Haruko Saida

Japanese shogi player
Haruko Saida
Native name斎田晴子
Born (1966-12-04) December 4, 1966 (age 57)
HometownYokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 1986(1986-04-01) (aged 19)
Badge NumberW-7
RankWomen's 5-dan
TeacherYoshimasa Saeki [ja] (9-dan)
Major titles won4
Tournaments won2
Websites
JSA profile page

Haruko Saida (斎田 晴子, Saida Haruko, born December 4, 1966) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.[1] She is a former Women's Meijin, Women's Ōshō [ja] and Kurashiki Tōka [ja] title holder. She currently serves as a non-executive director for the Japan Shogi Association.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Saida's promotion history is as follows.[2]

  • Women's Professional Apprentice League: 1984
  • 3-kyū: April 1, 1986
  • 1-kyū: April 1, 1987
  • 1-dan: April 1, 1988
  • 2-dan: March 20, 1991
  • 3-dan: April 1, 1995
  • 4-dan: February 27, 2001
  • 5-dan: June 9, 2011

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Saida has appeared in major title matches twelve times and has won a total of four titles.[3] In addition to major titles, Saida has won two other shogi championships.[4]

Major titles

Title Years Number of times overall
Women's Ōshō [ja] 1994, 1997 2
Women's Meijin 2000 1
Kurashiki Tōka Cup [ja] 2006 1

Other championships

Tournament Years Number of times
*Ladies Open Tournament [ja] 2001, 2004 2

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

Awards and honors

Saida received the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional" Annual Shogi Award for the April 2000 – March 2001 shogi year.[5] She received the JSA's "25 Years Service Award" in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years in 2010.[6]

JSA director

At the Japan Shogi Association's 70th General Meeting held in June 2019, Saida was elected as a non-executive director to the association's board of directors.[7] She was reelected to the same position in June 2021[8] and June 2023.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Joryū 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 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  4. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Yūshō Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 優勝履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  5. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  6. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Sonota Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 その他表彰 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Other Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 7, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  8. ^ "Dai Nanajūnikai Tsūjō Sōkai Gohōkoku" 第72回通常総会ご報告 [Report on 72nd General Meeting] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 4, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  9. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shiyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

External links

  • ShogiHub: Saida, Haruko
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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-dan3-dan2-dan1-dan1-kyū2-kyū
Current Title Holders
Qualifying Lifetime Title Holders
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.


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