Saki Kawamata
{{Short description|Japanese shogi player (born 1996)}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox shogi professional
| name = Saki Kawamata
| native_name = 川又咲紀
| maiden_name = {{nihongo|Satomi|里見}}
| image = File:Satomi saki shogi.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Kawamata at a {{ill|human shogi|ja|人間将棋}} event in November 2017
| born = {{birth date and age|1996|04|28|mf=yes}}
| hometown = Izumo, Shimane
| nationality =
| pro_date = {{event date and age|2016|04|27|1996|04|28}}
| badge_no = W-56
| teacher = {{ill|Keiji Mori|ja|森けい二}}
| teacher_rank = 9-dan
| lifetime_titles =
| title =
| rank = Women's 1-dan
| no_titles =
| tournaments = 1
| notable_students =
| jsa = 56
| female = yes
| website =
}}
{{nihongo|Saki Kawamata |川又 咲紀|Kawamata Saki|({{nee|{{nihongo|Satomi|里見}}}}) born April 28, 1996}} is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. Her older sister Kana is also a women's professional shogi player.
Early life
Kawamata ({{nee|{{nihongo|Satomi|里見}}}}) was born on April 28, 1996, in Izumo, Shimane.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/56.html|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 川又咲紀|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kawamata Saki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Saki Kawamata|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 31, 2022}} She became interested in because her older brother and older sister both played the game.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2016/02/post_1357.html|script-title=ja:里見咲紀さんが女流棋士3級に|title=Satomi Saki-san ga Joryū Kishi Sankyū ni|language=ja|trans-title=Saki Satomi becomes provisional women's professional 3-kyu|date=February 24, 2016|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=November 12, 2019}}{{cite interview|last=Satomi|first=Naomi|url=http://www.asahi.com/edu/student/tensai/TKY201003150167.html|script-title=ja:女流棋士･里見香奈のお母さん 治美さん: 2, 賞品･罰ゲーム付きの｢里見家名人戦｣|title=Joryū Kishi no Satomi Kana no Okāsan Naomi: 2, Shōhin･Batsugēmuzuki no ｢Satomike Meijinsen｣|language=ja|trans-title= Part 2 of interview with women professional Kana Satom's mother Naomi: The "Satomi Family Meijin Tournament" include prizes and batsu games|date=March 16, 2010|interviewer=Masahiko Ishikawa|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=November 12, 2019}}
In August 2011 when she was a third-grade junior high school student, Satomi finished third in the 3rd {{ill|Junior High School Student Girl's Meijin Tournament|ja|将棋のアマチュア棋戦#女子の学生棋戦}}.{{cite news|author=|url=http://www.sanin-chuo.co.jp/news/modules/news/article.php?storyid=527503004|url-status=dead|script-title=ja:里見咲紀さん3位 中学生女子名人戦|title=Satomi Saki-san San'i Chūgakusei Joshi Meijinsen|language=ja|trans-title=Saki Satomi takes third place in the Junior High School Student Girl's Meijin Tournament|date=August 21, 2011|newspaper=Sanin Chūō Shimpō|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926015749/http://www.sanin-chuo.co.jp/news/modules/news/article.php?storyid=527503004|archive-date=September 26, 2011|access-date=November 12, 2019}}{{cite news|author=|url=http://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/national/culture_entertainment/print.aspx?id=20110821000376|script-title=ja:小学生の部は今井さんが2連覇/将棋の小, 中女子名人戦|title=Shōgakuseibu no Imai-san ga Nirenpa/Shō, Chū Joshi Meijinsen|language=ja|trans-title=Elementary and Junior High School Girl's Meijin Tournaments: Ms. Imai repeats as winner of Elementary School Tournament|date=August 21, 2011|newspaper=Shikoku Shimbun|access-date=November 12, 2019}} The following year, she was accepted into Japan Shogi Association (JSA) Kansai Branch's training group system. She was awarded the provisional women's professional rank of 3-kyū in February 2016 under the sponsorship of shogi professional {{ill|Keiji Mori|ja|森けい二}}, and obtained the rank of women's professional 2-kyū and full women's professional status two months later in April 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2016/04/32_10.html|script-title=ja:里見咲紀女流3級が女流2級に昇級|title=Satomi Saki Joryū Sankyū ga Joryū Nikyū ni Shōkyū|language=ja|trans-title=Saki Satomi promoted from women's professional 3-kyū to women's professional 2-kyū|date=April 28, 2016|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=November 12, 2019}}{{cite web|author=|url=http://this.kiji.is/97971908339204101|script-title=ja:里見の妹が女流2級に 将棋, 3組目の姉妹プロ|title=Satomi no Imoto ga Joryū Nikyū ni, Shōgi Sangumime no Shimai Puro|language=ja|trans-title=Satomi's younger sister promoted to women's professional 2 kyū; the two are the third pair of sisters to become shogi professionals|date=April 27, 2016|website={{ill|47News|ja|47NEWS}}|agency=Kyodo News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430035236/http://this.kiji.is/97971908339204101|archive-date=April 30, 2016|access-date=November 12, 2019}}
Women's shogi professional
=Promotion history=
Kawamata's promotion history is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/56.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 川又咲紀 昇段履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Kawamata Saki Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Saki Kawamata Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=November 12, 2019}}
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Personal life
Kawamata and her sister Kana are the third pair of sisters to be awarded women's professional shogi status by the JSA.{{cite web|last=Okuno|first=Daiji|url=https://abematimes.com/posts/3527405|script-title=ja:将棋界の親子, 兄弟姉妹プロ 両親＆子がプロの将棋一家も|title=Shōgikai no Oyako, Kyōdaishimai Puro Ryōshin and Ko ga Puro no Shōgi Ikka mo|language=ja|trans-title=Parent-child, brother-sister professional shogi families|date=January 12, 2018|website=Abema Times|publisher=AbemaTV|access-date=November 12, 2019}}
At the end of March 2022, the Japan Shogi Association announced that Kawamata had gotten married and would be no longer competing under her maiden name "Satomi".{{cite news|last=Satō|first=Keiji|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASQ3Z3JY1Q3ZPTFC00C.html|script-title=ja:将棋の里見咲紀女流初段が結婚 姉は里見香奈女流四冠|title=Shōgi no Satomi Saki Joryū Shodan ga Kekkon Ane wa Satomi Kana Joryū Yonkan|language=ja|trans-title=Saki Satomi Women's Professional 1-dan Gets Married; She is the Younger Sister of Women's Professional 4-Crown Kana Satomi|date=March 30, 2022|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=March 31, 2022}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/338 Satomi, Saki]
{{Women's Professional Shogi Players}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Satomi, Saki}}
Category:Japanese shogi players
Category:Professional shogi players from Shimane Prefecture
Category:People from Izumo, Shimane
{{Shogi-stub}}