Seiya Tomita

Japanese shogi player

Seiya Tomita

Native name| 冨田誠也
Born|  (1996-02-13) February 13, 1996 (age 29)
Hometown| Sanda, Hyōgo, Japan
Career
Achieved professional status| October 1, 2020(2020-10-01) (aged 24)
Badge Number| 325
Rank| 5-dan
Teacher| Kenji Kobayashi (9-dan)
Meijin class| C1
Ryūō class| 6
Websites
JSA profile page

Seiya Tomita (冨田 誠也, Tomita Seiya; February 13, 1996) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

## Early life and apprenticeship

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Tomita was born in Sanda, Hyōgo on February 13, 1996.[1] He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was about five years old.[2][3]

Tomita entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school in September 2007 under the tutelage of shogi professional Kenji Kobayashi.[2][3] He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in April 2013 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan after finishing second in the 67th 3-dan League (April 2020 – September 2020) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses.[2][3][4][5]

## Shogi professional

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### Promotion history

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The promotion history for Tomita is as follows.[6]

* 6-kyū: September 2007
* 3-dan: April 2013
* 4-dan: October 1, 2020
* 5-dan: March 12, 2024

## Personal life

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Tomita graduated from the College of Business Administration of Ritsumeikan University in 2018.[2][7] He is the first graduate of the university to become a professional shogi player.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Tomita Seiya" 棋士データベース: 冨田誠也 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Seiya Tomita] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
2. ^ a b c d "Itō Takumi Toppu Tsūka, Tomita Seiya Shōdan Shōreikai Sandan Rīgu" 伊藤匠トップ通過, 冨田誠也昇段 奨励会三段リーグ [Apprentice professional 3-dan League: Takumi Itō finishes first, but Seiya Tomita also promoted.]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). September 26, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
3. ^ a b c "Shin Yonden Tanjō no Oshirase" 新四段誕生のお知らせ [New 4-dans announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. September 26, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
4. ^ "Tomita, Koga ga Shin Shōgi Kishi Nishiyama wa Josei Hatsu Nogasu" 冨田, 古賀が将棋棋士に 西山は女性初逃す [Tomita and Koga promoted to professional status; Nishiyama misses chance to become first female to become regular professional.]. Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese). Kyodo News. September 26, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
5. ^ "Dai Rokujūnanakai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisennijūnen Shigatsu kara Nisennijūnen Kugatsu" 第67回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2020年4月～2020年9月 [67th apprentice school 3-dan league: April 2020 to September 2020] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
6. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Tomita Seiya Sōodan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 冨田誠也 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Seiya Tomita Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
7. ^ a b "Kōyūkai News: Ritsumeikan kara Hatsu no Shōgi Kishi Tanjō!" 校友会News: 立命館から初の将棋棋士誕生! [Alumni Association News: New Shogi professional is the first to come from Ritsumeikan] (in Japanese). Ritsumeikan Alumni Association. September 26, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020.

## External links

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* ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Tomita, Seiya

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Active professional shogi players

9-dan|

* Takashi Abe
* Sōta Fujii
* Takeshi Fujii
* Kōichi Fukaura
* Masataka Gōda
* Yoshiharu Habu
* Akihito Hirose
* Keita Inoue
* Kazuki Kimura
* Toshiaki Kubo
* Tadahisa Maruyama
* Yoshikazu Minami
* Hiroyuki Miura
* Taku Morishita
* Toshiyuki Moriuchi
* Takuya Nagase
* Osamu Nakamura
* Hisashi Namekata
* Amahiko Satō
* Yasumitsu Satō
* Manabu Senzaki
* Akira Shima
* Daisuke Suzuki
* Michio Takahashi
* Kōji Tanigawa
* Eisaku Tomioka
* Masayuki Toyoshima
* Yasuaki Tsukada
* Kenji Waki
* Akira Watanabe
* Takayuki Yamasaki
* Nobuyuki Yashiki

