Momoko Katō
Momoko Katō | |
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![]() Katō at an event in 2019. | |
Native name | |
Born | October 6, 1993 |
Hometown | Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 2019 | (aged 25)
Badge Number | W-67 |
Rank | Women's 4-dan |
Teacher | Terutaka Yasue (8-dan) |
Major titles won | 9 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Momoko Katō (
Early life and amateur shogi
[edit]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
[edit]Katō entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Terutaka Yasue 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
[edit]In November 2021, Katō won the 3rd Seirei 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 title, but lost the 35th Women's Ōi Title Match 3 games to 0.[11]
Promotion history
[edit]Katō's promotion history is as follows.[12]
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Major titles
[edit]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 and the Jo-Ō titles four times each, and the Seirei title once.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu"
女流 棋士 データベース [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 13, 2019. - ^ a b c "Shōgi no Katō Momoko Shodan ga Shōreikai Taikai Joryū Kishi Sandan ni"
将棋 の加藤 桃子 初段 が奨励 会 退会 女流 棋士 三 段 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. - ^ a b "Shōgi・Shodai Joryū Ōza ni Jūrokusai 「Kishi」 Mezasu Shōreikai Ikkyū"
将棋 ・初代 女流 王座 に16歳 「棋士 」 めざす奨励 会 1級 [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. - ^ a b "Kaikyo! Honshi Shusshin no Jūrokusai Shōreikaiin ga Joryū Ōza ni Katō Momoko-san"
快挙 !本市 出身 の16歳 奨励 会員 が女流 王座 に加藤 桃子 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. - ^ "「Jo-O」 Katō-san, Sanninme no Shōreikai Shodan" 「
女王 」加藤 さん, 3人 目 の奨励 会 初段 . The Nikkei (in Japanese). May 11, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2019. - ^ a b "Katō Momoko Shōreikai Shodan ga Shigatsu yori Joryū Sandan ni"
加藤 桃子 奨励 会 初段 が4月 より女流 三 段 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. - ^ Murase, Shinya (November 17, 2021). "Shōgi・Katō Momoko Joryū Sandan ga Seirei Kakutoku Satomi Kana Zen-Seirei wa Joryū Yonkan ni Kōtai"
将棋 ・加藤 桃子 女流 三 段 が清 麗 獲得 里見 香奈 前 清 麗 は女流 四 冠 に後退 [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. - ^ Satō, Keiji (August 3, 2022). "Shōgi no Satomi Kana Joryū Yonkan, 「Seirei」 Dashu de Joryū Gokan ni Katō Seirei ni Shōri"
将棋 の里見 香奈 女流 四 冠 , 「清 麗 」奪取 で女流 五 冠 に加藤 清 麗 に勝利 [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. - ^ "Satomi ga Gekisen Sesshi, Bōei ni Seikō Joryū Ōzasen"
里見 が激戦 制 し,防衛 に成功 女流 王座 戦 [Satomi wins a close game to successfully defend Women's Ōza title]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). December 23, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022. - ^ Maruyama, Susumu (December 11, 2023). "Satomi Kana Joryū Ōza ga Sanshō Ippai de Bōei, Sanrenpa Shōgi・Joryū Ōzasen"
里見 香奈 女流 王座 が3勝 1敗 で防衛 , 3連覇 将棋 ・女流 王座 戦 [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. - ^ "Shōgi no Joryū Ōisen, Fukuma Kana ga Rokurenpa Katō Momoko ni Sanrenshō de Bōei, Gokan wo Kenji"
将棋 の女流 王位 戦 ,福間 香奈 が6連覇 加藤 桃子 に3連勝 で防衛 , 5冠 を堅持 [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. - ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Katō Momoko Shōdan Rireki"
女流 棋士 データベース:加藤 桃子 昇段 履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Momoko Katō Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 5, 2023. - ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Katō Momoko Taitoru Rireki"
女流 棋士 データベース:加藤 桃子 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Momoko Katō Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
External links
[edit]- ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Kato, Momoko
- Momoko Katō on Twitter: Official Twitter account (in Japanese)
- Reiwa Shogi Schoo: Shogi school operated by Katō (in Japanese)