Harue Tanikawa

Harue Tanikawa
Native name谷川治恵
Born (1954-02-09) February 9, 1954 (age 72)
HometownSaitama Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Career
Achieved professional statusSeptember 23, 1976(1976-09-23) (aged 22)
Badge numberW-2
RankWomen's 5-dan
RetiredApril 30, 2002(2002-04-30) (aged 48)
TeacherYūji Sase [ja] (9-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Harue Tanikawa (谷川 治恵, Tanikawa Harue; born February 9, 1954) is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 5-dan.

Early life

Tanikawa was born on February 9, 1954, in Saitama Prefecture.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Tanikawa's promotion history is as follows:

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Tanikawa's only major title appearance came in 1980 when she challenged Akiko Takojima for the 3rd Women's Ōshō [ja] title. She lost the match 2 games to none.

Awards and honors

Tanikawa received the Tokyo Shogi Journalists' Association's Annual Shogi Award for the April 2009 – March 2010 shogi year.

JSA director and other offices

Tanikawa was elected to Japan Shogi Association's board of directors as a non-executive director in May 2011, and was reelected to the same position in June 2013 and June 2015.

She also served as the president of the Women's Shogi Professionals' Association [ja] from May 2001 until May 2003 and from June 2007 until March 2009.

Personal life

Tanikawa is a graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tanikawa Harue Joryū Yondan, Intai" 谷川治惠女流四段, 引退 [Women's professional 4d Harue Tanikawa retires] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. April 2002. Archived from the original on January 3, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu" 女流棋士データベース [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Tanikawa Harue Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 谷川治恵 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Harue Tanikawa Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Tanikawa Harue Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 谷川治恵 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Harue Tanikawa Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Joryū Ōshōsen: Kako no Kekka" 女流王将戦: 過去の結果 [Women's Ōshō Tournament: Past results] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Tanikawa Harue Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 谷川治恵 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Harue Tanikawa Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [New JSA officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 26, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [New JSA officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 7, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [New JSA officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 4, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Joryū Kishikai Kaichō ni Fujimori Natsuko Joryū Sandan" 女流棋士会長に藤森奈津子女流三段 [Women's professional 3d Natsuko Fujimori elected president of the Women's Shogi Professionals' Association] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 2003. Archived from the original on August 3, 2003. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Joryū Kishikai, Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 女流棋士会, 新役員のお知らせ [Women's Shogi Professionals' Association announces new officers] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 2007. Archived from the original on September 9, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2019.