Hiroe Nakai
{{Short description|Japanese professional shogi player}}
{{Infobox shogi professional
|name = Hiroe Nakai
|native_name = 中井広恵
|image = Hiroe Nakai.jpg
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|caption = Nakai in 2009
|born = {{birth date and age|1969|06|24|mf=yes}}
|hometown = Wakkanai, Hokkaido
|nationality =
|pro_date = {{death date and age|1981|04|01|1969|06|24}}
|badge_no = {{unbulleted list|JSA W-7|LPSA W-7}}
|teacher = {{ill|Yūji Sase|ja|佐瀬勇次}}
|teacher_rank = 9-dan
|lifetime_titles = Queen Meijin
|title =
|rank = Women's 6-dan
|no_titles = 19
|tournaments = 12
|jsa =
|lpsa =
|othersite = {{Twitter|HIROE624}}
}}
{{nihongo|Hiroe Nakai|中井 広恵|Nakai Hiroe}} (born June 24, 1969, in Wakkanai, Hokkaido) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.{{cite web|url=http://joshi-shogi.com/lpsa/prof/nakai.html|script-title=ja:中井 広恵|title=Nakai Hiroe|language=ja|trans-title=Hiroe Nakai|date=May 29, 2007|publisher=Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124123043/http://joshi-shogi.com/2007/05/nakai.html|archive-date=November 24, 2017|access-date=August 28, 2019}} She is a former women's shogi professional major title holder, having won 19 major titles throughout her career, and has been awarded the lifetime title of Queen Meijin, and also was the first women's professional to beat a regular shogi professional in an official game, the first women's professional to win an official game against a Class A professional, and the first women's professional to win a game in the NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament.
Nakai also is a former representative director of the Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association of Japan (LPSA).
Early life
Nakai started playing shogi at the age of 4. She finished second in the {{ill|Elementary Student Meijin Tournament|ja|小学生将棋名人戦}} in 1981 at the age of 11. In 1983, she entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school and reached the rank of 2-kyū before deciding to leave in 1990.{{cite web|url=http://joshi-shogi.com/2007/05/nakai.html|script-title=ja:中井 広恵|title=Nakai Hiroe|language=ja|trans-title=Hiroe Nakai|date=May 2007|publisher=Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724225513/http://joshi-shogi.com/2007/05/nakai.html|archive-date=July 24, 2008|url-status=dead}}
Women's shogi professional
Nakai was awarded the rank of women's professional 2-kyū by the Japan Shogi Association in April 1981 at the age of 11 as a protegee of {{ill|Yūji Satō|ja|佐瀬勇次}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/syoukai/zyoryuu/nakai.html|script-title=ja:中井広恵 女流六段(女流棋士番号17)|title=Nakai Hiroe Joryū Rokudan (Joryū Kishi Bangō 17)|language=ja|trans-title=Hiroe Nakai Women's Professional 6d (Women's Professional Badge Number 17)|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311233415/http://www.shogi.or.jp/syoukai/zyoryuu/nakai.html|archivedate=March 11, 2007|access-date=November 6, 2017}}
In 1993, Nakai became the first women's professional to defeat a regular professional in an official game when she beat {{ill|Shūichi Ikeda (shogi)|lt=Shūichi Ikeda|ja|池田修一}} in a Ryūō tournament game.{{cite magazine|editor-first=Tetsuo|editor-last=Furukawa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fQZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|script-title=ja:女流棋界の40周年|title=Joryū Kikai no Yonjū Shūnen|language=Japanese|trans-title=40 years of Women's Professional Shogi|date=September 2014|pages=22–29|magazine=Shogi World|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books}}{{rp|page=25}}
Nakai was 16 years old when she won her first major title in 1985 by defeating the reigning Women's Meijin Naoko Hayashiba three games to one to win the Women's Meijin title. The following year the roles were reversed with Nakai successfully defending her title against the challenger Kobayashi three games to two.{{rp|page=24}}{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/jo_meijin/|script-title=ja:岡田美術館杯女流名人戦 過去の結果|title=Okada Bijūtsukanhai Joryū Meijinsen Kako no Kekka|language=ja|trans-title=Okada Museum of Art Cup Women's Mejin Tournament Past Results|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=November 6, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031845/https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/jo_meijin/|archivedate=November 7, 2017|url-status=live}}
