Ehoto Osogaguchi
Japanese shogi player
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Ehoto Osogaguchi (獺ヶ口 笑保人, Osogaguchi Ehoto; October 22, 1999) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.
| Ehoto Osogaguchi | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 獺ヶ口笑保人 |
| Born | October 22, 1999 |
| Hometown | Kumano, Mie, Japan |
| Career | |
| Achieved professional status | October 1, 2024 (aged 24) |
| Badge number | 343 |
| Rank | 4-dan |
| Teacher | Nobuo Mori (7-dan) |
| Meijin class | C2 |
| Ryūō class | 6 |
| Websites | |
| JSA profile page | |
Early life and amateur shogi
Osogaguchi was born in Kumano, Mie, on October 22, 1999.[1] Osogaguchi became interested in shogi after seeing is parents playing the game when he was four years old.[2][3]
In May 2012, Osogaguchi won the inaugural J:COM Cup Sangatsu no Raion All-Japan children's shogi tournament[a] as the representative of the Osaka area as a first-year junior high school student,[5][6][b] and he represented Mie Prefecture in the boy's division of the 33rd All Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament in August 2012.[7] His family, however, moved from Mie to Osaka after he graduated junior high school.[8]
In June 2013, he entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the sponsorship of shogi professional Nobuo Mori.[2] He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in February 2023, and obtained regular professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2024 after winning the 75th 3-dan League (April–October 2024) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.[2][9][10]
Shogi professional
Promotion history
The promotion history for Osogaguchi is as follows.[11]
- 6-kyū: June 2013
- 3-dan: February 2023
- 4-dan: October 1, 2024
Personal life
As of September 2024,[update] Osogaguchi is a student at Gunma University's Faculty of Medicine studying to become a doctor,[10][12] specializing in neurology and researching Alzheimer's disease.[13][14] Osogauchi has stated that even though he wanted to become a shogi professional from an early age, he thought the path would be difficult, particularly after getting demoted from apprentice professional 1-kyū to apprentice professional 2-kyū before turning 20 years old;[14][c] so, he also decided to pursue a career in medicine,[10] and passed the entrance exam for Gunma University two years after graduating from high school.[8] He hopes to one day to have careers both as a shogi professional and a doctor.[10]
Notes
- The tournament takes its name from the popular Japanese manga series March Comes In like a Lion in which the protagonist is a young shogi player. MSO J:COM (a subsidiary of KDDI) is a main sponsor of the tournament, with additional cooperation given by the Japan Shogi Association and Hakusensha, the publisher of the series.[4]
