Hiroaki Yokoyama

{{Infobox shogi professional

|name = Hiroaki Yokoyama

|native_name = 横山泰明

|born = {{birth date and age|1980|10|16|mf=yes}}

|hometown = Tama, Tokyo

|nationality =

|pro_date = {{event date and age|2002|10|01|1980|10|16}}

|badge_no = 246

|teacher = {{ill|Noboru Sakurai|ja|桜井昇}}

|rank = 7-dan

|teacher_rank = 8-dan

|meijinclass = B2

|ryuoclass = 4

|jsa = 246

}}

{{nihongo|Hiroaki Yokoyama|横山泰明|Yokoyama Hiroaki|born October 16, 1980}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Hiroaki Yokoyama was born on October 16, 1980, in Tama, Tokyo.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/246.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 横山泰明|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Yokoyama Hiroaki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Hiroaki Yokoyama|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 8, 2018}} He was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional {{ill|Noboru Sakurai|ja|桜井昇}} in August 1993, was promoted to 1-dan in July 1999, and finally obtained full professional status and corresponding rank of 4-dan in October 2002.{{cite magazine|author=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UEcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA572lpg|script-title=ja:棋士名鑑: 六段横山泰明|title=Kishi Meikan: Rokudan Yokoyama Hiroaki|language=ja|trans-title=Player Directory: Hiroaki Yokoyama 6-dan|magazine=平成26年版将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition)|page=572|year=2014|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|isbn=978-4-8399-5175-7|access-date=June 8, 2018}}

Shogi professional

=Promotion history=

The promotion history for Yokoyama is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/246.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 横山泰明昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Yokoyama Hiroaki Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Hiroaki Yokoyama Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 8, 2018}}

6-kyū: 1993
1-dan: 1999
4-dan: October 1, 2002
5-dan: October 30, 2007
6-dan: December 7, 2012
7-dan: September 11, 2019

=Awards and honors=

Yokoyama received the Japan Shogi Association's 42nd Annual Shogi Award for "Most Consecutive Victories" for April 2014{{sndash}}March 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/246.html#anc03|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 横山泰明将棋大賞|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Yokoyama Hiroaki Shōgi Taishō|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Hiroaki Yokoyama Annual Shogi Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 8, 2018}}

Personal life

Yokoyama is a graduate of Chuo University.{{cite magazine|author=|url=http://www.chuo-u.ac.jp/aboutus/communication/hakumon/2015_04/pdf/2015_04-10.pdf?1528422371228#page=2|script-title=ja:学生プロ棋士誕生|title=Gakusei Puro Kishi Tanjō|language=ja|trans-title=University student becomes professional shogi player|page=23|format=pdf|date=October 25, 2015|magazine=Hakumon Chuo|volume=Fall|number=243|publisher=Chuo University|quote=中大出身のプロ棋士は4人。米長邦雄永世棋聖 (中退), 大内延介九段, 横山泰明六段, 石田直裕四段 [Chuo University graduates who became professional shogi players: Lifetime Kisei Kunio Yonenaga (did not graduate), Nobuyuki Ōuchi 9d, Hiroaki Yokoyama 6d, Naohiro Ishida 4d]|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143956/http://www.chuo-u.ac.jp/aboutus/communication/hakumon/2015_04/pdf/2015_04-10.pdf?1528422371228#page=2|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chuo-u.ac.jp/media/gaiyo/gaiyo20-21_04_20200930.pdf#page=5|format=pdf|script-title=ja:社会をリードする中央大学 OB･OG: 囲碁･将棋|title=Shakai wo Rīdosuru Chūō Daigaku OB･OG: Igo･Shōgi|language=ja|trans-title=Prominent Chuo Alumni: Go and Shogi|page=8|date=September 30, 2020|publisher=Chuo University|access-date=May 3, 2021}} He has been married to LPSA professional Saori Shimai since July 2011.{{cite news|author=|url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/topics/news/20110818-OHT1T00066.htm|script-title=ja:横山五段＆島井女流初段棋士同士が結婚|title=Yokoyama Hiroaki Godan & Shimai Saori Joryūshodan Kishidōshi ga Kekkon|language=ja|trans-title=Hiroaki Yokoyama 5d and female professional Saori Shimai 1d announce marriage|date=August 18, 2011|newspaper=Sports Hochi|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818040529/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/topics/news/20110818-OHT1T00066.htm|archive-date=August 18, 2011|access-date=June 8, 2018}}

References

External links

ShogiHub: [https://web.archive.org/web/20151024231959/http://shogihub.com/players/114 Professional Player Info · Yokoyama, Hiroaki]

Category:1980 births

Category:Japanese shogi players

Category:Japan Shogi Association players

Category:Living people

Category:Chuo University alumni

Category:Professional shogi players from Tokyo Metropolis

Category:People from Tama, Tokyo