In 2003, Nakai became the first women's professional to win a NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament game. She won her round 1 game of the 53rd NHK Cup (2003) against Mamoru Hatakeyama{{cite web|url=http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/goshogi/shogitou/tournament_53.cgi|title=Dai 53kai NHK Hai Terebi Shōgi Tōnamento - Tōnamento Hyō|script-title=ja:第53回NHK杯テレビ将棋トーナメント トーナメント表|trans-title=53rd NHK TV Shogi Tournament: Tournament Bracket|language=Japanese|publisher=NHK|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=August 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826062932/http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/goshogi/shogitou/tournament_53.cgi|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/kisen/nhk/53/hon.html|title=Dai 53kai NHK Haisen Honsen|script-title=ja:第53回NHK杯戦 本戦|language=ja|trans-title=53rd NHK Cup Tournament: Main|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|year=2003|access-date=February 28, 2018}} and then in round 2 won against Teruichi Aono (who was in Class A at the time).{{cite news|author=|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/TKY201310290172.html|script-title=ja:甲斐女流王位, 深浦九段破る, Ａ級に勝った女流２人目|language=ja|trans-title=Kai Ladies' Oi Defeats Fukaura 9 dan: Second Women Professional to Win Against a Class A Pro.|date=October 29, 2013|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031135106/http://www.asahi.com/articles/TKY201310290172.html|archivedate=October 31, 2013|access-date=November 5, 2017|url-status=live}} She lost in round 3 to Makoto Nakahara. The following year Nakai also qualified for the 54th NHK Cup (2004) and beat Shūji Satō in round 1.{{cite web|url=http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/goshogi/shogitou/tournament_54.cgi|title=Dai 54kai NHK Hai Terebi Shōgi Tōnamento - Tōnamento Hyō|script-title=ja:第54回NHK杯テレビ将棋トーナメント トーナメント表|trans-title=54th NHK TV Shogi Tournament: Tournament Bracket|language=ja|publisher=NHK|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-date=August 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826061908/http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/goshogi/shogitou/tournament_54.cgi|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/kisen/nhk/54/hon.html|title=Dai 54kai NHK Haisen Honsen|script-title=ja:第54回NHK杯戦 本戦|language=Japanese|trans-title=54th NHK Cup Tournament: Main|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|year=2004|access-date=February 28, 2018}} In round 2, Nakai faced Yasumitsu Satō who was the reigning Kisei title holder. Nakai obtained an advantageous position against Satō, but was unable to convert it into a win. Nakai is still the only women's professional to have won a NHK Cup game.{{cite episode|url=http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/goshogi/shogifocus/03.cgi#Month03|title=NHK Hai Meikyoku Pureibakku - Nakai Hiroe -|script-title=ja:NHK杯名局プレイバック - 中井広恵 -|trans-title=NHK Cup Famous Games Playback - Hiroe Nakai -|series=将棋フォーカス [Shogi Focus]|network=NHK Educational TV|language=ja|date=March 1, 2015|time=15:35|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328185934/http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/goshogi/shogifocus/03.cgi#Month03|archivedate=March 28, 2015|access-date=November 5, 2017|url-status=live}}
