{{Short description|Japanese shogi player}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Keiichi Sanada |native_name = 真田圭一 |born = {{birth date and age|1972|10|06|mf=yes}} |hometown = Yachiyo, Chiba |nationality = Japanese |pro_date = {{death date and age|1992|4|01|1972|10|06}} |badge_no = 202 |teacher = {{ill|Shigeyuki Matsuda|ja|松田茂役}} |rank = 8-dan |teacher_rank = 9-dan |meijinclass = C2 |ryuoclass = 5 |jsa = 202 }} {{nihongo|'''Keiichi Sanada'''|真田 圭一|Sanada Keiichi|born October 6, 1972}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. He is a former director of the Japan Shogi Association.
==Early life and apprenticeship== Sanada was born on October 6, 1972, in Yachiyo, Chiba.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/202.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 真田圭一|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Sanada Keiichi|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Keiichi Sanada|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref> In 1985, he entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school when he was twelve years old at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional {{ill|Shigeyuki Matsuda|ja|松田茂役}}. He was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1988, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 1992.<ref name="2014yearbook">{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UEcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA562|script-title=ja:棋士名鑑: 七段 真田 圭一|title=Kishi Meikan: Shichidan Sanada Keiichi|language=ja|trans-title=Player Directory: Keiichi Sanada Saitō 7-dan|magazine=平成26年版 将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition)|page=562|year=2014|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|isbn=978-4-8399-5175-7|access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref><ref name="2016databook">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NoIRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA58|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=58|year=2015|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref>
===Promotion history=== Sanada's promotion history is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/202.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 真田圭一 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Sanada Keiichi Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Keiichi Sanada Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref>
* 6-kyū: 1985 * 1-dan: 1988 * 4-dan: April 1, 1992 * 5-dan: April 1, 1994 * 6-dan: October 1, 1997 * 7-dan: March 1, 2005 * 8-dan: October 25, 2016
===Titles and other championships=== Sanada's only appearance in a major title match came in 1997 when he was the challenger for the 10th Ryūō title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/202.html#anc01|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 真田圭一 タイトル履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Sanada Keiichi Taitoru Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Keiichi Sanada Major Title History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref>
===Awards and honors=== Sanada received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Award for "Best New Player" in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/202.html#anc03|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 真田圭一 将棋大賞|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Sanada Keiichi Shōgi Taishō|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Keiichi Sanada Annual Shogi Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref>
==JSA director== Sanada served on the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors from 1999 until 2003.<ref name="2014yearbook" /> He was elected for his first two-year term as a director at the association's 50th General Meeting in May 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/kikaij/jyouhou.htm|script-title=ja:第50回日本将棋連盟通常総会|title=Dai Gojūkai Nihon Shōgi Renmei Tsūjō Sōkai|language=ja|trans-title=50th JSA General Meeting|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000303160831/http://www.shogi.or.jp/kikaij/jyouhou.htm|archive-date=March 3, 2000|access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref> and then re-elected to a second two-year term at the association's 52nd General Meeting in May 2001.
==Personal life== Sanada's wife Ayako is a retired female shogi professional.<ref name="2016databook" />
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==External links== *ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/62 Professional Player Info · Sanada, Keiichi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114052828/http://shogihub.com/players/62 |date=2017-11-14 }}
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