{{Infobox shogi professional | name = Hatsumi Ueda | native_name = 上田初美 | image = | image_size = | caption = | born = {{birth date and age|1988|11|16|mf=yes}} | hometown = Kodaira, Tokyo | nationality = | pro_date = {{event date and age|2001|04|01|1988|11|16}} | badge_no = W-26 | teacher = {{ill|Hatasu Itō|ja|伊藤果}} | teacher_rank = 8-dan | lifetime_titles = | title = | rank = Women's 5-dan | no_titles = 2 | tournaments = 1 | jsa = 26 | female = yes | website = }} {{nihongo | '''Hatsumi Ueda''' | 上田 初美 | Ueda Hatsumi | born November 16, 1988}} is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/26.html | script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 上田初美| title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi | language=ja | trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda | publisher=Japan Shogi Association | access-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref> She is a former Women's {{interlanguage link|Jo-Ō|lt=Jo-Ō|ja|マイナビ女子オープン}} title holder.

==Women's shogi professional== ===Promotion history=== Ueda's promotion history is as follows.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/26.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 昇段履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=October 4, 2025}}</ref> * 2-kyū: April 1, 2001 * 1-kyū: April 1, 2002 * 1-dan: April 1, 2003 * 2-dan: June 30, 2008 * 3-dan: May 10, 2011 * 4-dan: May 21, 2018 * 5-dan: October 2, 2025

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

===Titles and other championships=== Ueda has appeared in major title matches nine times and has won a total of two titles: she won the Women's {{ill|Jo-Ō|ja|マイナビ女子オープン}} title in 2011 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/26.html#anc01|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 タイトル履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Taitoru Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Major Title History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 19, 2020}}</ref> In addition to major titles, Ueda has won one other shogi championships: the 6th {{ill|Daiwa Securities Strongest Women's Professional Cup|ja|大和証券杯ネット将棋・女流最強戦}} in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/26.html#anc02|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 優勝履歴|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Yūshō Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Championship History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 24, 2019}}</ref>

===Awards and honors=== Ueda has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards: "Women's Professional Most Games Played" (2009); "Women's Professional Award" and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2012); "Women's Professional Award" and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2016); and "Game of the Year Special Prize" (2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/lady/26.html#anc03|script-title=ja:女流棋士データベース: 上田初美 将棋大賞|title=Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Ueda Hatsumi Shōgi Taishō|language=ja|trans-title=Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Hatsumi Ueda Annual Shogi Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 24, 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life== Ueda is married to shogi professional Takuma Oikawa.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NoIRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25|script-title=ja:現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [上] あ-た|title=Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Jō] A-Ta Gyō|language=Japanese|trans-title=2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [First volume] Letter "A" to Letter "Ta"|page=25|year=2015|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|access-date=August 24, 2019}}</ref> The couple were married in June 2013 and have two daughters {{As of|2018|10|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2013/06/post_758.html|script-title=ja:及川拓馬五段と上田初美女流三段が入籍|title=Oikawa Takuma Godan to Ueda Hatsumi Joryū Sandan ga Nyūseki|language=ja|trans-title=Takuma Oikawa 5d and Hatsu Ueda Women's 3d announce marriage|date=June 18, 2013|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=August 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite interview|last=Oikawa|first=Takuma|url=http://originalnews.nico/142234|script-title=ja:なぜ及川拓馬は子育てをしつつ強くなれたのか? [叡王戦24棋士 白鳥士郎 特別インタビュー Vol.14]|title=Naze Oikawa Takuma wa Kosodate wo Shitsutsu Tsuyokunareta? [Eiōsen Nijūyon Kishi Shiratori Shirō Tokubetsu Intabyū Vol. Jūyon |language=ja|trans-title=How has Takuma Oikawa become stronger while being busy raising kids? (Special Eiō Tournament Interview by Shirō Shiratori Vol. 14)|interviewer=Shirō Shiratori |interviewer-link=:ja:白鳥士郎 |date=October 21, 2018|website=Niconico News Original|publisher=Dwango|access-date=August 24, 2019}}</ref>

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==External links== * ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/174 Ueda, Hatsumi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811184939/http://shogihub.com/players/174 |date=2019-08-11 }} * blog: [https://ameblo.jp/shogi-823/ ブログだよ] * {{Twitter | ueda823}}

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