Aki Wada

Aki Wada
Native name和田あき
Born (1997-11-14) November 14, 1997 (age 28)
HometownSapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Career
Achieved professional statusAugust 9, 2014(2014-08-09) (aged 16)
Badge numberW-50
RankWomen's 2-dan
TeacherYūki Fujikura (6-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Aki Wada (和田 あき, Wada Aki; born November 14, 1997) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Early life

Wada was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido on November 14, 1997. She became interested in shogi when she was about five years old after seeing her father and older brother playing each other. She entered the Japan Shogi Association's training group F1 in 2009 and was awarded women's professional provisional status and the rank of women's professional 3-kyū in April 2014 as a student of shogi professional Yūki Fujikura. She obtained women's professional regular status and the rank of women's professional 2-kyū in August 2014.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Wada's promotion history is as follows:

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Personal life

Wada's younger sister Hana is also a women's professional shogi player, and the two are the fourth pair of sisters to be awarded women's professional shogi player status.

On June 20, 2025, the JSA announced on its official website that Wada and shogi professional Reo Kurosawa had gotten married. The announcement also satated that Wada would continue to use her maiden name professionally.

References

  1. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Wada Aki" 女流棋士データベース: 和田あき [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Aki Wada]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). Retrieved June 30, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Wada Aki-san ga Shigatsu kara Joryū Kishi Sankyū ni" 和田あきさんが4月から女流棋士3級に [Aki Wada to become a women's professional 3-kyū from April]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). March 25, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Wada Aki-san Joryū Sankyū ga Joryū Nikyū ni Shōkyū" 和田あき女流3級が女流2級に昇級 [Women's professional 3-kyū Aki Wada promoted to 2-kyū]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). August 11, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Wada Aki Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 和田あき 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Aki Wada Promotion History]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Shōgi no Shinjoryūkishi ga Tanjō Jūhassai no Wadaisei･Wada Hana-san Wada Aki Joryū Shodan no Imōto" 将棋の新女流棋士が誕生 18歳の早大生･和田はなさん 和田あき女流初段の妹 [New women's professional announced: 18-year-old Waseda University student Hana Wada, the younger sister of women's professional 1-dan Aki Wada]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). August 7, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kurosawa Reo Rokudan, Wada Aki Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon Nihon Shōgi Renmei ga Hatsuka Happyō" 黒沢怜生六段, 和田あき女流二段が結婚 日本将棋連盟が20日発表 [Japan Shogi Association announces on June 20 that Reo Kurosawa 6-dan and Aki Wada women's professional 2-dan have gotten married]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Kurosawa Reo Rokudan to Wada Aki Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon" 黒沢怜生六段と和田あき女流二段が結婚 [Reo Kurosawa 6-dan and Aki Wada women's professional 2-dan get married]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 30, 2025.