Aki Wada

{{Short description|Japanese shogi player}} {{Infobox shogi professional | name = Aki Wada | native_name = 和田あき | maiden_name =  | image = | image_size = | caption = | born = {{birth date and age|1997|11|14|mf=yes}} | hometown = Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | nationality = | pro_date = {{event date and age|2014|08|09|1997|11|14}} | badge_no = W-50 | teacher = Yūki Fujikura | teacher_rank = 6-dan | lifetime_titles = | title = | rank = Women's 2-dan | no_titles = | tournaments = | notable_students = | jsa = 50 | female = yes | website = }} {{nihongo |'''Aki Wada'''|和田あき|Wada Aki|born November 14, 1997}} is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

==Early life== Wada was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido on November 14, 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/50.html|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 和田あき|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Wada Aki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Aki Wada|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> She became interested in shogi when she was about five years old after seeing her father and older brother playing each other.<ref name="3k">{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2014/03/post_959.html|script-title=ja:和田あきさんが4月から女流棋士3級に|title=Wada Aki-san ga Shigatsu kara Joryū Kishi Sankyū ni|language=ja|trans-title=Aki Wada to become a women's professional 3-kyū from April|date=March 25, 2014|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref> She entered the Japan Shogi Association's training group F1 in 2009 and was awarded women's professional provisional status and the rank of women's professional 3-kyū in April 2014 as a student of shogi professional Yūki Fujikura.<ref name="3k" /> She obtained women's professional regular status and the rank of women's professional 2-kyū in August 2014.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2014/08/post_1048.html|script-title=ja:和田あき女流3級が女流2級に昇級|title=Wada Aki-san Joryū Sankyū ga Joryū Nikyū ni Shōkyū|language=ja|trans-title=Women's professional 3-kyū Aki Wada promoted to 2-kyū|date=August 11, 2014|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref>

==Women's shogi professional== ===Promotion history=== Wada's promotion history is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/50.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 和田あき昇段履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Wada Aki Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Aki Wada Promotion History|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref>

* 3-kyū: April 1, 2014 * 2-kyū: August 9, 2014 * 1-dan: November 6, 2014 * 2-dan: June 5, 2023

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

==Personal life== Wada's younger sister Hana is also a women's professional shogi player, and the two are the fourth pair of sisters to be awarded women's professional shogi player status.<ref>{{cite news|author=|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20200807-OHT1T50076.html|script-title=ja:将棋の新女流棋士が誕生 18歳の早大生･和田はなさん和田あき女流初段の妹|title=Shōgi no Shinjoryūkishi ga Tanjō Jūhassai no Wadaisei･Wada Hana-san Wada Aki Joryū Shodan no Imōto|language=ja|trans-title=New women's professional announced: 18-year-old Waseda University student Hana Wada, the younger sister of women's professional 1-dan Aki Wada|date=August 7, 2020|newspaper=Sports Hochi|access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref>

On June 20, 2025, the {{abbrv|JSA|Japan Shogi Association}} announced on its official website that Wada and shogi professional Reo Kurosawa had gotten married. The announcement also satated that Wada would continue to use her maiden name professionally.<ref>{{cite news|author=|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20250620-OHT1T51214.html?page=1|script-title=ja:黒沢怜生六段, 和田あき女流二段が結婚日本将棋連盟が20日発表|title=Kurosawa Reo Rokudan, Wada Aki Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon Nihon Shōgi Renmei ga Hatsuka Happyō|language=ja|trans-title=Japan Shogi Association announces on June 20 that Reo Kurosawa 6-dan and Aki Wada women's professional 2-dan have gotten married|date=June 20, 2025|newspaper=Sports Hochi|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2025/06/post_2539.html|script-title=ja:黒沢怜生六段と和田あき女流二段が結婚|title=Kurosawa Reo Rokudan to Wada Aki Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon|language=ja|trans-title=Reo Kurosawa 6-dan and Aki Wada women's professional 2-dan get married|date=June 20, 2025|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/175 Wada, Aki] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220074619/http://shogihub.com/players/175 |date=2020-02-20 }}

{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wada, Aki}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Sapporo Category:Japanese shogi players Category:Japan Shogi Association players Category:Female shogi players Category:Shogi players from Hokkaido