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Momoko Katō

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Momoko Katō
Katō at an event in 2019.
Native name加藤かとう 桃子ももこ
Born (1993-10-06) October 6, 1993 (age 30)
HometownMakinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 2019(2019-04-01) (aged 25)
Badge NumberW-67
RankWomen's 4-dan
TeacherTerutaka Yasue [ja] (8-dan)
Major titles won9
Websites
JSA profile page

Momoko Katō (加藤かとう 桃子ももこ, Katō Momoko, born October 6, 1993) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan. She is a former holder of the Seirei [ja], Women's Ōza [ja] and Jo-Ō [ja] titles.

Early life and amateur shogi

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Katō was born in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture on October 6, 1993.[1] She started playing shogi when she was about five years old.[2][3] She started taking shogi lessons and was traveling outside of Shizuoka Prefecture to play in shogi tournaments by the time she was a third-grade elementary school student, and won a national shogi championship when she was a fifth-grade elementary school student.[4]

Apprentice shogi professional

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Katō entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Terutaka Yasue [ja] in 2006 when she was eleven years old.[3] She was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 1-kyū in 2011[4] and then apprentice professional 1-dan in May 2014, becoming just the third woman to achieve that rank after Kana Satomi and Tomoka Nishiyama.[5]

In March 2019, Katō decided to leave the apprentice school and petitioned the JSA to become a women's professional shogi player instead. In consideration of her past success in women's professional shogi tournaments, the JSA decided to award Katō the rank of 3-dan instead of her last rank as an apprentice professional which is the common practice for women apprentice professionals ranked 2-kyū or higher.[2][6]

Women's shogi professional

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In November 2021, Katō won the 3rd Seirei [ja] title (September – November 2021) by defeating the defending champion Kana Satomi 3 games to 2.[7] Katō, however, was unable to successfully defend her Seirei title the following year, losing a rematch against Satomi 3 games to none in the 4th Seirei Title Match (July – August 2022).[8] The pair faced each other again in major title match later in 2022 when Katō challenged Satomi for the 12th Women's Ōza title (October – December 2022). Satomi successfully defended her Women's Ōza title 3 games to 2.[9]

Katō advanced to Women's Ōza title match against Satomi for the second year in a row, but once again was unsuccessful, losing the 13th Women's Ōza title match 3 games to 1.[10]

In April – May 2024, Katō challenged Satomi (now playing under her married name "Fukuma") for the Women's Ōi [ja] title, but lost the 35th Women's Ōi Title Match 3 games to 0.[11]

Promotion history

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Katō's promotion history is as follows.[12]

