Hiroe Nakai

Hiroe Nakai
Nakai in 2009
Native name 中井広恵
Born (1969-06-24) June 24, 1969
Hometown Wakkanai, Hokkaido
Nationality Japanese
Career
Achieved professional status April 1, 1981(1981-04-01) (aged 11)
Badge Number
  • JSA W-7
  • LPSA W-7
Rank Women's 6-dan
Teacher Yūji Sase (9-dan)
Lifetime titles Queen Meijin
Major titles won 19
Tournaments won 12
Websites
LPSA profile page
Hiroe Nakai on Twitter

Hiroe Nakai (中井 広恵, Nakai Hiroe) (born June 24, 1969 in Wakkanai, Hokkaido) is a Japanese female professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.[1] She was the first female professional to beat a male professional in an official game, the first female professional to win an official game against a Class A professional, and to date is the only female professional to have won a game in the NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament. Nakai is a former Women's major title holder, having won 19 major titles throughout her career, and has been awarded the lifetime title of Queen Meijin.

Early life

Nakai started playing shogi at the age of 4. She finished second in the Elementary Student Meijin Tournament in 1981 at the age of 11. In 1983, she entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school and reached the rank of 2-kyū before deciding to leave in 1990.[2]

Shogi professional

Nakai was awarded the rank of female professional 2-kyū by the Japan Shogi Association in April 1981 at the age of 11 as a protegee of Yūji Satō.[1][3]

In 1993, Nakai became the first female to be defeat a male professional in an official game when she beat Shūichi Ikeda in a Ryūō tournament game.[4](p25)

Nakai was 16 years old when she won her first major title in 1985 by defeating the reigning Women's Meijin Naoko Hayashiba three games to one to win the Women's Meijin title. The following year the roles were reversed with Nakai successfully defending her title against the challenger Kobayashi three games to two.[4](p24)[5]

In 2003, Nakai became the first female professional to win a NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament game. She won her round 1 game of the 53rd NHK Cup (2003) against Mamoru Hatakeyama[6][7] and then in round 2 won against Teruichi Aono (who was in Class A at the time).[8] She lost in round 3 to Makoto Nakahara.[6][7] The following year Nakai also qualified for the 54th NHK Cup (2004) and beat Shūji Satō in round 1.[9][10] In round 2, Nakai faced Yasumitsu Satō who was the reigning Kisei title holder. Nakai obtained an advantageous position against Satō, but was unable to convert it into a win.[9][10] Nakai is still the only women's professional to have won a NHK Cup game.[11]

In April 2009, Nakai became the first female professional to win 500 official games,[12] and then became the first female professional to win 600 official games in January 2015.[13]

In August 2010, Nakai defeated Sayuri Honda in the quarterfinals of the Kurashiki Tōka Cup to win her nineteenth official game in a row and set a new record for consecutive wins by a female professional.[14]

Personal life

Nakai is married to retired shogi professional Yoshiyuki Ueyama. The couple have three daughters.[2][15] She served as a member of the Warabi, Saitama board of education from 2003 to 2015 and was named a "Warabi City PR Ambassador" in May 2016.[16]

Promotion history

Nakai has been promoted as follows:[1][3]

  • 1981, April 1: 2-kyū
  • 1983, March 10: 1-dan
  • 1983, April 1: 2-dan
  • 1986, April 1: 3-dan
  • 1989, April 1: 4-dan
  • 1992, April 1: 5-dan
  • 2002, November 25: 6-dan

Note: All ranks are female professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Nakai has appeared in major title matches a total of 43 times and has won a total of 19 titles. She has won the Women's Meijin title nine times and has been awarded the title of Queen Meijin. She has also won the Women's Ōshō title four times, the Women's Ōi title three times and the Kurashiki Tōka Cup three times.[3] In addition to major titles, Nakai has won 17 other shogi championships.[1]

