Marin Matsushita
{{short description|Japanese shogi player}}
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| native_name = 松下 舞琳
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| born = {{birth date and age|2006|10|25|mf=yes}}
| hometown = Kumamoto, Japan
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| pro_date = {{event date and age|2022|08|01|2006|10|25}}
| badge_no = W-81
| teacher = Shūji Satō
| teacher_rank = 8-dan
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| rank = Women's 1-dan
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{{nihongo |Marin Matsumoto|松下 舞琳|Matsumoto Marin|born October 25, 2006}} is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.
Early life and becoming a women's professional shogi player
Matsushita was born in Kumamoto, Japan on October 25, 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/81.html|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 松下舞琳|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Matsushita Marin|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Marin Matsushita|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=September 2, 2022}} She became interested in shogi when she was five years old after finding a shogi set as part of board game collection.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2022/07/82_3.html|script-title=ja:松下舞琳さんが8月から女流棋士2級に|title=Matsushita Marin-san ga Hachigatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni|language=ja|trans-title=Marin Matsushita will be a women's professional 2-kyū from August|date=July 25, 2022|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=September 2, 2022}}{{cite news|last=Horikoshi|first=Rina|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASQ8K6S7CQ8KTLVB006.html|script-title=ja:県内初女流棋士の高校生が熊本市長訪問 抱負語る|title=Kennai Hatsu Joryūkishi no Kōkōsei ga Kumamoto Shichō Hōmon Hofu Kataru|language=ja|trans-title=High school student who is the first women's professional shogi professional from Kumamoto Prefecture meets Kumamoto City's mayor and tells him of her future goals|date=August 18, 2022|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=September 2, 2022}} Under the guidance of shogi professional Shūji Satō, she entered the Kyushu Branch of the Japan Shogi Association's training group system in 2020. In July 2022 while in her first year as a student at Kumamoto Prefectural Seiseikou High School, she qualified for women's professional status after being promoted to training group B2.{{cite news|last=Sonoda|first=Takuma|url=https://kumanichi.com/articles/737779|script-title=ja:熊本初のプロ女流棋士が誕生へ 済々黌高1年･松下舞琳さん 日本将棋連盟|title=Kumamoto Hatsu no Puro Joryū Kishi ga Tanjō e Seiseikō Ichinensei･Matsushita Marin-san Nihon Shōgi Renmei|language=ja|trans-title=Newest women's professional shogi player Marin Matsushita is first-year-student at Seiseikō High School. She is the first women's professional to come from Kumamoto|date=July 25, 2022|newspaper=Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun|access-date=September 2, 2022}} She is the first women's professional shogi player to come from Kumamoto Prefecture.
Women's shogi professional
=Promotion history=
Matsushita's promotion history is as follows.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/81.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 松下舞琳 昇段履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Matsushita Marin Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Marin Matsushita Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=April 5, 2023}}
- 2-kyū: August 1, 2022
- 1-kyū: October 19, 2022
- 1-dan: April 1, 2023
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
References
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External links
- ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/632 Matsumoto, Marin]
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Category:Japanese shogi players