{{Short description|Japanese shogi player (born 1968)}} {{Distinguish|Daisuke Nakagawa (actor)}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Daisuke Nakagawa |native_name = 中川大輔 |born = {{birth date and age|1968|7|13|mf=yes}} |hometown = Sendai |nationality = Japanese |pro_date = {{death date and age|1987|10|19|1968|7|13}} |badge_no = 184 |teacher = Kunio Yonenaga |rank = 8-dan |teacher_rank = 9-dan |tournaments = 1 |meijinclass = C1 |ryuoclass = 5 |jsa = 184 }} {{nihongo|'''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== Daisuke Nakagawa was born in Sendai, Japan, on July 13, 1968.<ref name="DNBio">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/184.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース:中川大輔|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakagawa Daisuke|language=Japanese|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Nakagawa|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref> As a junior high school, he won the {{ill|7th Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament|ja|将棋のアマチュア棋戦#小・中学生棋戦}} in 1982,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/junior_highschool_meijin/yuusyou/|script-title=ja:中学生将棋名人戦 歴代優勝者一覧|title=Chūgakusei Shōgi Meijinsen Rekidai Yūshōsha Ichiran|language=ja|trans-title=Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament: List of Winners|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name="DNBio" /><ref name="Promotion history" /> He was promoted to 1-dan in 1985, and was awarded full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1987.<ref name="Promotion history" />
==Shogi professional== ===Promotion history=== Nakagawa's promotion history is as follows:<ref name="Promotion history">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/184.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 中川大輔 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakagawa Daisuke Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Nakagawa Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref> * 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=== Nakagawa has won one non-major-title championship during his career: the 11th {{ill|Young Lions (shogi)|ja|若獅子戦|lt=Young Lions}} tournament in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/184.html#anc02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 中川大輔 優勝履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakagawa Daisuke Yūshō Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Nakagawa Championship History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/finished/sonota.html#wakazisi|script-title=ja:若獅子戦 <近��将棋>(1977年-1991年)|title=Wakashishisen <Kindai Shōgi> (Senkyūhyakunanajūnananen - Senkyūhyakukyūjūichinen)|language=ja|trans-title=Young Lions Tournament <Kindai Shogi> (1977-1991)|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref>
===Awards and honors=== Nakagawa received the JSA's "Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award" in December 2011 for winning 600 official games as a professional.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/184.html#anc04|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 中川大輔 その他表彰|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakagawa Daisuke Sonota Hyōshō|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Nakagawa Other Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2011/12/600_3.html|script-title=ja:中川大輔八段, 600勝(将棋栄誉賞)を達成|title=Nakagawa Daisuke Hachidan, Roppyakushō (Shōgi Eiyoshō) wo Tasei|language=ja|trans-title=Daisuke Nakagawa 8d reaches 600 wins (awarded "Shogi Honor Award")|date=December 12, 2011|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref>
==JSA executive== Nakagawa has served on the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors on multiple occasions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/184.html#anc05|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 中川大輔 役員履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Nakagawa Daisuke Yakuin Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Daisuke Nakagawa JSA Officer History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref> He was first elected as a director at the association's 58th General Meeting on May 25, 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2007/05/post_137.html|script-title=ja:新理事担当部署のお知らせ|title=Shinriji Tantō Busho no Oshirase|language=Japanese|trans-title=New JSA officers and their respective responsibilities announced|date=May 28, 2007|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref> and was re-elected to the same position on May 26, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2009/05/post_194.html|script-title=ja:新理事のお知らせ|title=Shinriji no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=New JSA officers announced|date=May 27, 2009|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref>
In May 2011, Nakagawa was selected to be an executive director at the JSA's 62nd General Meeting,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2011/05/post_420.html|script-title=ja:日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ|title=Nihon Shōgi Renmai Shinyakuin no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=JSA announces new officers|date=May 26, 2011|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref> but resigned his position for personal reasons in December of that same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2011/12/post_505.html|script-title=ja:中川常務理事が辞任|title=Nakagawa Jōmuriji ga Jinin|language=ja|trans-title=Nakagawa resigns|date=December 22, 2011|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref>
At the JSA's 64th General Meeting in June 2013, Nakagawa was once again selected to be a JSA executive director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2013/06/post_753.html|script-title=ja:日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ|title=Nihon Shōgi Renmai Shinyakuin no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=JSA announces new officers|date=June 7, 2013|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref> He was re-elected to the same position in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2015/06/post_1216.html|script-title=ja:日本将棋連盟新役員のお知らせ|title=Nihon Shōgi Renmei Shinyakuin no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=New JSA officers announced|date=June 4, 2015|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); No by-line-->|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170228/p2a/00m/0na/008000c|title=3 shogi board members sacked over mishandling of software 'cheating' scandal|date=February 28, 2017|newspaper=Mainichi Shimbun|access-date=July 13, 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== *ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/40 Professional Player Info · Nakagawa, Daisuke]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakagawa, Daisuke}} Category:Japanese shogi players Category:Japan Shogi Association players Category:Living people Category:People from Sendai Category:Shogi players from Miyagi Prefecture Category:1968 births