Yūgo Takeuchi

Takeuchi Yūgo
Native name竹内雄悟
Born (1987-12-17) December 17, 1987 (age 38)
HometownHiroshima
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 2013(2013-04-01) (aged 25)
Badge number292
Rank5-dan
TeacherNobuo Mori [ja] (7-dan)
Meijin classFree
Ryūō class5
Websites
JSA profile page

Yūgo Takeuchi (竹内 雄悟, Takeuchi Yūgo; born December 17, 1987) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Takeuchi was born in Hiroshima, Japan on December 17, 1987. He learned how to play shogi from his grandfather, and was accepted in to the Japanese Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 3-kyū as student of shogi professional Nobuo Mori [ja] in 2004.

Takeuchi was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in 2008, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2013 after finishing second in the 52nd 3-dan League (October 2012 – March 2013) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.

Shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history for Takeuchi is as follows:

References

  1. ↑ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Takeuchi Yūgo" 棋士データベース: 竹内雄悟 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Yūgo Takeuchi] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Takeuchi Yūgo Sandan ga Shin Yondan ni" 竹内雄悟三段が新四段に [Yūgo Takeuchi 3-dan promoted to 4-dan] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 9, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Dai Gojūninkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen" 第52回奨励会三段リーグ戦 [52nd Apprentice School 3-dan League] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Takeuchi Yūgo Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 竹内雄悟 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Yūgo Takeuchi Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved June 13, 2019.