Chiho Murata | |
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Native name | 村田智穂 |
Born | May 1, 1984 |
Hometown | Takasago, Hyōgo |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 2002 | (aged 17)
Badge Number | W-28 |
Rank | Women's 2-dan |
Teacher | Hitoshige Awaji (9-dan) |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Chiho Murata (村田 智穂, Murata Chiho, born May 1, 1984) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.[1]
Murata's promotion history is as follows:[2]
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Murata's older brother Tomohiro is also a shogi professional. The two were the first brother and sister pair to become shogi professionals.[3]
Active women's professional shogi players | |
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7-dan | |
6-dan | |
5-dan | |
4-dan | |
3-dan | |
2-dan | |
1-dan | |
1-kyū |
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2-kyū |
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Current Title Holders |
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Qualifying Lifetime Title Holders |
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Notes: 1. No symbol denotes JSA affiliation 2. An asterisk (*) denotes LPSA affiliation 3. A cross (†) denotes unaffiliated. 4, A two-barred cross (‡) denotes a JSA apprentice school player. |