Reo Okabe
| Reo Okabe | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 岡部怜央 |
| Born | April 8, 1999 |
| Hometown | Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan |
| Career | |
| Achieved professional status | April 1, 2022 (aged 22) |
| Badge Number | 331 |
| Rank | 5-dan |
| Teacher | Jun'ichi Kase (7-dan) |
| Meijin class | C1 |
| Ryūō class | 6 |
| Websites | |
| JSA profile page | |
Reo Okabe (岡部 怜央, Okabe Reo; April 8, 1999) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
Early life and apprenticeship
[edit | edit source]Okabe was born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture on April 8, 1999.[1][2] He learned how to play shogi from watching his older brother and grandfather play,[3] and eventually was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's (JSA) apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Jun'ichi Kase in September 2011.[2][3]
Okabe was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in 2016.[3] He obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in April 2022 after tying for first with Kenshi Tokuda in the 70th 3-dan League (October 2021 – March 2022) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.[4][5][6]
Shogi professional
[edit | edit source]Promotion history
[edit | edit source]The promotion history for Okabe is as follows.[7]
- 6-kyū: September 2011
- 3-dan: October 2016
- 4-dan: April 1, 2022
- 5-dan: March 11, 2025
Awards and honors
[edit | edit source]Okabe won the Japan Shogi Association's Annual Shogi Awards for "Best New Player", "Most Games Played", "Most Games Won" and "Most Consecutive Games Won"[a] for the April 2024 – March 2025 shogi year.[8]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Okabe and Nagisa Fujimoto each won 17 consecutive games to share the award.[8]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Reo Okabe