Mihoko Iwasa
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| Mihoko Iwasa | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 岩佐 美帆子 |
| Born | August 15, 2005 |
| Hometown | Gifu, Japan |
| Career | |
| Achieved professional status | February 1, 2022 (aged 16) |
| Badge Number | W-76 |
| Rank | Women's 1-kyū |
| Teacher | Masayuki Toyoshima (9-dan) |
| Websites | |
| JSA profile page | |
Mihoko Iwasa (岩佐 美帆子, Iwasa Mihoko; born August 15, 2005) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-kyū.
Iwasa was born in Gifu, Japan on August 15, 2005.[1] She learned how to play shogi as a fourth-grade student due the influence of her older brothers.[2][3] 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.[3] Needing a sponsor to become a women's professional, her first choice was shogi professional Masayuki Toyoshima.[3] A meeting between the two was arranged by a mutual acquaintance and Toyoshima agreed to take her on as his first apprentice.[3][4] 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.[2] As of February 2022,[update] she is a senior high school student and Uguisudani Junior and Senior High School in Gifu.[2]