Manao Kagawa

Japanese shogi player

Manao Kagawa

Native name| 香川愛生
Born|  (1993-04-16) April 16, 1993 (age 31)
Hometown| Chōfu, Tokyo
Career
Achieved professional status| October 1, 2008(2008-10-01) (aged 15)
Badge Number| W-40
Rank| Women's 4-dan
Teacher| Osamu Nakamura (9-dan)
Major titles won| 2
Websites
JSA profile page

Manao Kagawa (香川 愛生, Kagawa Manao, born April 16, 1993) in Chōfu, Tokyo is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan. She is a former Women's Ōshō [ja] title holder.[1]

## Women's shogi professional

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Kagawa challenged Tomoka Nishiyama for the Women's Ōshō title in October 2023, but lost the 45th Women's Osho title match 2 games to none.[2]

### Promotion history

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Kagawa has been promoted as follows.[3]

* 2-kyū: October 1, 2008
* 1-kyū: July 25, 2009
* 1-dan: November 28, 2012
* 2-dan: August 29, 2013
* 3-dan: October 23, 2013
* 4-dan: January 21, 2021

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

### Major titles

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Kagawa has appeared in major title matches five times and has won a total of two titles. She won the Women's Ōshō [ja] title in 2013 and then successfully defended it in 2014.[4]

### Awards and honors

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Kagawa received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Award "Women's Professional Most Games Played" in 2013 and the "Women's Professional Award" in 2014.[5]

### Video game

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On March 25, 2021, SilverStar Japan released Kagawa Manao to Futari de Shogi (香川愛生とふたりで将棋, Shogi with Manao Kagawa) for the Nintendo Switch. The game was endorsed and features Kagawa.[citation needed]

## Personal life

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Kagawa graduated from Ritsumeikan University in 2017.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kagawa Manao" 女流棋士データベース: 香川愛生 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Manao Kagawa] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
2. ^ "Shōgi･Nishiyama Tomoka Joryū Ōshō, Nirenshō de Bōei ni Seikō" 将棋･西山女流王将, 2連勝で防衛に成功 [Women's Ōshō Nishiyama successfully defends title 2 games to none]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). October 17, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
3. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kagawa Manao Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 香川愛生 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Manao Kagawa Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
4. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kagawa Manao Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 香川愛生 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Manao Kagawa Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
5. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kagawa Manao Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 香川愛生 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Manao Kagawa Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
6. ^ ""Shōgi" de Tsuganaru Sekai Joryūkishi-ra ga Kataru Kenshūkai" "将棋"で繋がる世界 女流棋士らが語る将棋研究会 [A world connected by "shogi"; women's shogi professionals visit school's shogi club.] (Culture Report & Topics) (in Japanese). Ritsumeikan University. September 2, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2024.

## External links

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* ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Kagawa, Manao Archived 2017-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
* Manao Kagawa on Twitter
* YouTube: 女流棋士・香川愛生チャンネル

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Active women's professional shogi players

7-dan|

* Ichiyo Shimizu

6-dan|

* Hiroe Nakai†
* Kana Fukuma

5-dan|

* Chikako Nagasawa
* Tomoka Nishiyama
* Haruko Saida
* Rieko Yauchi

4-dan|

* Ryōko Chiba
* Sae Itō
* Manao Kagawa
* Momoko Katō
* Marika Nakamura
* Sayuri Takebe
* Hatsumi Ueda
* Kumi Yamada

3-dan|

* Chisa Hayamizu
* Sayuri Honda
* Shinobu Iwane
* Chiho Murata
* Io Murota
* Yuki Muroya
* Nanami Naka [ja]
* Kanna Suzuki
* Mana Watanabe*
* Eriko Yamaguchi
* Kotomi Yamane

2-dan|

* Aya Fujita
* Yūki Hasegawa
* Chihiro Idō
* Manaka Inagawa
* Sakura Ishimoto
* Sumie Ishitaka
* Kei Katō
* Yuria Katō
* Keika Kitamura
* Shino Miyasō
* Hiromi Nakakura*
* Miran Nohara
* Ayaka Ōshima
* Minami Sadamasu
* Saori Shimai*
* Erika Tsukada
* Kaori Uekawa*
* Aki Wada
* Mio Watanabe
* Akemi Yamada

1-dan|

* Haruka Aikawa
* Nana Fujii
* Ayano Hori*
* Ai Iino
* Aya Imai
* Maho Isotani*
* Yui Isoya [ja]*
* Saki Kawamata
* Juri Kimura
* Marin Matsushita
* Miyu Mizumachi
* Saya Nakazawa
* Sakiko Odaka
* Minori Sasaki
* Aiko Takahama
* Rei Takedomi
* Aya Uchiyama
* Nanako Wakita
* Nana Yorimoto

1-kyū|

* Mihoko Iwasa
* Shōko Kubo
* Saki Miyazawa [ja]
* Chihiro Sakihara [ja]
* Saki Tanaka*
* Mikoto Umezu
* Hana Wada
* Kirari Yamaguchi
* Nikori Yamaguchi

2-kyū|

* Mao Itō [ja]
* Natsuko Iwasaki [ja]
* Mirei Kamada
* Riko Morimoto [ja]
* Nana Sakaki
* Kanade Sunahara [ja]
* Yuzuki Takeuchi [ja]

Current Title Holders|

* Tomoka Nishiyama (Jo-Ō, Women's Ōshō, Hakurei)
* Kana Fukuma (Women's Meijin, Woman's Ōi, Women's Ōza, Kurashiki Tōka, Seirei)

Qualifying Lifetime Title Holders|

* Hiroe Nakai (Queen Meijin)
* Tomoka Nishiyama (Lifetime Jo-Ō)
* Kana Fukuma (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka)
* Ichiyo Shimizu (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka)

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.

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Japan

Academics|

* CiNii

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