Haruko Saida
{{Short description|Japanese shogi player (born 1966)}}
{{Infobox shogi professional
| name = Haruko Saida
| native_name = 斎田晴子
| image =
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| born = {{birth date and age|1966|12|04|mf=yes}}
| hometown = Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
| nationality =
| pro_date = {{event date and age|1986|04|01|1966|12|04}}
| badge_no = W-7
| teacher = {{ill|Yoshimasa Saeki|ja|佐伯昌優}}
| teacher_rank = 9-dan
| lifetime_titles =
| title =
| rank = Women's 5-dan
| no_titles = 4
| tournaments = 2
| jsa = 9
| female = yes
| website =
}}
{{nihongo | Haruko Saida | 斎田 晴子 | Saida Haruko | born December 4, 1966}} is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.{{cite web | url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/9.html | script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース | title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu | language=ja | trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database | publisher=Japan Shogi Association | access-date=August 20, 2019}} She is a former Women's Meijin, {{ill|Women's Ōshō|ja|女流王将}} and {{ill|Kurashiki Tōka Cup|lt=Kurashiki Tōka|ja|大山名人杯倉敷藤花戦}} title holder. She currently serves as a non-executive director for the Japan Shogi Association.
Women's shogi professional
=Promotion history=
Saida's promotion history is as follows.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/9.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 昇段履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 23, 2019}}
- Women's Professional Apprentice League: 1984
- 3-kyū: April 1, 1986
- 1-kyū: April 1, 1987
- 1-dan: April 1, 1988
- 2-dan: March 20, 1991
- 3-dan: April 1, 1995
- 4-dan: February 27, 2001
- 5-dan: June 9, 2011
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
=Titles and other championships=
Saida has appeared in major title matches twelve times and has won a total of four titles.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/9.html#anc01|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 タイトル履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Taitoru Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Major Title History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 23, 2019}} In addition to major titles, Saida has won two other shogi championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/9.html#anc02|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 優勝履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Yūshō Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Championship History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 23, 2019}}
==Major titles==
| class="wikitable"
!Title | Years | Number of times overall |
| {{ill|Women's Ōshō|ja|女流王将}}
| 1994, 1997 | 2 | ||
| Women's Meijin
| 2000 | 1 | ||
| {{ill|Kurashiki Tōka Cup|ja|大山名人杯倉敷藤花戦}}
| 2006 | 1 |
==Other championships==
| class="wikitable"
!Tournament | Years | Number of times |
| *{{ill|Ladies Open Tournament|ja|レディースオープントーナメント}}
| 2001, 2004 |2 |
Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held or currently suspended.
=Awards and honors=
Saida received the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional" Annual Shogi Award for the April 2000{{sndash}}March 2001 shogi year.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/9.html#anc03|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 将棋大賞|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Shōgi Taishō|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Annual Shogi Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 23, 2019}} She received the JSA's "25 Years Service Award" in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years in 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/9.html#anc04|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 斎田晴子 その他表彰|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Saida Haruko Sonota Taishō|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Haruko Saida Other Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 23, 2019}}
JSA director
At the Japan Shogi Association's 70th General Meeting held in June 2019, Saida was elected as a non-executive director to the association's board of directors.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2019/06/70_7.html|script-title=ja:日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ|title=Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members|date=June 7, 2019|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 23, 2019}} She was reelected to the same position in June 2021{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2021/06/72_13.html|script-title=ja:第72回通常総会ご報告|title=Dai Nanajūnikai Tsūjō Sōkai Gohōkoku|language=ja|trans-title=Report on 72nd General Meeting|date=June 4, 2021|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=December 20, 2022}} and June 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2023/06/post_2309.html|script-title=ja:日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ|title=Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shiyakuin no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=Announcement of New Japan Shogi Association Board Members|date=June 9, 2023|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 20, 2023}}
References
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External links
- ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/208 Saida, Haruko]
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