Haruka AikawaW
Haruka Aikawa

Haruka Aikawa is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Kazuo AzumaW
Kazuo Azuma

Kazuo Azuma is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan. He is a former senior managing director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Tetsuya FujimoriW
Tetsuya Fujimori

Tetsuya Fujimori is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

Aya FujitaW
Aya Fujita

Aya Fujita is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan. She holds the record for being the youngest person at age 11 years 6 months to have ever been awarded women's professional status by the Japan Shogi Association.

Kōhei FunaeW
Kōhei Funae

Kōhei Funae is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.

Yūki HasegawaW
Yūki Hasegawa

Yūki Hasegawa is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Mamoru HatakeyamaW
Mamoru Hatakeyama

Mamoru Hatakeyama is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.

HexshogiW
Hexshogi

Hexshogi is a shogi variant for two players created by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1986. The gameboard comprises 85 hexagonal cells. The game is in all respects the same as shogi, except that piece moves have been transfigured for the hexagonal board-cell geometry.

Ai IinoW
Ai Iino

Ai Iino is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Akira InabaW
Akira Inaba

Akira Inaba is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan. Inaba, together with Tetsurō Itodani, Masayuki Toyoshima and Akihiro Murata, is one of four Kansai-based young shogi professionals who are collectively referred to as the "Young Kansai Big Four".

Sae ItōW
Sae Itō

Sae Itō is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.

Shinobu IwaneW
Shinobu Iwane

Shinobu Iwane is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.

Tatsunosuke KandaW
Tatsunosuke Kanda

Tatsunosuke Kanda is a deceased Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan and also 9-dan, which was an honorary rank, after death.

Hiromitsu KankiW
Hiromitsu Kanki

Hiromitsu Kanki is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 7-dan.

Kei KatōW
Kei Katō

Kei Katō is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Momoko KatōW
Momoko Katō

Momoko Katō is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan. She is the current holder of the Seirei title and a former Women's Ōza and Jo-Ō titles.

Yoshio Kimura (shogi)W
Yoshio Kimura (shogi)

Yoshio Kimura was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan.

Kensuke KitahamaW
Kensuke Kitahama

Kensuke Kitahama is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan.

Madoka KitaoW
Madoka Kitao

Madoka Kitao is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Masonic shogiW
Masonic shogi

Masonic shogi is a shogi variant invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1987. The game is played on a modified shogi board whereby alternating ranks are indented to the right—resembling masonry brickwork. The moves of pieces are adapted to the new geometry; in other respects the game is the same as shogi.

Chiho MurataW
Chiho Murata

Chiho Murata is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Io MurotaW
Io Murota

Io Murota is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Kunio NaitōW
Kunio Naitō

Kunio Naitō is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan.

Takahiro ŌhashiW
Takahiro Ōhashi

Takahiro Ōhashi is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.

Minami SadamasuW
Minami Sadamasu

Minami Sadamasu is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Sakata Opposing RookW
Sakata Opposing Rook

In shogi, Sakata Opposing Rook is an Opposing Rook opening.

Shin'ichi Satō (shogi)W
Shin'ichi Satō (shogi)

Shin'ichi Satō is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

Saki SatomiW
Saki Satomi

Saki Satomi is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. Her older sister Kana is also a women's professional shogi player.

Space shogiW
Space shogi

Space shogi is a three-dimensional shogi variant invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1987. The gamespace comprises nine 9×9 shogi boards stacked vertically. Each player controls a standard set of shogi pieces.

Masataka SugimotoW
Masataka Sugimoto

Masataka Sugimoto is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. He is a former non-executive director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Kanna SuzukiW
Kanna Suzuki

Kanna Suzuki is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.

Aiko TakahamaW
Aiko Takahama

Aiko Takahama is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-kyū.

Rei TakedomiW
Rei Takedomi

Rei Takedomi is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Beni TakemataW
Beni Takemata

Beni Takemata is a female announcer for Fuji TV. She is a former Japanese women's professional shogi player who was ranked 1-dan. In December 2018, she announced her intention to retire from professional shogi and leave the Japan Shogi Association at the end of March 2019 to pursue other opportunities as well as to focus on her studies in political science and economics at Waseda University. She is formerly managed by Watanabe Entertainment as one of their "Intellectual Tarentos", appearing on Japanese variety shows and making personal appearances. On April 2021, she joined Fuji TV as announcer.

TrishogiW
Trishogi

Trishogi is a shogi variant for two players created by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1987. The gameboard comprises 9×10 interlocking triangular cells. The game is in all respects the same as shogi, except that piece moves have been transfigured for the triangular board-cell geometry.

Masao TsukadaW
Masao Tsukada

Masao Tsukada was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan and also 10-dan, which is an honorary rank, after death. He is a former Meijin and Ninth Dan title holder.

Nanako WakitaW
Nanako Wakita

Nanako Wakita is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Emina YamaguchiW
Emina Yamaguchi

Emina Yamaguchi is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-kyū.

Eriko YamaguchiW
Eriko Yamaguchi

Eriko Yamaguchi is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Shin'ya YamamotoW
Shin'ya Yamamoto

Shin'ya Yamamoto is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.

Takayuki YamasakiW
Takayuki Yamasaki

Takayuki Yamasaki is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.

Rieko YauchiW
Rieko Yauchi

Rieko Yauchi is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 5-dan. She is a former Women's Meijin, Ōi and Jo-Ō title holder.