Haruka Aikawa
{{Short description|Japanese shogi player (born 1994)}}
{{Infobox shogi professional
| name = Haruka Aikawa
| native_name = 相川春香
| maiden_name =
| image = File:相川春香HarukaAikawa (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Aikawa in 2013.
| born = {{birth date and age|1994|04|18|mf=yes}}
| nationality =
| pro_date = {{event date and age|2013|08|17|1994|04|18}}
| badge_no = W-47
| teacher = {{ill|Terutaka Yasue|ja|安恵照剛}}
| teacher_rank = 8-dan
| lifetime_titles =
| title =
| rank = Women's 1-dan
| no_titles =
| tournaments =
| notable_students =
| jsa = 47
| female = yes
| website =
}}
{{nihongo |Haruka Aikawa|相川 春香|Aikawa Haruka|born April 18, 1994}} is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.
Early life, amateur shogi and training group student
Aikawa was born in Suginami, Tokyo on April 18, 1994.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/47.html|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 相川春香|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Aikawa Haruka|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruka Aikawa|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=November 14, 2019}} She learned how to play shogi from her father when she was about seven years old.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2011/08/103.html|script-title=ja:相川春香さんが10月より女流3級に|title=Aikawa Haruka-san ga Jūgatsu yori Joryū Sankyū ni|language=ja|trans-title=Haruka Aikawa to become a women's professional 3-kyū from October|date=August 17, 2011|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=November 14, 2019}}
In August 2007, she finished runner up in the girl's division of the 28th {{ill|All Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament|ja|将棋のアマチュア棋戦#小・中学生棋戦}} as a junior high school student,{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/junior_highschool/28/joshi.html|script-title=ja:第28回全国中学生選抜将棋選手権大会 [女子決勝トーナメント]|title=Dai Nijūhakkai Zenkoku Chūgakusei Senbatsu Shogi Senshuken Taikai [Joshi Kesshō Tōnamento]|language=ja|trans-title=28th All Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament Girl's Championship Tournament|year=2008|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=November 14, 2019}} and was honored by the Suginami City Board of Education as a result.{{cite web|url=http://www.kyouiku.city.suginami.tokyo.jp/news/h19_bunkaeyo.html|url-status=dead|script-title=ja:平成19年度 杉並区学校文化栄誉顕彰受賞者について|title=Heisei Jūkyūnendo Suginamiku Gakkō Bunka Eiyō Kenshō Jushōsha ni Tsuite|language=ja|trans-title=2007 Sugiyama City School Culture Honors List|year=2007|publisher=Suginami City Board of Education|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011112958/http://www.kyouiku.city.suginami.tokyo.jp/news/h19_bunkaeyo.html|archive-date=October 11, 2008|access-date=November 14, 2019}}
In the Fall of 2008, Ailkawa entered the Women's Apprentice Professional League under the guidance of shogi professional {{ill|Terutaka Yasue|ja|安恵照剛}}, but was moved to Training Group Class D2 in April 2009 after the JSA ended the Women's Apprentice Professional League system at the end of March 2009. Aikawa was promoted to training group Class C1 in May June 2011, which earned her the right to request to be promoted to the women's provisional shogi player status and the rank of 3-kyū.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2011/05/post_417.html|script-title=ja:相川春香研修会員が女流棋士3級の資格を取得|title=Aikawa Haruka Kenshūkaiin ga Joryū Sankyū no Shikaku wo Shutoku|language=ja|trans-title=Training group member Haruka Aiakawa qualifies for women's professional rank of 3 kyū|date=May 11, 2011|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=November 14, 2019}}{{cite news|author=|url=http://www.asahi.com/shougi/topics/TKY201105310360.html|script-title=ja:相川さんが女流3級へ|title=Aikawa-san ga Joryū Sankyū e|language=ja|trans-title=Ms. Aikawa to become women's professional 3 kyū|date=May 31, 2011|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=November 14, 2019}} Aikawa submitted her request to the JSA, which announced in August that and she was to be officially awarded the rank and provisional women's professional status on October 1, 2011.
Women's shogi professional
=Promotion history=
Aikawa's promotion history is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/47.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 相川春香 昇段履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Aikawa Haruka Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruka Aikawa Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=November 14, 2019}}
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
References
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External links
- ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/178 Aikawa, Haruka]
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Category:Japanese shogi players
Category:Japan Shogi Association players
Category:Professional shogi players from Tokyo
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