Nikori Yamaguchi

Nikori Yamaguchi
Native name山口仁子梨
Born (2002-09-17) September 17, 2002 (age 22)
HometownGifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Career
Achieved professional statusOctober 1, 2019(2019-10-01) (aged 17)
Badge NumberW-68
RankWomen's 1-kyū
TeacherShōdo Nakada [ja] (7-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Nikori Yamaguchi (山口 仁子梨, Yamaguchi Nikori, born September 17, 2002) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-kyū.[1]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Yamaguchi's promotion history is as follows:[2]

  • 2-kyū: October 1, 2019
  • 1-kyū: July 2, 2024

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Personal life

Nikori's younger sister Kirari is also a women's professional shogi player. The two are the fifth pair of sisters to become women's professionals.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yamaguchi Nikori" 女流棋士データベース: 山口仁子梨 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Nikori Yamaguchi] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yamaguchi Nikori Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 山口仁子梨 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Nikori Yamaguchi Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "Yamaguchi Kirari-san ga Jūnigatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni" 山口稀良莉さんが12月から女流棋士2級に [Kirari Yamaguchi will be a women's professional 2-kyū from December] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. November 27, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "Shijō Goretsume no Shimai Joryūkishi ga Tanjō...Ane･Yamaguchi Nikori ni Tsuzuki, Kirari-san Nikyū Shōkyū" 史上5例目の姉妹女流棋士が誕生...姉･山口仁子梨さんに続き，稀良莉さん2級昇級 [Kirari Yamaguchi promoted to women's shogi professional 2-kyū to join her older sister Nikori's as a women's shogi professional; the two are the fifth pair of sisters to become women's shogi professionals.]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). November 28, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "Joryūkishi Futari Tanjō! Yamaguchi Kirari-san Gokumime Shimaikishi" 女流棋士2人誕生！山口稀良莉さん5組目姉妹棋士 [Two new women's shogi professionals announced! Kirari Yamaguchi's promotion means that she and her older sister are the fifth pairs of sisters to become women's shogi professionals]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). November 27, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.


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