Major titles

TitleYearsNumber of times overall
Women's Meijin 1985-86, 1988, 1991–93, 1999, 2001–02 9
Women's Ōshō 1995, 2002–04 4
Women's Ōi 1990-92 3
Kurashiki Tōka Cup 2000-03 3

Other championships

TournamentYearsNumber of times
*Daiwa Securities Strongest Female Professional Cup 2008-10 3
*Ladies Open Tournament 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996 4
*Kajima Cup 1998, 2001, 2003 3
*Tenga Cup 2008, 2010 2
*Ladies Invitation Cup 2007-08, 2010–12 5

Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held or currently suspended.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nakai Hiroe" 中井 広恵 [Hiroe Nakai] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Nakai Hiroe" 中井 広恵 [Hiroe Nakai] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association. May 2007. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Nakai Hiroe Joryū Rokudan (Joryū Kishi Bangō 17)" 中井広恵 女流六段(女流棋士番号17) [Hiroe Nakai Female Professional 6d (Female Professional Badge Number 17)] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Joryū Kikai no Yonjū Shūnen" 女流棋界の40周年 [40 years of Female Professional Shogi]. Shogi World (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. September 2014. pp. 25–29 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Okada Bijūtsukanhai Joryū Meijinsen Kako no Kekka" 岡田美術館杯女流名人戦 過去の結果 [Okada Museum of Art Cup Women's Mejin Tournament Past Results] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Dai 53kai NHK Hai Terebi Shōgi Tōnamento - Tōnamento Hyō" 第53回NHK杯テレビ将棋トーナメント トーナメント表 [53rd NHK TV Shogi Tournament: Tournament Bracket] (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Dai 53kai NHK Haisen Honsen" 第53回NHK杯戦 本戦 [53rd NHK Cup Tournament: Main] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2003. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  8. ↑ 甲斐女流王位, 深浦九段破る, Ａ級に勝った女流２人目 [Kai Ladies' Oi Defeats Fukaura 9 dan: Second Women Professional to Win Against a Class A Pro.]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). October 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Dai 54kai NHK Hai Terebi Shōgi Tōnamento - Tōnamento Hyō" 第54回NHK杯テレビ将棋トーナメント トーナメント表 [54th NHK TV Shogi Tournament: Tournament Bracket] (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Dai 54kai NHK Haisen Honsen" 第54回NHK杯戦 本戦 [54th NHK Cup Tournament: Main] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2004. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  11. ↑ "NHK Hai Meikyoku Pureibakku - Nakai Hiroe -" NHK杯名局プレイバック - 中井広恵 - [NHK Cup Famous Games Playback - Hiroe Nakai -]. 将棋フォーカス [Shogi Focus] (in Japanese). March 1, 2015. Event occurs at 15:35. NHK Educational TV. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Shōgi no Nakai, Joryū Hatsu Gohyakushō" 将棋の中井, 女流初の500勝 [Shogi's Nakai, First Female Pro to Achieve 500 wins]. Shikoku Shimbun (in Japanese). April 29, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Joryū Hatsu no Tsūsan Roppyakushō Nakai Joryū Rokudan" 女流初の通算600勝 中井女流六段 [Nakai Female Professional 6d, First Female Professional to Win 600 Games]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). January 22, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Nakai Joryū Rokudan, Shin Kiroku Jūkyū Renshō" 中井女流六段, 新記録19連勝 [Nakai Female Professional 6d Sets New Record of 19 Consecutive Wins]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). August 5, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Ueyama Yoshiyuki Shichidan ga Intai" 植山悦行七段が引退 [Yoshiyuki Ueyama 7d Retires] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. July 1, 2001. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  16. ↑ Tokizawa, Testuo (May 18, 2016). "Shōgi Joryū Kishi･Nakai Hiroe-san ga PR Taishi Shūnin" 将棋女流棋士･中井広恵さんがＰＲ大使就任 [Shogi Female Professional Hiroe Nakai Named PR Ambassador]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved February 28, 2018.
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