Beni Takemata
{{Short description|Japanese announcer and former shogi player}}
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| name = Beni Takemata
| native_name = 竹俣紅
| native_name_lang = ja
| image = File:竹俣紅BeniTakemata.jpg
| caption = Takemata in 2013
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|06|27}}
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| nationality = Japanese
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| occupation = {{ubl|{{no wrap|Women's professional shogi player (former)}}|Tarento (former)|Fuji TV announcer (current)}}
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{{nihongo |Beni Takemata|竹俣 紅|Takemata Beni|born June 27, 1998}} is a female announcer for Fuji TV. She is a former Japanese women's professional shogi player who was ranked 1-dan.{{cite web | url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/45.html | script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース | title=Kishi Dētabēsu | language=ja | trans-title=Female Professional Shogi Player Database | publisher=Japan Shogi Association | access-date=August 14, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331183529/https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/45.html | archive-date=March 31, 2019 | url-status=dead }}
Women's shogi professional
In December 2018, Takemata announced her intention to retire from professional shogi and leave the Japan Shogi Association at the end of March 2019 to pursue other opportunities as well as to focus on her studies.{{cite news|author=|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201812100000685.html|script-title=ja:竹俣紅, 来年プロ女流棋士卒業「見守っていきたい｣|title=Takemata Beni, Rainen Puro Joryū Kishi Sotsugyō ｢Mimamotte Ikitai｣|language=ja|trans-title=Beni Takemata says she wants to "continue to follow" shogi after she leaves women's professional shogi next year|date=December 10, 2018|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|access-date=November 9, 2019}}{{cite news|author=|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20190320-OHT1T50184.html|script-title=ja:女流棋士兼タレントの竹俣女流初段が最終対局 今月いっぱいで日本将棋連盟を退会|title=Joryu Kishi Ken Tarento no Takemata Joryu Shodan ga Saishu Taikyoku Kongetsu Ippai de Nihon Shogi Renmei wo Taikai|language=ja|trans-title=Women's shogi professional and Talento Takemata 1-dan has played her last official game; she will leave the Japan Shogi Association at the end of this month|date=March 20, 2019|newspaper=Sports Hochi|access-date=November 8, 2019}}
=Promotion history=
- 2012, October 1: 2-kyū
- 2015, July 1: 1-kyū
- 2016, April 1: 1-dan
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Media personality
She was managed by Watanabe Entertainment as one of their "Intellectual Tarentos", appearing on Japanese variety shows and making personal appearances.{{cite web|url=https://www.watanabepro.co.jp/mypage/61000006/|script-title=ja:文化人: 竹俣紅|title=Bunkajin: Takemata Beni|language=ja|trans-title=Intellectual Tarentos: Beni Takemata|publisher=Watanabe Entertainment|access-date=November 8, 2019|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731130834/https://www.watanabepro.co.jp/mypage/61000006/|url-status=dead}}
In April 2021, she joined Fuji Television as announcer.{{Cite web|author=|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202104010000795.html|script-title=ja:フジ入社式 元プロ棋士の竹俣紅アナら女子アナ3人 |title=Fuji Nyūshashiki Moto Purokishi no Takemata Beni Ana-ra Joshi Sannin|language=ja|trans-title=Fuji TV's new employee ceremnony: former women's shogi professional Beni Takemata and two other women join company as new announcers.|date=April 1, 2021|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|access-date=June 9, 2024}}
=Filmography=
== Television==
- Live News it! (July 2021 – present ) - Field caster
- Banjō no Alpha (NHK BS Premium, February 2019) - as Hina Kurahashi II
Personal life
Takemata studied political science and economics at Waseda University. She graduated from the university in March 2021.{{cite news|author=|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20210326-OHT1T50060.html?page=1|script-title=ja:元女流棋士の竹俣紅, 早大政治経済学部を卒業...はかま姿を公開 ｢一段とキレイに｣|title=Moto Joryūkishi no Takemata Beni, Wadai Seijikeizai Gakubu wo Sotsugyō ... Hakama Sugata wo Kokai ｢Ippan to Kirei ni｣|language=ja|trans-title=Former women's shogi professional Beni Takemata graduates from Waseda University...Takemata makes public a graduation photo showing her wearng a hakama.|date=March 26, 2021|newspaper=Sports Hochi|access-date=June 9, 2024}}
References
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External links
- Japan Shogi Association [https://web.archive.org/web/20190331183529/https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/45.html official profile page]{{in lang|ja}}
- ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/210 Takemata, Beni] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926104334/http://shogihub.com/players/210 |date=2020-09-26 }}
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Category:Japanese shogi players
Category:Japan Shogi Association players
Category:Professional shogi players from Tokyo
Category:People from Minato, Tokyo
Category:Japanese women television personalities
Category:Waseda University alumni
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