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.

[9] City in western Tokyo

[10] Ladies Open Tournament

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