Daisuke Nakagawa

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Daisuke Nakagawa
Native name中川大輔
Born (1968-07-13) July 13, 1968 (age 55)
HometownSendai
NationalityJapanese
Career
Achieved professional statusOctober 19, 1987(1987-10-19) (aged 19)
Badge Number184
Rank8-dan
TeacherKunio Yonenaga (9-dan)
Tournaments won1
Meijin classB2
Ryūō class5
Websites
JSA profile page

Daisuke Nakagawa (中川 大輔, Nakagawa Daisuke, born July 13, 1968) is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan. He is a former executive director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship[edit]

Daisuke Nakagawa was born in Sendai, Japan on July 13, 1968.[1] As a junior high school, he won the 7th Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament [ja] in 1982,[2] and the following year was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional Kunio Yonenaga.[1][3] He was promoted to 1-dan in 1985, and was awarded full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1987.[3]

Shogi professional[edit]

Promotion history[edit]

Nakagawa's promotion history is as follows:[3]

  • 6-kyū: 1983
  • 1-dan: 1985
  • 4-dan: October 19, 1987
  • 5-dan: November 27, 1990
  • 6-dan: June 28, 1994
  • 7-dan: October 20, 2000
  • 8-dan: December 11, 2009

Titles and other championships[edit]

Nakagawa has won one non-major-title championship during his career: the 11th Young Lions [ja] tournament in 1987.[4][5]

Awards and honors[edit]

Nakagawa received the JSA's "Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award" in December 2011 for winning 600 official games as a professional.[6][7]

JSA executive[edit]

Nakagawa has served on the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors on multiple occasions.[8] He was first elected as a director at the association's 58th General Meeting on May 25, 2007,[9] and was re-elected to the same position on May 26, 2009.[10]

In May 2011, Nakagawa was selected to be an executive director at the JSA's 62nd General Meeting,[11] but resigned his position for personal reasons in December of that same year.[12]

At the JSA's 64th General Meeting in June 2013, Nakagawa was once again selected to be a JSA executive director.[13] He was re-elected to the same position in 2015,[14] but was one of three members of the board voted out of office by the JSA membership at an emergency meeting held in February 2017 for their involvement in the 29th Ryūō challenger controversy.[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakagawa Daisuke" 棋士データベース:中川大輔 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Nakagawa] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "Chūgakusei Shōgi Meijinsen Rekidai Yūshōsha Ichiran" 中学生将棋名人戦 歴代優勝者一覧 [Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament: List of Winners] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakagawa Daisuke Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 中川大輔 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Nakagawa Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  4. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakagawa Daisuke Yūshō Rireki" 棋士データベース: 中川大輔 優勝履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Nakagawa Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "Wakashishisen <Kindai Shōgi> (Senkyūhyakunanajūnananen - Senkyūhyakukyūjūichinen)" 若獅子戦 <近代将棋>(1977年-1991年) [Young Lions Tournament <Kindai Shogi> (1977-1991)] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakagawa Daisuke Sonota Hyōshō" 棋士データベース: 中川大輔 その他表彰 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Nakagawa Other Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  7. ^ "Nakagawa Daisuke Hachidan, Roppyakushō (Shōgi Eiyoshō) wo Tasei" 中川大輔八段, 600勝(将棋栄誉賞)を達成 [Daisuke Nakagawa 8d reaches 600 wins (awarded "Shogi Honor Award")] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. December 12, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  8. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakagawa Daisuke Yakuin Rireki" 棋士データベース: 中川大輔 役員履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Nakagawa JSA Officer History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  9. ^ "Shinriji Tantō Busho no Oshirase" 新理事担当部署のお知らせ [New JSA officers and their respective responsibilities announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 28, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  10. ^ "Shinriji no Oshirase" 新理事のお知らせ [New JSA officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 27, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  11. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmai Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [JSA announces new officers] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 26, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  12. ^ "Nakagawa Jōmuriji ga Jinin" 中川常務理事が辞任 [Nakagawa resigns] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. December 22, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  13. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmai Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [JSA announces new officers] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 7, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  14. ^ "Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase" 日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ [New JSA officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 4, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  15. ^ "3 shogi board members sacked over mishandling of software 'cheating' scandal". Mainichi Shimbun. February 28, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2018.

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