{{Short description|Japanese shogi player (born 1988)}} {{Infobox shogi professional | name = Akira Inaba | native_name = 稲葉陽 | image = File:Inaba akira shogi.jpg | caption = Inaba at a {{ill|human shogi|ja|人間将棋}} event in November 2015. | born = {{birth date and age | 1988 | 8 | 08 | mf=yes}} | hometown = Nishinomiya | nationality = | pro_date = {{death date and age | 2008 | 4 | 01 | 1988 | 8 | 08}} | badge_no = 269 | teacher = Keita Inoue | rank = 8-dan | tournaments = 2 | meijinclass = B1 | ryuoclass = 2 | jsa = 269 }}
{{nihongo | '''Akira Inaba''' | 稲葉 陽 | Inaba Akira | born August 8, 1988}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.<ref name="Database">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/269.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 稲葉陽|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Inaba Akira|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Akira Inaba|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref>
==Shogi professional== Inaba, together with Tetsurō Itodani, Masayuki Toyoshima and Akihiro Murata, is one of four Kansai-based young shogi professionals who are collectively referred to as the "Young Kansai Big Four" (関西若手四天王 ''Kansai Wakate Shitennō'').<ref>{{cite news|last1=Murase|first1=Shinya|last2=Fukamatsu|first2=Shinji|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASK2T6D28K2TUCVL01Q.html|script-title=ja:稲葉八段, 同世代にもまれ名人挑戦権 ｢まだ実感ない｣|title=Inaba Hachidan, Dōseidai ni mo Mare Meijin Chōsenken "Mada Jikkan Nai"|language=ja|trans-title=Inaba 8d, earns the rare right for a player of his generation to challenge for the Meijin title: "It still does not seem real"|date=February 26, 2017|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=October 31, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020452/http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASK2T6D28K2TUCVL01Q.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Promotion history=== Inaba's promotion history is as follows:<ref name="Promotion history">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/269.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 稲葉陽 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Inaba Akira Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Akira Inaba Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref> * 6-kyū: September 2000 * 4-dan: April 1, 2008 * 5-dan: March 8, 2011 * 6-dan: May 1, 2012 * 7-dan: August 16, 2013 * 8-dan: February 18, 2016
===Titles and other championships=== Inaba has appeared in a major title match only once: he was the challenger for the Meijin title in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/269.html#anc01|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 稲葉陽 タイトル履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Inaba Akira Taitoru Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Akira Inaba Major Title History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref> He earned the right to challenge Amahiko Satō for the title by winning the 2016-2017 Class A ranking tournament with a record of 8 wins and 1 loss, thus becoming the eighth player in history to win the right to challenge for the Meijin title in his first year in Class A.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mizota|first=Yukihiro|url=https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/bunka/201703/0009948507.shtml|script-title=ja:稲葉八段が名人初挑戦へ 将棋･A級順位戦|title=Inaba Hachidan ga Meijin Hatsu Chōsen e Shōgi･A-kyū Jun'isen|language=ja|trans-title=Inaba 8d first time challenger for Meijin title, Shogi･Mejin Class A|date=February 26, 2017|newspaper=Kobe Shimbun|access-date=October 31, 2017}}</ref>
Inaba has won two non-major title championships: the 21st Ginga Tournament in 2013, and the 70th NHK Cup tournament in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/269.html#anc02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 稲葉陽 優勝履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Inaba Akira Yūshō Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Akira Inaba Championship History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 22, 2021}}</ref>
===Year-end prize money and game fee ranking=== Inaba has finished in the "Top 10" of the JSA's {{ill|year-end prize money and game fee rankings|ja|将棋界#獲得賞金と対局料}} four times: 6th with JPY 28,010,000 in earnings in 2017;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2018/02/201710.html|title=Nisenjūnananen Kakutoku Shōkin･Taikyokuryō Besuto Jū|script-title=ja:2017年獲得賞金･対局料ベスト10|trans-title= 2017 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 10|language=ja|date=February 6, 2018|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 7, 2018}}</ref> 9th with JPY 17,030,000 in earnings in 2021;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2022/02/202110.html|title= Nisennijūichinen Kakutoku Shōkin･Taikyokuryō Besuto Jū|script-title=ja:2021年獲得賞金･対局料ベスト10|trans-title= 2021 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 10|language=ja|date=February 3, 2022|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/general/nikkan/news/202202030000647.html|script-title=ja:藤井聡太竜王が賞金ランキング3位, 渡辺明名人1位, 羽生善治九段は5位|title=Fujii Sōta Ryūō ga Shōkin Rankingu San'i, Watanabe Akira Meijin Ichi'i, Habu Yoshiharu Kudan wa Goi|language=ja|trans-title= Sota Fujii Ryūō finishes third in the annual prize money and game fee rankings; Akira Watanabe Meijin and Yoshiharu Habu 9-dan finish first and fifth, respectively|date=February 3, 2022|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> 10th with JPY 15,800,000 in earnings in 2022,<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20230203-OHT1T51147.html?page=1|script-title=ja:将棋･藤井聡太五冠が2022年賞金･対局料1億2205万円で初の1位! 前年3位から飛躍|title=Shōgi･Fujii Sōta Gokan ga Nisennijūninen Shōkin･Taikyokuryō Ichiokunisennihyakugomanen de Hatsu no Ichi'i! Zennen San'i kara Hiyaku|language=ja|trans-title=2022 professional shogi year-end prize money and game fee ranking: Sōta Fujii 5-crown captures top spot for the first time! Jumps from 3rd to 1st with ¥122,050,000|date=February 3, 2023|newspaper=Sports Hochi|access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2023/02/202210.html|title= Nisennijūninen Kakutoku Shōkin･Taikyokuryō Besuto Jū|script-title=ja:2022年獲得賞金･対局料ベスト10|trans-title= 2022 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 10|language=ja|date=February 3, 2023|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref> and 9th with JPY 17,810,000 in earnings in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2024/02/202310.html|title= Nisennijūsannen Kakutoku Shōkin･Taikyokuryō Besuto Jū|script-title=ja:2023年獲得賞金･対局料ベスト10|trans-title= 2023 Prize Money/Game Fees Top 10|language=ja|date=February 5, 2024|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=April 15, 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/84 Professional Player Info · Inaba, Akira] * Shogi Fan: [http://shogifan.com/2017/02/26/inaba-will-be-the-next-meijin-challenger/ Inaba will be the next Meijin challenger]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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