Takahiro Toyokawa

Takahiro Toyokawa
Takahiro Toyokawa
Native name	豊川孝弘
Born	February 20, 1967 (age 57)
Hometown	Suginami
Career
Achieved professional status	October 1, 1991 (aged 24)
Badge Number	200
Rank	7-dan
Teacher	Kiyosaku Sekiya [ja] (8-dan)
Meijin class	Free
Ryūō class	6
Notable students	Kazushi Watanabe
Websites
	JSA profile page

Takahiro Toyokawa (豊川孝弘, Toyokawa Takahiro, born February 20, 1967) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Toyokawa was born in Suginami, Tokyo on February 20, 1967.^[1] In December 1982, he entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional Kiyosaku Sekiya [ja]. He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1985, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1991.^[2]

Toyokawa's promotion history is as follows:^[3]

^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Toyokawa Takahiro" 棋士データベース: 豊川孝弘 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Takahiro Toyokawa] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
^ "Kishi Meikan: Shichidan Toyokawa Takahiro" 棋士名鑑: 七段豊川孝弘 [Player Directory: Takahiro Toyokawa 7-dan]. 平成26年版将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition) (in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. 2014. p. 564. ISBN 978-4-8399-5175-7. Retrieved February 26, 2019 – via Google Books.
^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Toyokawa Takahiro Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 豊川孝弘昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Takahiro Toyokawa Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved February 26, 2019.

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