8-dan|

* Chikara Akutsu
* Shōta Chida
* Mamoru Hatakeyama
* Naruyuki Hatakeyama
* Ichirō Hiura
* Kazushiza Horiguchi
* Eiji Iijima
* Akira Inaba
* Takumi Itō
* Tetsurō Itodani
* Hiroki Iizuka
* Masaki Izumi
* Hiroshi Kamiya
* Kenji Kanzaki
* Kensuke Kitahama
* Hiroshi Kobayashi (b. 1976)
* Seiya Kondō
* Yasuhiro Masuda
* Ayumu Matsuo
* Yasuaki Murayama
* Daisuke Nakagawa
* Isao Nakata
* Taichi Nakamura
* Hirotaka Nozuki
* Hisashi Ogura
* Shintarō Saitō
* Keiichi Sanada
* Yūki Sasaki
* Shūji Satō
* Tatsuya Sugai
* Masataka Sugimoto
* Masahiko Urano
* Wataru Yashiro

7-dan|

* Kenjirō Abe
* Kōru Abe
* Takanori An'yōji
* Mirai Aoshima
* Sakio Chiba
* Kōhei Funae
* Naoya Fujiwara
* Shin'ichirō Hattori
* Shingo Hirafuji
* Kentarō Ishii
* Hirotaka Kajiura
* Daisuke Katagami
* Kiyokazu Katsumata
* Takeshi Kawakami
* Tadao Kitajima
* Masakazu Kondō
* Yoshiyuki Kubota
* Yoshiyuki Matsumoto
* Atsushi Miyata
* Shūji Muranaka
* Tomohiro Murata
* Akira Nishio
* Takuma Oikawa
* Takahiro Ōhashi
* Tadashi Ōishi
* Hiroshi Okazaki
* Tatsuya Sanmaidō
* Daichi Sasaki
* Makoto Sasaki
* Kazutoshi Satō
* Shin'ya Satō
* Shingo Sawada
* Kazuharu Shoshi
* Taichi Takami
* Hideyuki Takano
* Issei Takazaki
* Kōsuke Tamura
* Makoto Tobe
* Ryūma Tonari
* Takahiro Toyokawa
* Kazushi Watanabe
* Norihiro Yagura
* Hiroaki Yokoyama

6-dan|

* Wakamu Deguchi
* Nagisa Fujimoto
* Kei Honda
* Takashi Ikenaga
* Naohiro Ishida
* Shingo Itō
* Keita Kadokura
* Kōta Kanai
* Yūsei Koga
* Reo Kurosawa
* Mitsunori Makino
* Hiroshi Miyamoto
* Akihiro Murata
* Yūya Nagaoka
* Ryōsuke Nakamura
* Takuya Nishida
* Kazuhiro Nishikawa
* Takehiro Ōhira
* Satoru Sakaguchi
* Shin'ichi Satō
* Asuto Saitō
* Shōji Segawa
* Ryō Shimamoto
* Kazuo Sugimoto
* Satoshi Takano
* Yūichi Tanaka
* Yūsuke Tōyama
* Hiromu Watanabe
* Masakazu Watanabe
* Shin'ya Yamamoto

5-dan|

* Tetsuya Fujimori
* Kōhei Hasebe
* Yoshitaka Hoshino
* Akihiro Ida
* Junpei Ide
* Kenji Imaizumi
* Yūta Ishikawa
* Wataru Kamimura
* Mikio Kariyama
* Yūta Komori
* Takayuki Kuroda
* Reo Okabe
* Shōgo Orita
* Akihiro Takada
* Yūgo Takeuchi
* Hiroki Taniai
* Seiya Tomita
* Hirotoshi Ueno
* Hiroshi Yamamoto

4-dan|

* Naoki Koyama [ja]
* Reo Koyama
* Kanta Masegi [ja]
* Kenta Miyajima [ja]
* Saito Morimoto [ja]
* Ehoto Osogaguchi [ja]
* Yūki Saitō [ja]
* Yūya Saitō
* Toshiki Sumisaki [ja]
* Yūjirō Takahashi [ja]
* Kenshi Tokuda
* Taiki Yamakawa [ja]
* Tomoki Yokoyama
* Ryūma Yoshiike [ja]

Current titleholders|

* Sōta Fujii (Ryūō, Meijin, Ōi, Ōza, Kiō, Ōshō and Kisei)
* Takumi Itō (Eiō)

Lifetime titleholders|

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* Kōji Tanigawa (Meijin)

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Qualifying|

* Yoshiharu Habu (Kiō, Kisei, Meijin, Ōi, Ōshō, Ōza and Ryūō)
* Toshiyuki Moriuchi (Meijin)
* Yasumitsu Satō (Kisei)
* Akira Watanabe (Kiō and Ryūō)
* Sōta Fujii (Kisei and Ōi)

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