Yuki Muroya
Japanese Shogi player
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Yuki Muroya (室谷 由紀 Muroya Yuki, born March 6, 1993) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.[1]
| Yuki Muroya | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 室谷由紀 |
| Born | March 6, 1993 |
| Hometown | Ōsakasayama, Osaka |
| Career | |
| Achieved professional status | July 17, 2010 (aged 17) |
| Badge Number | W-42 |
| Rank | Women's 3-dan |
| Teacher | Nobuo Mori (7-dan) |
| Websites | |
| JSA profile page | |
Women's shogi professional
Promotion history
Muroya's promotion history is as follows.[2]
- 3-kyū: October 1, 2009
- 2-kyū: July 17, 2010
- 1-kyū: July 17, 2010
- 1-dan: April 1, 2011
- 2-dan: August 25, 2015
- 3-dan: December 27, 2019
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Titles and other championships
Muroya has appeared in major titles match five times, but has yet to win a major title. She was the challenger for the 9th MyNavi Women's Open Jo-Ō title in 2016, the 24th and 26th Kurashiki Tōka Cup titles in 2016 and 2018, the 46th Women's Meijin title in 2020 and the 42nd Ōshō title also in 2020.[3]
Awards and honors
Muroya received the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional" and "Women's Professional Most Games Played" Annual Shogi Awards for the April 2015 – March 2016 shogi year, and the "Women's Professional Most Games Played" award for the April 2016 – March 2017 shogi year.[4]
Personal life
In March 2018, Muroya announced that she had gotten married on her 25th birthday and would be competing under her married name Taniguchi (谷口).[5][6]
In February 2020, Muroya announced she had divorced and would return to using Muroya as her name.[7]
Muroya remarried in January 2021, but this time decided to keep competing under her maiden name.[8]