In April 2009, Nakai became the first women's professional to win 500 official games,{{cite news|author=|url=http://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/national/culture_entertainment/print.aspx?id=20090427000346|script-title=ja:将棋の中井, 女流初の500勝|title=Shōgi no Nakai, Joryū Hatsu Gohyakushō|language=ja|trans-title=Shogi's Nakai, First Women's Pro to Achieve 500 wins|date=April 29, 2009|newspaper=Shikoku Shimbun|access-date=February 28, 2018}} and then became the first women's professional to win 600 official games in January 2015.{{cite news|author=|url=http://www.sankei.com/life/news/150122/lif1501220025-n1.html|script-title=ja:女流初の通算600勝 中井女流六段|title=Joryū Hatsu no Tsūsan Roppyakushō Nakai Joryū Rokudan|language=ja|trans-title=Nakai Women's Professional 6d, First Women's Professional to Win 600 Games|date=January 22, 2015|newspaper=Sankei Shimbun|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622193100/http://www.sankei.com/life/news/150122/lif1501220025-n1.html|url-status=dead}}
In August 2010, Nakai defeated Sayuri Honda in the quarterfinals of the {{ill|Kurashiki Tōka Cup|ja|大山名人杯倉敷藤花戦}} to win her nineteenth official game in a row and set a new record for consecutive wins by a women's professional.{{cite news|author=|url=http://www.asahi.com/shougi/topics/TKY201008050212.html|script-title=ja:中井女流六段, 新記録19連勝|title=Nakai Joryū Rokudan, Shin Kiroku Jūkyū Renshō|language=ja|trans-title=Nakai Women's Professional 6d Sets New Record of 19 Consecutive Wins|date=August 5, 2010|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=February 28, 2018}}
In October 2020, Nakai at 51 years and 3 months old became the oldest challenger for a women's major title when she defeated Sakura Ishimoto in the finals of the challenger tournament for the 28th Kurashiki Tōka Cup.{{cite news|author=|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/general/nikkan/news/202010010000436.html|script-title=ja:51歳中井六段が勝利, 最年長の女流公式戦挑戦者に|title=Gojūissai Nakai Rokudan ga Shōri, Sainenchō no Joryū Kōshikisen Chōsensha ni|language=ja|trans-title=51-year-old Nakai 6-dan wins to become the oldest challenger for a women's major title|date=October 1, 2020|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|access-date=December 21, 2022}} The win advanced Nakai to a women's major title match for the first time in 16 years and it also broke the previous record for oldest title challenger of 49 years and 8 months set two years earlier by Ichiyo Shimizu. Nakai's challenge, however, was unsuccessful as she lost the 48th Kurashiki Tōka Cup title match against Kana Satomi 2 games to none.{{cite news|author=|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/general/nikkan/news/202011210000466.html|script-title=ja:里見香奈倉敷藤花が防衛, 中井広恵女流六段退ける|title=Satomi Kana Kurashiki Tōka Bōei, Nakai Hiroe Joryū Rokudan Shirizokeru.|language=ja|trans-title=Kana Satomi turns away Hiroe Nakai 6-dan to defend Kurashiki Tōka title|date=November 21, 2020|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|access-date=December 21, 2022}}
=Promotion history=
Nakai has been promoted as follows.
- 2-kyū: April 1, 1981
- 1-dan: March 10, 1983
- 2-dan: April 1, 1983
- 3-dan: April 1, 1986
- 4-dan: April 1, 1989
- 5-dan: April 1, 1992
- 6-dan: November 25, 2002
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
=Titles and other championships=
Nakai has appeared in major title matches a total of 44 times and has won a total of 19 titles. She has won the Women's Meijin title nine times and has been awarded the title of Queen Meijin. She has also won the {{ill|Women's Ōshō|ja|女流王将}} title four times, the {{ill|Women's Ōi|ja|女流王位戦}} title three times and the Kurashiki Tōka Cup three times. In addition to major titles, Nakai has won 17 other shogi championships.
==Major titles==
| class="wikitable"
!Title | Years | Number of times overall |
| Women's Meijin
|1985-86, 1988, 1991–93, 1999, 2001–02 |9 | ||
| {{ill|Women's Ōshō|ja|女流王将}}
|1995, 2002–04 |4 | ||
| {{ill|Women's Ōi|ja|女流王位戦}}
|1990-92 | 3 | ||
| {{ill|Kurashiki Tōka Cup|ja|大山名人杯倉敷藤花戦}}
|2000-03 |3 |
==Other championships==
| class="wikitable"
!Tournament | Years | Number of times |
| *{{ill|Daiwa Securities Strongest Women's Professional Cup|ja|大和証券杯ネット将棋・女流最強戦}}
|2008-10 |3 | ||
| *{{ill|Ladies Open Tournament|ja|レディースオープントーナメント}}
|1988, 1990, 1994, 1996 |4 | ||
| *{{ill|Kajima Cup|ja|鹿島杯女流将棋トーナメント}}
|1998, 2001, 2003 |3 | ||
| *{{ill|Tenga Cup|ja|NTTル・パルク杯天河戦}}
|2008, 2010 |2 | ||
| *{{ill|Ladies Invitation Cup|ja|日レスインビテーションカップ}}
|2007-08, 2010–12 |5 |
Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held or currently suspended.
