{{Short description|Japanese professional shogi player}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Makoto Tobe |native_name = 戸辺誠 |born = {{birth date and age|1986|8|05|mf=yes}} |hometown = Yokohama |nationality = |pro_date = {{event date and age|2006|10|01|1986|8|05}} |badge_no = 262 |teacher = {{ill|Jun'ichi Kase|ja|加瀬純一}} |rank = 7-dan |teacher_rank = 7-dan |notable_students = {{ubl|Naoki Koyama|Mikoto Umezu|{{ill|Saki Miyazawa|ja|宮澤紗希}}}} |meijinclass = B2 |ryuoclass = 4 |jsa = 262 |website = http://tobemakoto.blog55.fc2.com/ }}
{{nihongo|'''Makoto Tobe'''|戸辺 誠|Tobe Makoto|born August 5, 1986}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
==Early life and apprenticeship== Makoto Tobe was born on August 5, 1986, in Yokohama.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/262.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 戸辺誠|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Tobe Makoto|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Makoto Tobe|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school as a student of shogi professional {{ill|Jun'ichi Kase|ja|加瀬純一}} in October 1998 at the rank of 6-kyū.<ref name="2014yearbook">{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UEcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA570|script-title=ja:棋士名鑑: 六段 戸辺 誠|title=Kishi Meikan: Rokudan Tobe Makoto|language=ja|trans-title=Player Directory: Makoto Tobe 6-dan|magazine=平成26年版 将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition)|page=570|year=2014|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|isbn=978-4-8399-5175-7|access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> He was promoted to 1-dan in August 2001, and then obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2006 after winning the 39th 3-dan League (April 2006{{sndash}}September 2006) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.<ref name="2014yearbook" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/39/index.html|script-title=ja:第39回奨励会三段リーグ戦|title=Dai Sanjūkyūkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen|language=ja|trans-title=39th Apprentice School 3-dan League|date=2006|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>
==Shogi professional== ===Promotion history=== The promotion history for Tobe is as follows:<ref name="Promotion">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/262.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 戸辺誠 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Tobe Makoto Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Makoto Tobe Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref> * 6-kyū: September 1998 * 4-dan: October 1, 2006 * 5-dan: March 10, 2009 * 6-dan: February 9, 2010 * 7-dan: June 1, 2016
===Awards and honors=== Tobe received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best New Player" in 2009 and "Best Winning Percentage" (2007 and 2013).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/262.html#anc03|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 戸辺誠 将棋大賞|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Tobe Makoto Shōgi Taishō|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Makoto Tobe Annual Shogi Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/105 Professional Player Info · Tobe, Makoto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112194505/http://shogihub.com/players/105 |date=2017-11-12 }} * {{YouTube|c=UCiHAedeiqrrCeiLSZlaLv3A|title=戸辺チャンネル (Tobe channel)}} {{lang in|ja}} * [http://tobemakoto.blog55.fc2.com/ 戸辺流ブログ (Tobe's blog)] {{lang in|ja}}
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