Kaori Uekawa

Kaori Uekawa
Kaori Uekawa
Native name	上川かみかわ香織かおり
Born	July 30, 1974 (age 50)
Hometown	Shimokamagari, Hiroshima
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 1999 (aged 24)
Badge Number	JSA W-46; LPSA W-16;
Rank	Women's 2-dan
Teacher	Kazuharu Shoshi (7-dan)
Websites
	LPSA profile page

Kaori Uekawa (上川かみかわ香織かおり, Uekawa Kaori, born July 30, 1974) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan. She is a member of the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan.^[1]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Uekawa has been promoted as follows.^[2]^[3]

Women's Professional Apprentice League: April 1995
2-kyū: April 1, 1999
1-kyū: November 30, 1999
1-dan: April 1, 2003
2-dan: December 10, 2015^[4]

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Personal life

Uekawa married professional shogi player Ayumu Matsuo in April 2005, and Uekawa announced that she would be competing professionally under her married name.^[5] On December 1, 2014, however, the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan announced that Uekawa would no longer be competing under the name "Matsuo".^[6]

References

^ 所属しょぞく棋士きし [LPSA members] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
^ "Kireki (Uekawa Kaori)" 棋歴（上川かみかわ香織かおり） [Player history: Kaori Uekawa] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
^ "Matsuo Kaori Joryū Shodan (Joryū Kishi Bangō 46)" 松尾まつお香織かおり女流じょりゅう初段しょだん (女流じょりゅう棋士きし番号ばんごう46) [Kaori Matsuo Women's Professional 1d (Women's Professional Badge Number 46)] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
^ "Uekawa Kaori Joryū Nidan ni Shōdan" 上川かみかわ香織かおり女流じょりゅう初段しょだんが女流じょりゅう二に段だんに昇段しょうだん [Kaori Uekawa promoted to women's professional 2-dan] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. December 11, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
^ "Matsuo Ayumu Godan to Uekawa Kaori Joryū Shodan, Kekkon" 松尾まつお歩あゆみ五ご段だんと上川かみかわ香織かおり女流じょりゅう初段しょだん, 結婚けっこん [Ayumu Matsuo 5d and Kaori Uekawa women's professional 1d announce marriage] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. April 2005. Archived from the original on August 31, 2005. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
^ "Oshirase (Nisenjūyonnen Jūnigatsu Tsuitachi" お知しらせ (2014.12.1) [Announcement (2014.12.1)] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. December 1, 2014. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2019.

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[1] 所属しょぞく棋士きし [LPSA members] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. Retrieved October 1, 2019.

[Kireki-2] "Kireki (Uekawa Kaori)" 棋歴（上川かみかわ香織かおり） [Player history: Kaori Uekawa] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. Retrieved October 15, 2019.

[JSAprofile-3] "Matsuo Kaori Joryū Shodan (Joryū Kishi Bangō 46)" 松尾まつお香織かおり女流じょりゅう初段しょだん (女流じょりゅう棋士きし番号ばんごう46) [Kaori Matsuo Women's Professional 1d (Women's Professional Badge Number 46)] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2019.

[4] "Uekawa Kaori Joryū Nidan ni Shōdan" 上川かみかわ香織かおり女流じょりゅう初段しょだんが女流じょりゅう二に段だんに昇段しょうだん [Kaori Uekawa promoted to women's professional 2-dan] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. December 11, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2019.

[5] "Matsuo Ayumu Godan to Uekawa Kaori Joryū Shodan, Kekkon" 松尾まつお歩あゆみ五ご段だんと上川かみかわ香織かおり女流じょりゅう初段しょだん, 結婚けっこん [Ayumu Matsuo 5d and Kaori Uekawa women's professional 1d announce marriage] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. April 2005. Archived from the original on August 31, 2005. Retrieved October 15, 2019.

[6] "Oshirase (Nisenjūyonnen Jūnigatsu Tsuitachi" お知しらせ (2014.12.1) [Announcement (2014.12.1)] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. December 1, 2014. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2019.

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v t e Active women's professional shogi players
7-dan	Ichiyo Shimizu
6-dan	Hiroe Nakai† Kana Fukuma
5-dan	Tomoka Nishiyama Haruko Saida Rieko Yauchi
4-dan	Ryōko Chiba Sae Itō Manao Kagawa Momoko Katō Chikako Nagasawa Marika Nakamura Sayuri Takebe Hatsumi Ueda Kumi Yamada
3-dan	Yōko Funato* Chisa Hayamizu Sayuri Honda Shinobu Iwane Chiho Murata Io Murota Yuki Muroya Kanna Suzuki Mana Watanabe* Eriko Yamaguchi Kotomi Yamane
2-dan	Aya Fujita Yūki Hasegawa Chihiro Idō Manaka Inagawa Sakura Ishimoto Sumie Ishitaka Kei Katō Yuria Katō Keika Kitamura Shino Miyasō Hiromi Nakakura* Momoko Nakamura Ayaka Ōshima Minami Sadamasu Saori Shimai* Erika Tsukada Kaori Uekawa* Aki Wada Mio Watanabe Akemi Yamada
1-dan	Haruka Aikawa Nana Fujii Ayano Hori* Ai Iino Aya Imai Maho Isotani* Yui Isoya* Saki Kawamata Juri Kimura Marin Matsushita Miyu Mizumachi Saya Nakazawa Miran Nohara Sakiko Odaka Minori Sasaki Aiko Takahama Rei Takedomi Aya Uchiyama Nanako Wakita Nana Yorimoto
1-kyū	Mihoko Iwasa Shōko Kubo Saki Miyazawa Chihiro Sakihara Saki Tanaka* Mikoto Umezu Hana Wada Kirari Yamaguchi Nikori Yamaguchi
2-kyū	Mao Itō Natsuko Iwasaki Mirei Kamada Riko Morimoto Nana Sakaki Kanade Sunahara Yuzuki Takeuchi
Current Title Holders	Tomoka Nishiyama (Jo-Ō, Women's Ōshō, Hakurei) Kana Fukuma (Women's Meijin, Woman's Ōi, Women's Ōza, Kurashiki Tōka, Seirei)
Qualifying Lifetime Title Holders	Hiroe Nakai (Queen Meijin) Tomoka Nishiyama (Lifetime Jo-Ō) Kana Fukuma (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka) Ichiyo Shimizu (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka)
Notes: 1. No symbol denotes JSA affiliation 2. An asterisk (*) denotes LPSA affiliation 3. A cross (†) denotes unaffiliated. 4, A two-barred cross (‡) denotes a JSA apprentice school player.