=Awards and honors=
Nakai received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards and other awards in recognition of her accomplishments in shogi and contributions made to Japanese society.{{cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/player/taisho.html|script-title=ja:将棋大賞受賞者一覧|title=Shōgi Taishō Jushōsha Ichiranhyō|trans-title=List of Annual Shogi Award Winners|language=ja|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827015233/http://www.shogi.or.jp/player/taisho.html|archive-date=August 27, 2016|access-date=August 28, 2018}}
==Annual Shogi Awards==
- 13th Annual Awards (April 1985{{sndash}}March 1986): Women's Professional Award
- 14th Annual Awards (April 1986{{sndash}}March 1987): Women's Professional Award
- 16th Annual Awards (April 1888{{sndash}}March 1989): Women's Professional Award
- 20th Annual Awards (April 1992{{sndash}}March 1993): Women's Professional Award
- 27th Annual Awards (April 1999{{sndash}}March 2000): Women's Professional Award
- 29th Annual Awards (April 2001{{sndash}}March 2002): Women's Professional of the Year
- 30th Annual Awards (April 2002{{sndash}}March 2003): Women's Professional of the Year
- 31st Annual Awards (April 2003{{sndash}}March 2004): Women's Professional Award
- 22nd Annual Awards (April 2004{{sndash}}March 2005): Women's Professional Award
- 38th Annual Awards (April 2010{{sndash}}March 2011): Women's Professional Most Games Played
- 40th Annual Awards (April 2012{{sndash}}March 2012): Women's Professional Most Games Played
==Other awards==
- 1986, February: Wakkanai, Hokkaido Meritorious Citizen Award
LPSA representative director
Nakai was selected to be the first representative director of The Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association of Japan (LPSA) after it was established in 2007, and served in that capacity until 2010.
Personal life
Nakai is married to retired shogi professional {{ill|Yoshiyuki Ueyama|ja|植山悦行}}. The couple have three daughters.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2013/07/post_766.html|script-title=ja:植山悦行七段が引退|title=Ueyama Yoshiyuki Shichidan ga Intai|language=ja|trans-title=Yoshiyuki Ueyama 7d Retires|date=July 1, 2001|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 28, 2018}} She served as a member of the Warabi, Saitama board of education from 2003 to 2015 and was named a "Warabi City PR Ambassador" in May 2016.{{cite news|last=Tokizawa|first=Tetsuo|url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20160518/ddl/k11/040/338000c|script-title=ja:将棋女流棋士･中井広恵さんがＰＲ大使就任|title=Shōgi Joryū Kishi･Nakai Hiroe-san ga PR Taishi Shūnin|language=ja|trans-title=Shogi Women's Professional Hiroe Nakai Named PR Ambassador|date=May 18, 2016|newspaper=Mainichi Shimbun|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622193032/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20160518/ddl/k11/040/338000c|url-status=dead}}
Gallery
File:Kaishi nakai.jpg| Nakai in February 2013
File:WOSC-2013-Nakai.JPG|Nakai at the European/World Open Shogi Championships in July 2013
References
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External links
- Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan [https://web.archive.org/web/20160716120306/http://joshi-shogi.com/lpsa/prof/nakai.html official profile page] {{in lang|ja}}
- Japan Shogi Association [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311233415/http://www.shogi.or.jp/syoukai/zyoryuu/nakai.html official profile page] {{in lang|ja}} (archived version dated March 11, 2007)
- {{Twitter|HIROE624}}
{{Women's Professional Shogi Players}}
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