{{Infobox shogi professional |name = Akiko Takojima |native_name = 蛸島彰子 |image = |image_size = |caption = |born = {{birth date and age|1946|03|19|mf=yes}} |hometown = Suginami, Tokyo |nationality = |pro_date = {{event date and age|1974|10|31|1946|03|19}} |badge_no = {{unbulleted list|JSA W-1|LPSA W-1}} |retirementdate = {{event date and age|2018|02|16|1946|03|19}} |teacher = {{interlanguage link|Toshio Takayanagi|ja|高柳敏夫}} |teacher_rank = Honorary 9-dan |lifetime_titles = |title = |rank = Women's 6-dan |no_titles = 7 |tournaments = | wins = 333 | losses = 328 | winloss_ref = <ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.sankei.com/life/news/180216/lif1802160032-n1.html|script-title=ja:蛸島彰子女流六段が引退 女流将棋界の草分け|title=Takojima Akiko Joryū Rokudan ga Intai Joryū Shogi Seikai no Kusawake|language=ja|trans-title=Women's shogi professional Akiko Takojima 6-dan retires; she was a trail blazer in Women's professional shogi|date=February 16, 2018|newspaper=Sankei Shimbun|access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref> |jsa = |lpsa = 11500 |othersite = }} {{nihongo | '''Akiko Takojima''' | 蛸島 彰子 | Takojima Akiko | born March 19, 1946}} is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://joshi-shogi.com/profile/|title = 日本女子プロ将棋協会}}</ref> She was the first female to be accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school and is also a former Women's Meijin and {{interlanguage link|Women's Ōshō|lt=Ōshō|ja|女流王将}} title holder.
==Apprenticeship== Takojima was the first female to be accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school.<ref name= "AK">{{cite news|last=Kitano|first=Arata|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20180121-OHT1T50179.html|script-title=ja:引退決めた蛸島女流六段の願...女流棋界をもう一度一つに|title=Intai Kimeta Takojima Joryū Rokudan no Onegai... Joryū Kikai wo Mōichido Hitotsu ni|language=ja|trans-title=Akiko Takojima women's professional 6d has decided to retire; her one wish is for the divided women's professional shogi world to become one gain|date=January 22, 2018|newspaper=Sports Hochi|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
===Apprentice professional promotion history=== *1961: 7-kyū *1966: 1-dan
Note: The above are apprentice professional ranks.
==Women's shogi professional== Takojima holds the record for being the oldest women's professional to win an official game at 71 years and 9 months.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20180116-OHT1T50069.html|script-title=ja:強豪撃破引退表明の71歳･蛸島女流六段が最年長勝利|title=Kyōgō Gekiha Intai Hyōmei no Nanajūissai･Takojima Joryū Rokudan ga Sainenchō Shōri|language=ja|trans-title=71-year-old Akiko Takojima 6d defeats strong opponent to aanounce her retirement and to set new record for oldest women's professional to win an official game|date=January 16, 2018|newspaper=Sports Hochi|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
===Promotion history=== Takojima's promotion history is as follows.<ref name="JSAprofile">{{cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/syoukai/zyoryuu/takozima.html|script-title=ja:蛸島彰子 女流五段 (女流棋士番号1)|title=Takojima Akiko Joryū Godan (Joryū Kishi Bangō 1)|language=ja|trans-title=Akiko Takojima Women's Professional 5d (Women's Professional Badge Number 1)|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311233543/http://www.shogi.or.jp/syoukai/zyoryuu/takozima.html|archive-date=March 11, 2007|access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="LSPAprofile">{{cite web|url=http://joshi-shogi.com/8431/|script-title=ja:蛸島彰子 女流六段昇段のお知らせ|title=Takojima Akiko Joryū Rokudan Shōdan no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=Promotion Information for Women's professional Akiko Takojima 6d|publisher=Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
*2-dan: 1967 *3-dan: October 31, 1974 *4-dan: November 26, 1976 *5-dan: November 17, 1988 *6-dan: May 21, 2017
Note: The above are women's professional ranks.
===Major titles=== Takojima appeared in major title matches a total of eleven times and won a total of seven titles.<ref name="JSAprofile" /><ref name="LSPAprofile" /> She won the Women's Meijin title four times (1974{{ndash}}76, 1981) and the {{interlanguage link|Women's Ōshō|ja|女流王将}} title three times (1978–1980).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/jo_meijin/#jsTabE01_04|script-title=ja:女流名人戦: 過去の結果|title=Joryū Meijin: Kako no Kekka|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Meijin Tournament: Past results|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/jo_oushou/#jsTabE01_04|script-title=ja:女流王将戦: 過去の結果|title=Joryū Ōshōsen: Kako no Kekka|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Ōshō Tournament: Past results|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
===Awards and honors=== Takojima won the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional" Annual Shogi Award in 1980 and 1981.<ref name="JSAprofile" /><ref name="LSPAprofile" />
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==External links== * [http://joshi-shogi.com/profile/ 公益社団法人日本女子プロ将棋協会] {{in lang|ja}}
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