Io Murota

Io Murota
Murota in 2018
Native name室田伊緒
Born (1989-05-24) May 24, 1989 (age 35)
HometownKasugai, Aichi
Career
Achieved professional statusOctober 1, 2005(2005-10-01) (aged 16)
Badge NumberW-35
RankWomen's 3-dan
TeacherMasataka Sugimoto (8-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Io Murota (室田 伊緒, Murota Io, born May 24, 1989) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.[1]

Women's shogi professional

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Promotion history

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Murata's promotion history is as follows:[2]

  • 2-kyū: October 1, 2005
  • 1: 1-kyū: April 1, 2006
  • 1-dan: April 1, 2008
  • 2-dan: September 10, 2014
  • 3-dan: July 13, 2024

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Professional Shogi Players Group

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Murota is a former vice-president of the Professional Shogi Players Group [ja], serving in that capacity from June 2015 until the end of May 2017.[3][4]

Personal life

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Murota married professional go player Yūta Iyama in 2012,[5] but the couple divorced in 2015.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu" 女流棋士データベース [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Murota Io Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 室田伊緒 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Io Murota Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "Kishikai Yakuin no Oshirase" 棋士会役員のお知らせ [Professional Shogi Players Group officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 5, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  4. ^ "Kishikaiyakuin no Oshirase" 棋士会役員のお知らせ [Professional Shogi Players Group officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 31, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "Igo no Iyama Jūdan to Shōgi no Murota Joryū Shodan ga Konyaku" 囲碁の井山十段と将棋の室田女流初段が婚約 [Go professional Iyama 10-dan enngaged to Women's shogi professional Murota 1-dan]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). February 20, 2012. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "Igo no Iyama Yūta Yonkan ga Saikon Ippan Josei to" 囲碁の井山裕太4冠が再婚 一般女性と [Go professional Yuta Iyama 4-crown remarries]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). July 25, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
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