Sayuri Honda

Japanese shogi player

Sayuri Honda
Native name	本田小百合
Born	(1978-10-03) October 3, 1978 (age 45)
Hometown	Mito, Ibaraki
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 1992(1992-04-01) (aged 13)
Badge Number	W-14
Rank	Women's 3-dan
Teacher	Yūji Sase [ja] (9-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Sayuri Honda (本田小百合, Honda Sayuri, born October 3, 1978) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.^[1]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Honda's promotion history is as follows.^[2]

2-kyū: April 1, 1992
1-kyū: April 1, 1993
1-dan: April 1, 1999
2-dan: May 19, 2004
3-dan: September 26, 2012

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Honda's only appearance in a women's major title match came in when she unsuccessfully challenged Momoko Katō for the 2nd Women's Ōza [ja] title in 2012.^[3]

References

^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Honda Sayuri" 女流棋士データベース: 本田小百合 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Sayuri Honda] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Honda Sayuri Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 本田小百合昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Sayuri Honda Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Honda Sayuri Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 本田小百合タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Sayuri Honda Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 17, 2019.

External links

ShogiHub: Sayuri, Honda

Active women's professional shogi players

7-dan

Ichiyo Shimizu

6-dan

Hiroe Nakai†
Kana Fukuma

5-dan

Tomoka Nishiyama
Haruko Saida
Rieko Yauchi

4-dan

Ryōko Chiba
Sae Itō
Manao Kagawa
Momoko Katō
Chikako Nagasawa
Marika Nakamura
Sayuri Takebe
Hatsumi Ueda
Kumi Yamada

3-dan

2-dan

1-dan

1-kyū

Mihoko Iwasa
Saki Miyazawa
Chihiro Sakihara
Saki Tanaka*
Mikoto Umezu
Hana Wada
Kirari Yamaguchi

2-kyū

Mao Itō
Natsuko Iwasaki
Mirei Kamada
Shōko Kubo
Riko Morimoto
Nana Sakaki
Kanade Sunahara
Yuzuki Takeuchi
Nikori Yamaguchi

Current Title Holders

Tomoka Nishiyama (Jo-Ō, Women's Ōshō, Hakurei)
Kana Fukuma (Women's Meijin, Woman's Ōi, Women's Ōza, Kurashiki Tōka, Seirei)

Qualifying Lifetime Title Holders

Hiroe Nakai (Queen Meijin)
Tomoka Nishiyama (Lifetime Jo-Ō)
Kana Fukuma (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka)
Ichiyo Shimizu (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka)

Notes:
1. No symbol denotes JSA affiliation
2. An asterisk (*) denotes LPSA affiliation
3. A cross (†) denotes unaffiliated.
4, A two-barred cross (‡) denotes a JSA apprentice school player.