Hiromi Nakakura

Hiromi Nakakura
Hiromi Nakakura
Native name	中倉宏美
Born	January 26, 1979 (age 45)
Hometown	Fuchū, Tokyo
Career
Achieved professional status	October 1, 1995 (aged 16)
Badge Number	JSA W-38; LPSA W-12;
Rank	Women's 2-dan
Teacher	Kōji Horiguchi [ja] (7-dan)
Websites
	LPSA profile page

Hiromi Nakakura (中倉宏美, Nakakura Hiromi, born January 26, 1979) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.^[1] She is the current representative director of the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan (LPSA).

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Nakakura's promotion history is as follows:^[2]^[3]

2-kyū: October 1995
1-kyū: April 1, 1996
1-dan: April 1, 2001
2-dan: January 21, 2009^[4]

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

LPSA representative director

Nakakura was selected to replace Sachio Ishibashi as representative director of the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan (LPSA) in February 2014.^[5] She was re-elected as representative director in 2016,^[6]2018,^[7] 2020^[8] and 2022.^[9]

Personal life

Nakakura's sister Akiko is a retired women's professional shogi player.^[10]

References

^ "Geneki Joryūkishi" 現役女流棋士 [Active women's professionals] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
^ "Kireki (Nakakura Hiromi)" 棋歴（中倉宏美） [Player history: Hiromi Nakakura] (in Japanese). The Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
^ "Nakakura Hiromi Joryū Shodan (Joryū Kishi Bangō 38)" 中倉宏美女流初段 (女流棋士番号38) [Hiromi Nakakura Women's Professional 1d (Women's Professional Badge Number 38)] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Archived from the original on March 22, 2007. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
^ "Nakakura Hiromi, Nidan no Shōdan no Oshirase" 中倉宏美, 二段昇段のお知らせ [Hiromi Nakakura promoted to 2-dan] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. January 22, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
^ "Daihyō ni Nakakura Hiromi Joryū Nidan Nihon Joshi Puro Shōgi Kyōkai" 代表に中倉宏美女流二段日本女子プロ将棋協会 [The new LPSA president is women's professional 2-dan Hiromi Nakakura]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). February 25, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
^ "Heisei Nijūnananendo Teiji Sōkai Shuryō no Hōkoku" 平成27年度定時総会終了のご報告 [Report of the Heisei 27 (2016) Regular Annual Meeting] (in Japanese). The Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. February 24, 2016. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
^ "Heisei Nijūkyūnendo Teiji Sōkai Shuryō no Hōkoku" 平成29年度定時総会終了のご報告 [Report of the Heisei 29 (2018) Regular Annual Meeting] (in Japanese). The Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. February 23, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
^ "Heisei Sanjūichinendo Teiji Sōkai Shuryō no Hōkoku" 平成31年度定時総会終了のご報告 [Report of the Heisei 31 (2019) Regular Annual Meeting] (in Japanese). The Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. February 20, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
^ "Reiwa Sannendo Teiji Sōkai Shuryō no Hōkoku" 令和3年度定時総会終了のご報告 [Report of the Reiwa Year 3 (2021) Regular Annual Meeting] (in Japanese). The Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. February 22, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
^ Okuno, Daiji (January 12, 2018). "Shōgikai no Oyako, Kyōdaishimai Puro Ryōshin and Ko ga Puro no Shogi Ikka mo" 将棋界の親子, 兄弟姉妹プロ　両親＆子がプロの将棋一家も [Parent-child, brother-sister professional shogi families]. Abema Times (in Japanese). AbemaTV. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2019.