  • 3-dan: April 1, 2019[2][6]
  • 4-dan: July 3, 2023

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Major titles

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Katō has appeared in women's major title matches twenty-two times and has won a total of nine titles. She has won the Women's Ōza [ja] and the Jo-Ō [ja] titles four times each, and the Seirei [ja] title once.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu" 女流じょりゅう棋士きしデータベース [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Shōgi no Katō Momoko Shodan ga Shōreikai Taikai Joryū Kishi Sandan ni" 将棋しょうぎの加藤かとう桃子ももこ初段しょだんが奨励しょうれい会かい退会たいかい 女流じょりゅう棋士きし三さん段だんに [Shogi's Momoko Katō 1-dan leaves apprentice school to become a women's professional 3-dan]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). March 27, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Shōgi･Shodai Joryū Ōza ni Jūrokusai ｢Kishi｣ Mezasu Shōreikai Ikkyū" 将棋しょうぎ･初代しょだい女流じょりゅう王座おうざに16歳さい ｢棋士きし｣ めざす奨励しょうれい会かい1級きゅう [Shogi: Apprentice professional 1-kyū aiming for "regular professional status" wins the first Women's Ōza title]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). December 13, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Kaikyo! Honshi Shusshin no Jūrokusai Shōreikaiin ga Joryū Ōza ni Katō Momoko-san" 快挙かいきょ! 本市もといち出身しゅっしんの16歳さい奨励しょうれい会員かいいんが女流じょりゅう王座おうざに加藤かとう桃子ももこさん [Hometown girl 16-year-old apprentice shogi professional Momoko Katō wins Women's Ōza title] (pdf). Kōhō Makinohara (in Japanese). Vol. 125. Makinohara City. February 2012. pp. 2–3. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "｢Jo-O｣ Katō-san, Sanninme no Shōreikai Shodan" ｢女王じょおう｣ 加藤かとうさん, 3人にん目めの奨励しょうれい会かい初段しょだん. The Nikkei (in Japanese). May 11, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Katō Momoko Shōreikai Shodan ga Shigatsu yori Joryū Sandan ni" 加藤かとう桃子ももこ奨励しょうれい会かい初段しょだんが4月がつより女流じょりゅう三さん段だんに [Apprentice professional 1-dan Momoko Katō will become a women's professional 3-dan from April] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 27, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  7. ^ Murase, Shinya (November 17, 2021). "Shōgi･Katō Momoko Joryū Sandan ga Seirei Kakutoku Satomi Kana Zen-Seirei wa Joryū Yonkan ni Kōtai" 将棋しょうぎ･加藤かとう桃子ももこ女流じょりゅう三さん段だんが清きよ麗うらら獲得かくとく 里見さとみ香奈かな前ぜん清しん麗うららは女流じょりゅう四よん冠かんに後退こうたい [Momoko Katō women's professional 3-dan captures Seirei title by defeating Seirei Kana Satomi; Satomi drops back to 4-crown status]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  8. ^ Satō, Keiji (August 3, 2022). "Shōgi no Satomi Kana Joryū Yonkan, ｢Seirei｣ Dashu de Joryū Gokan ni Katō Seirei ni Shōri" 将棋しょうぎの里見さとみ香奈かな女流じょりゅう四よん冠かん, ｢清きよ麗うらら｣ 奪取だっしゅで女流じょりゅう五ご冠かんに 加藤かとう清きよし麗うららに勝利しょうり [Kana Satomi 4-crown defeats Katō Seirei to recapture the Seiri title and return to 5-crown status]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  9. ^ "Satomi ga Gekisen Sesshi, Bōei ni Seikō Joryū Ōzasen" 里見さとみが激戦げきせん制せいし, 防衛ぼうえいに成功せいこう 女流じょりゅう王座おうざ戦せん [Satomi wins a close game to successfully defend Women's Ōza title]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). December 23, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  10. ^ Maruyama, Susumu (December 11, 2023). "Satomi Kana Joryū Ōza ga Sanshō Ippai de Bōei, Sanrenpa Shōgi･Joryū Ōzasen" 里見さとみ香奈かな女流じょりゅう王座おうざが3勝しょう1敗はいで防衛ぼうえい, 3連覇れんぱ 将棋しょうぎ･女流じょりゅう王座おうざ戦せん [Shogi･Women's Ōza: Kana Satomi Women's Ōza successfully defends her title 3 games to 1, to win the title for the third consecutive year]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  11. ^ "Shōgi no Joryū Ōisen, Fukuma Kana ga Rokurenpa Katō Momoko ni Sanrenshō de Bōei, Gokan wo Kenji" 将棋しょうぎの女流じょりゅう王位おうい戦せん, 福間ふくま香奈かなが6連覇れんぱ 加藤かとう桃子ももこに3連勝れんしょうで防衛ぼうえい, 5冠かんを堅持けんじ [Shogi's Women's Ōi tournament: Kana Fukuma defeats Momoko Katō 3–0 to win Women's Ōi for the sixth consecutive time to maintain firm hold on 5-crown status]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  12. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Katō Momoko Shōdan Rireki" 女流じょりゅう棋士きしデータベース: 加藤かとう桃子ももこ 昇段しょうだん履歴りれき [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Momoko Katō Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  13. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Katō Momoko Taitoru Rireki" 女流じょりゅう棋士きしデータベース: 加藤かとう桃子ももこ タイトル履歴りれき [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Momoko Katō Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
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