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Reo Okabe
Native name岡部怜央
Born (1999-04-08) April 8, 1999 (age 24)
HometownTsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 2022(2022-04-01) (aged 22)
Badge Number331
Rank4-dan
TeacherJun'ichi Kase [ja] (7-dan)
Meijin classC2
Websites
JSA profile page

Reo Okabe (岡部 怜央, Okabe Reo, April 8, 1999) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Okabe was born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture on April 8, 1999.[1][2] He learned how to play shogi from watching his older brother and grandfather play,[3] and eventually was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's (JSA) apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Jun'ichi Kase [ja] in September 2011.[2][3]

Okabe was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in 2016.[3] He obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in April 2022 after tying for first with Kenshi Tokuda in the 70th 3-dan League (October 2021 – March 2022) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.[4][5][6]

Promotion history

The promotion history for Okabe is as follows.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Okabe Reo" 棋士データベース: 岡部怜央 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Reo Okabe] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Tsuruoka Shusshin no Oakabe-san, Shōgi no Puro Kishi ni Kennai kara Jūsannenburi Yonninme" 鶴岡出身の岡部さん, 将棋のプロ棋士に 県内から13年ぶり4人目 [New professional shogi player Okabe is from Tsuruoka; he is the first new professional from Yamagata Prefecture in 13 years and the fourth overall]. Yamagata Shimbun (in Japanese). March 13, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Shin Yonden Tanjō no Oshirase" 新四段誕生のお知らせ [New 4-dans announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 12, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "Dai Nanajūkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisennijūichinen Jūgatsu kara Nisennijūninen Sangatsu" 第70回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2021年10月～2022年3月 [70th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2021 to March 2022] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "Okabe to Tokuda, Shigatsu kara Puro Kishi ni Shōreikai Sandan Rīgu" 岡部と徳田, 4月からプロ棋士に 奨励会三段リーグ [Apprentice professional 3-dan league: Okabe and Tokuda will be professional shogi players from April]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). March 12, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "Okabe Reo, Tokuda Kenshi no Ryō Sandan Ga Jūgoshō Sanpai no Aiboshi de Yondan Shōdan! Dai Nanajūki Shōreikai Sandan Rīgu" 岡部怜央, 徳田拳士の両三段が15勝3敗の相星で四段昇段! 第70期奨励会三段リーグ [70th Apprentice Professional 3-dan League: 3-dans Reo Okabe and Kenshi Tokuda finished tied at 15 wins and 3 loses to earn promotion to 4-dan!]. Sports Nippon (in Japanese). March 12, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Okabe Reo Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 岡部怜央 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Reo Okabe Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 1, 2022.

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