{{Short description|Japanese shogi player}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Ehoto Osogaguchi |native_name = 獺ヶ口笑保人 |born = {{birth date and age|1999|10|22|mf=yes}} |hometown = Kumano, Mie, Japan |nationality = |pro_date = {{event date and age |2024|10|01|1999|10|22}} |badge_no = 343 |teacher = {{ill|Nobuo Mori|ja|森信雄}} |rank = 4-dan |teacher_rank = 7-dan |meijinclass = C2 |tournaments = |ryuoclass = 6 |jsa = 343 }} {{nihongo|'''Ehoto Osogaguchi'''|獺ヶ口 笑保人|Osogaguchi Ehoto|October 22, 1999}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.
==Early life and amateur shogi== Osogaguchi was born in Kumano, Mie, on October 22, 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/343.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 獺ヶ口笑保人|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Osogaguchi Ehoto|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Ehoto Osogaguchi|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 12, 2025}}</ref> Osogaguchi became interested in shogi after seeing is parents playing the game when he was four years old.<ref name="New4d">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2024/09/post_2465.html|script-title=ja:新四段誕生のお知らせ|title=Shinyondan Tanjō no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=Announcing the new 4-dans|date=September 7, 2024|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 6, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sakai|first=Takayuki|url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/996203|url-access=subscription|script-title=ja:将棋と医学の二刀流, 難しいが続けたい なぜなら自分は欲張りな人間だから 棋士で医学生･獺ケ口笑保人さん|title=Shōgi to Igaku no Nitōryū Muzukashii ga Tsuzuketai Naze nara Jibun wa Yokubari na Ningen dakara Kishi de Igakusei･Osogaguchi Ehoto-san|language=ja|trans-title=Shogi professional and medical student Ehoto Osogaguchi says pursung careers in shogi and medicine is difficult, but he wants to continue to do so because he's a "greedy" person.|date=December 6, 2024 |newspaper=Chunichi Shimbun|access-date=May 28, 2025}}</ref>
In May 2012, Osogaguchi won the inaugural J:COM Cup Sangatsu no Raion All-Japan children's shogi tournament{{efn|The tournament takes its name from the popular Japanese manga series ''March Comes In like a Lion'' in which the protagonist is a young shogi player. MSO J:COM (a subsidiary of KDDI) is a main sponsor of the tournament, with additional cooperation given by the Japan Shogi Association and Hakusensha, the publisher of the series.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/jcom/index.html|script-title=ja:J:COM杯 3月のライオン子ども将棋大会|title=Jeikomu-hai Sangatsu no Raion Kodomo Shōgi Taikai|language=ja|trans-title=|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=April 10, 2025}}</ref>}} as the representative of the Osaka area as a first-year junior high school student,<ref name="JCOM">{{cite web|last=Ōtsuka|first=Yōsuke|url=https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20241018-3047252/|script-title=ja:J:COM杯第1回全国大会優勝の獺ヶ口笑保人四段ら三人の新四段にJ:COM賞を贈呈|title=Jeikomu-hai Daiikai Zenkoku Taikai Yūshō no Osogaguchi Ehoto Yondan-ra Sannin no Shin Yondan ni Jeikomu-shō wo Zōtei|language=ja|trans-title=Ehoto Osogaguchi, winner of the first All-Japan J:COM Cup, and two other new professional 4-dans receive the J:COM Award|date=October 18, 2024|website=Mynavi News|access-date=April 10, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/jcom/01/index.html|script-title=ja:第1回 J:COM杯3月のライオン子ども将棋大会|title=Daiikai Jeikomu-hai Sangatsu no Raion Kodomo Shōgi Taikai|language=ja|trans-title= 1st J:COM Sangatsu no Rain children's shogi tournament|date=2012|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=April 10, 2025}}</ref>{{efn|Osogaguchi is the first winner of the tournament to become a professional shogi player.<ref name="JCOM" />}} and he represented Mie Prefecture in the boy's division of the 33rd {{Interlanguage link|All Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament|ja|将棋のアマチュア棋戦#小・中学生棋戦}} in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/junior_highschool/33/danshi.html|script-title=ja:第33回全国中学生選抜将棋選手権大会 [男子決勝トーナメント]|title=Dai Sanjūsankai Zenkoku Chūgakusei Senbatsu Shogi Senshuken Taikai [Danshi Kesshō Tōnamento]|language=ja|trans-title=33rd All Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament Boy's Championship Tournament|year=2012|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 1, 2025}}</ref> His family, however, moved from Mie to Osaka after he graduated junior high school.<ref name="CS">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/955042|url-access=subscription|script-title=ja:24歳医学部在籍, 異色の棋士誕生 三重･熊野出身, 獺ケ口笑保人さん|title=Nijūyonsai Igakubuzaiseki, Ishoku no Kishi Tanjō Mie･Kumano Shusshin, Osogaguchi Ehoto|language=ja|trans-title=Shogi's new professional Ehoto Osogaguchi from Kumano, Mie is quite unique; the 24-year-old is currently also studying to be a doctor.|date=September 7, 2024|newspaper=Chunichi Shimbun|access-date=March 19, 2025}}</ref>
