Mihoko Iwasa
{{short description|Japanese shogi player (born 2005)}}
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| native_name = 岩佐 美帆子
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| born = {{birth date and age|2005|08|15|mf=yes}}
| hometown = Gifu, Japan
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| pro_date = {{event date and age|2022|02|01|2005|08|15}}
| badge_no = W-76
| teacher = Masayuki Toyoshima
| teacher_rank = 9-dan
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| rank = Women's 1-kyū
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{{nihongo |Mihoko Iwasa|岩佐 美帆子|Iwasa Mihoko|born August 15, 2005}} is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-kyū.
Early life and training group player
Iwasa was born in Gifu, Japan on August 15, 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/76.html|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 岩佐美帆子|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Iwasa Mihoko|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Mihoko Iwasa|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 4, 2022}} She learned how to play shogi as a fourth-grade student due the influence of her older brothers.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2020/11/92_1.html|script-title=ja:岩佐美帆子さんが2月から女流棋士2級に|title=Iwasa Mihoko-san ga Nigatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni|language=ja|trans-title=Mihoko Iwasa will be a women's professional 2-kyū from February|date=February 1, 2022|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 4, 2022}}{{cite news|last=Seko Hiroko|first=|url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/390599|url-access=registration|script-title=ja:豊島将之九段, 師匠になる 初の弟子, 岐阜の16歳|title=Toyoshima Masayuki Kudan, Shishō ni Naru Hatsu no Deshi, Gifu no Jūrokusai|language=ja|trans-title=Masayuki Toyoshima's first student is a 16-year-old from Gifu|date=December 25, 2021|newspaper=Chunichi Shimbun|access-date=February 4, 2022}} She subsequently began attending a local shogi school and had become good enough to enter the Tōkai branch of the Japan Shogi Association's training group system as a fifth-grade elementary school student.
Iwasa qualified for women's professional status after being promoted to training group B2 in December 2021. Needing a sponsor to become a women's professional, her first choice was shogi professional Masayuki Toyoshima. A meeting between the two was arranged by a mutual acquaintance and Toyoshima agreed to take her on as his first apprentice.{{cite news|author=|url=https://www.ctv.co.jp/news/articles/jg3ee34tfs2g3syp.html|script-title=ja:豊島九段, 初めての弟子･岩佐美帆子さん(16)らと祝う会 ｢女流棋士の誕生｣と｢豊島師匠の誕生｣を祝う|title=Toyoshima Kudan, Hajimete no Deishi･Iwasa Mihoko-san (16) ra to Iwaukai "Joryūkishi no Tanjō" to "Toyoshima Shishō no Tanjō"|language=ja|trans-title=New women's professional Mihoko Iwasa (16) joins her teacher Masayuki Toyoshima 9-dan and other guests in celebrating her becoming a professional and also becoming Toyoshima's first student|date=January 3, 2022|work=Chūkyō Television Broadcasting|department=News Department|access-date=February 4, 2022}} She applied for women's professional status and her application was accepted by the Japan Shogi Association; she was granted women's professional status on February 1, 2022. {{Asof|2022|02|post=,}} she is a senior high school student and Uguisudani Junior and Senior High School in Gifu.
Women's shogi professional
=Promotion history=
Iwasa's promotion history is as follows.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/76.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 岩佐美帆子 昇段履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Iwasa Mihoko Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Mihoko Iwasa Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=April 5, 2023}}
- 2-kyū: February 1, 2022
- 1-kyū: April 1, 2023
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
References
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External links
- ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/678 Iwasa, Mihoko]
{{Women's Professional Shogi Players}}
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