Takahiro Toyokawa

Japanese shogi player

Takahiro Toyokawa

Native name| 豊川孝弘
Born|  (1967-02-20) February 20, 1967 (age 57)
Hometown| Suginami
Career
Achieved professional status| October 1, 1991(1991-10-01) (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

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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]

## Shogi professional

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### Promotion history

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

* 6-kyū: 1982
* 1-dan: 1985
* 4-dan: October 1, 1991
* 5-dan: February 27, 1996
* 6-dan: May 22, 2002
* 7-dan: March 19, 2009

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ "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.

## External links

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* ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Toyokawa, Takahiro

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Active professional shogi players

9-dan|

* Takashi Abe
* Sōta Fujii
* Takeshi Fujii
* Kōichi Fukaura
* Bungo Fukusaki
* 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
* Nobuyuki Yashiki

8-dan|

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

7-dan|

* Kenjirō Abe
* Kōru Abe
* Takanori An'yōji
* Sakio Chiba
* Kōhei Funae
* Naoya Fujiwara
* Shingo Hirafuji
* Kentarō Ishii
* Takumi Itō
* Hirotaka Kajiura
* Daisuke Katagami
* Kiyokazu Katsumata
* Takeshi Kawakami
* Kōichi Kinoshita
* Tadao Kitajima
* Masakazu Kondō
* Seiya Kondō
* Yoshiyuki Kubota
* Yūji Masuda
* 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
* Issei Takazaki
* Kōsuke Tamura
* Makoto Tobe
* Ryūma Tonari
* Takahiro Toyokawa
* Kazushi Watanabe
* Norihiro Yagura
* Wataru Yashiro
* Hiroaki Yokoyama

6-dan|

* Mirai Aoshima
* Wakamu Deguchi
* Shin'ichirō Hattori
* Kei Honda
* Takashi Ikenaga
* Naohiro Ishida
* Shingo Itō
* Kōta Kanai
* Yūsei Koga
* Reo Kurosawa
* Mitsunori Makino
* Akihiro Murata
* Yūya Nagaoka
* Ryōsuke Nakamura
* Kazuhiro Nishikawa
* Takehiro Ōhira
* Satoru Sakaguchi
* Shin'ichi Satō
* Shōji Segawa
* Ryō Shimamoto
* Hideyuki Takano
* Satoshi Takano
* Yūichi Tanaka
* Yūsuke Tōyama
* Hiromu Watanabe
* Masakazu Watanabe
* Shin'ya Yamamoto

5-dan|

* Tetsuya Fujimori
* Nagisa Fujimoto
* Kōhei Hasebe
* Yoshitaka Hoshino
* Junpei Ide
* Kenji Imaizumi
* Yūta Ishikawa
* Keita Kadokura
* Wataru Kamimura
* Yūta Komori
* Takayuki Kuroda
* Hiroshi Miyamoto
* Takuya Nishida
* Shōgo Orita
* Asuto Saitō
* Kazuo Sugimoto
* Akihiro Takada
* Yūgo Takeuchi
* Seiya Tomita
* Hiroshi Yamamoto

4-dan|

* Akihiro Ida
* Mikio Kariyama
* Naoki Koyama
* Reo Koyama
* Kanta Masegi
* Kenta Miyajima
* Saito Morimoto
* Reo Okabe
* Yūya Saitō
* Yūjirō Takahashi
* Hiroki Taniai
* Kenshi Tokuda
* Hirotoshi Ueno
* Taiki Yamakawa
* Tomoki Yokoyama

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)

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