In June 2013, he entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the sponsorship of shogi professional {{ill|Nobuo Mori|ja|森信雄}}.<ref name="New4d" /> He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in February 2023, and obtained regular professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2024 after winning the 75th 3-dan League (April{{ndash}}October 2024) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.<ref name="New4d" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/75/index.html|script-title=ja:第75回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2024年4月～2024年9月|title=Dai Nanajūgokai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisennijūyonnen Shigatsu kara Nisennijūyonnen Kugatsu|language=ja|trans-title=75th apprentice school 3-dan league: April 2024 to September 2024|year=2024|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 19, 2025}}</ref><ref name="MD">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/general/nikkan/news/202409070001507.html|script-title=ja:[将棋] 獺ケ口笑保人新四段 目指すは棋士と医師との二刀流 奨励会三段リーグ最終局突破|title=[Shōgi] Osogaguchi Ehoto Shinyondan Mezasu wa Kishi to Ishi to no Nitōryū Shōreikai Sandan Rīgu Saishūkyoku Toppa|language=ja|trans-title=|date=September 7, 2024|newspaper=Nikkan Sports|access-date=March 19, 2025}}</ref>
==Shogi professional== ===Promotion history=== The promotion history for Osogaguchi is as follows.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/343.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 獺ヶ口笑保人 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Osogaguchi Ehoto Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Ehoto Osogaguchi Promotion History|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 12, 2025}}</ref>
*6-kyū: June 2013 *3-dan: February 2023 *4-dan: October 1, 2024
==Personal life== {{As of|2024|09|post=,}} Osogaguchi is a student at Gunma University's Faculty of Medicine studying to become a doctor,<ref name="MD" /><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUD0723P0X00C24A9000000/?msockid=3a6f10d9980d60cb39aa056d99f76124|script-title=ja:異色の将棋棋士誕生 国立大医学部の獺ケ口笑保人新四段|title=Ishoku no Shōgi Kishi Tanjō Kokuritsudai Igakubu no Osogaguchi Ehoto Shinyondan|language=ja|trans-title=New shogi professional 4-dan Ehoto Osogaguchi is unique in that he's also studying medicine at a national university|date=September 7, 2024|newspaper=The Nikkei|access-date=March 19, 2025}}</ref> specializing in neurology and researching Alzheimer's disease.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.yosikuma.com/2024/09/12/3871/|script-title=ja:医師と棋士の両立目指す 獺ケ口さん (熊野市出身)がプロに 将棋界でも注目集める|title=Ishi to Kishi no Ryōritsu Mezasu Osogaguchi Ehoto-san (Kumano-shi Shusshin) ga Puro ni Shōgikai demo Chūmoku Atsumeru|language= ja|trans-title=New shogi professional Ehoto Osogaguchi from Kumano aims to be both a shogi professional and a doctor, and is attracting the attention of the shogi world|date=September 18, 2024|newspaper=Yoshino Kumano Shimbun|access-date=March 19, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Asahi">{{cite news|last=Sugimura|first=Kazumasa|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASS9742BGS97UCVL01JM.html?msockid=159a767b4a2161eb20cf63a44b4460d7|url-access=registration|script-title=ja:｢神経科学を研究｣の群馬大医学部生がプロ棋士に 奨励会三段リーグ|title=｢Shinkeikagaku wo Kenkyū｣ no Gunma Dai Igakubusei ga Puro Kishi ni Shōreikai Sandan Rīgu|language=ja|trans-title=Apprentice School 3-dan League: Gunma University medical school student studying neurology becomes shogi professional|date=September 7, 2024|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=May 1, 2025}}</ref> Osogauchi has stated that even though he wanted to become a shogi professional from an early age, he thought the path would be difficult, particularly after getting demoted from apprentice professional 1-kyū to apprentice professional 2-kyū before turning 20 years old;<ref name= "Asahi" />{{efn|Apprentice school rules state aspiring professionals must leave the school if they fail to be obtain promotion to apprentice professional 1-dan by their 21st birthday.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/provision.html|script-title=ja:奨励会規定 年齢制限|title=Shōreikai Kitei Nenrei Seigen|language=ja|trans-title= Apprentice school rules: Age limits|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 28, 2025}}</ref>}} so, he also decided to pursue a career in medicine,<ref name="MD" /> and passed the entrance exam for Gunma University two years after graduating from high school.<ref name="CS" /> He hopes to one day to have careers both as a shogi professional and a doctor.<ref name="MD" />
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