Hatsumi Ueda

{{Infobox shogi professional

| name = Hatsumi Ueda

| native_name = 上田初美

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| born = {{birth date and age|1988|11|16|mf=yes}}

| hometown = Kodaira, Tokyo

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| pro_date = {{event date and age|2001|04|01|1988|11|16}}

| badge_no = W-26

| teacher = {{ill|Hatasu Itō|ja|伊藤果}}

| teacher_rank = 8-dan

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| rank = Women's 4-dan

| no_titles = 2

| tournaments = 1

| jsa = 26

| female = yes

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{{nihongo | Hatsumi Ueda | 上田 初美 | Ueda Hatsumi | born November 16, 1988}} is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.{{cite web | url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/26.html | script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 上田初美| title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi | language=ja | trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda | publisher=Japan Shogi Association | access-date=August 20, 2019}} She is a former Women's {{interlanguage link|Jo-Ō|lt=Jo-Ō|ja|マイナビ女子オープン}} title holder.

Women's shogi professional

=Promotion history=

Ueda's promotion history is as follows.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/26.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 昇段履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 24, 2019}}

  • 2-kyū: April 1, 2001
  • 1-kyū: April 1, 2002
  • 1-dan: April 1, 2003
  • 2-dan: June 30, 2008
  • 3-dan: May 10, 2011
  • 4-dan: May 21, 2018

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

=Titles and other championships=

Ueda has appeared in major title matches nine times and has won a total of two titles: she won the Women's {{ill|Jo-Ō|ja|マイナビ女子オープン}} title in 2011 and 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/26.html#anc01|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 タイトル履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Taitoru Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Major Title History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 19, 2020}} In addition to major titles, Ueda has won one other shogi championships: the 6th {{ill|Daiwa Securities Strongest Women's Professional Cup|ja|大和証券杯ネット将棋・女流最強戦}} in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/26.html#anc02|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 優勝履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Yūshō Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Championship History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 24, 2019}}

=Awards and honors=

Ueda has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards: "Women's Professional Most Games Played" (2009); "Women's Professional Award" and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2012); "Women's Professional Award" and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2016); and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2018).{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/26.html#anc03|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 将棋大賞|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Shōgi Taishō|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Annual Shogi Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 24, 2019}}

Personal life

Ueda is married to shogi professional Takuma Oikawa.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NoIRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25|script-title=ja:現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [上] あ-た|title=Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Jō] A-Ta Gyō|language=Japanese|trans-title=2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [First volume] Letter "A" to Letter "Ta"|page=25|year=2015|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|access-date=August 24, 2019}} The couple were married in June 2013 and have two daughters {{As of|2018|10|lc=y}}.{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2013/06/post_758.html|script-title=ja:及川拓馬五段と上田初美女流三段が入籍|title=Oikawa Takuma Godan to Ueda Hatsumi Joryū Sandan ga Nyūseki|language=ja|trans-title=Takuma Oikawa 5d and Hatsu Ueda Women's 3d announce marriage|date=June 18, 2013|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 24, 2019}}{{cite interview|last=Oikawa|first=Takuma|url=http://originalnews.nico/142234|script-title=ja:なぜ及川拓馬は子育てをしつつ強くなれたのか? [叡王戦24棋士 白鳥士郎 特別インタビュー Vol.14]|title=Naze Oikawa Takuma wa Kosodate wo Shitsutsu Tsuyokunareta? [Eiōsen Nijūyon Kishi Shiratori Shirō Tokubetsu Intabyū Vol. Jūyon |language=ja|trans-title=How has Takuma Oikawa become stronger while being busy raising kids? (Special Eiō Tournament Interview by Shirō Shiratori Vol. 14)|interviewer=Shirō Shiratori |interviewer-link=:ja:白鳥士郎 |date=October 21, 2018|website=Niconico News Original|publisher=Dwango|access-date=August 24, 2019}}

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