{{Short description|Japanese shogi and chess player (born 1995)}} {{Infobox person | name = Mirai Aoshima | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1995|02|27|mf=yes}}}} | birth_place = Mishima, Shizuoka | module2 = {{Infobox shogi professional | child = yes |pro_date = {{death date and age|2015|4|01|1995|2|27}} |badge_no = 300 |teacher = {{ill|Terutaka Yasue|ja|安恵照剛}} |rank = 7-dan |teacher_rank = 8-dan |ryuoclass = 4 |meijinclass = B1 |jsa = 300 }} | module3 = {{Infobox chess player | child = yes |title = FIDE Master (2019) |peakrating = 2385 (August 2024) |country = Japan |FideID = 7002386 }} }}
{{nihongo|'''Mirai Aoshima'''|青嶋 未来|Aoshima Mirai|born February 27, 1995}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan, and a chess player holding the title of FIDE Master.
==Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional== Mirai Aoshima was born on February 27, 1995, in Mishima, Shizuoka.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/300.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 青嶋未来|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Aoshima Mirai|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Mirai Aoshimai|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref> He learned how to play shogi when he was about six years old from a shogi book his father bought him.<ref name="New4d">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2015/02/post_1158.html|script-title=ja:新四段誕生のお知らせ|title=Shinyondan Tanjo no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=New 4-dan announced|date=February 16, 2015|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref> As an elementary school student, he represented Tokyo in the {{ill|All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament|ja|将棋のアマチュア棋戦#小・中学生棋戦}} in 2003 and 2005, finishing in ninth place each time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/elementary_school/2/tournament.html|script-title=ja:第2回全国小学生倉敷王将戦|title=Dainikai Zenkoku Shōgakusei Kurashiki Ōshōsen|language=ja|trans-title=2nd All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament|year=2003|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/elementary_school/4/tournament.html|script-title=ja:第4回全国小学生倉敷王将戦|title=Daiyonkai Zenkoku Shōgakusei Kurashiki Ōshōsen|language=ja|trans-title=4th All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament|year=2005|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref>
Aoshima entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the tutelage of shogi professional {{ill|Terutaka Yasue|ja|安恵照剛}} in 2005.<ref name="New4d" /> He was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in 2012 and then obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan after taking first place in the 56th 3-dan League with a record of 16 wins and 2 losses.<ref name="New4d" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/56/index.html|script-title=ja:第56回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2014年10月～2015年3月|title=Dai Gonjūryonkkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisenjūyonnen Jūgatsu kara Nisenjūgonen Sangatsu|language=ja|trans-title=56th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2014 to March 2015|year=2014|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref>
==Shogi professional== ===Promotion history=== Aoshima's promotion history is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/300.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 青嶋未来 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Aoshima Mirai Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Mirai Aoshima Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 18, 2020}}</ref> * 6-kyū: September 2005 * 3-dan: October 2012 * 4-dan: April 1, 2015 * 5-dan: March 3, 2016 * 6-dan: June 16, 2020 * 7-dan: February 5, 2025
===Awards and honors=== Aoshima received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best Winning Percentage" and "Most Consecutive Games Won" for 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/300.html#anc03|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 青嶋未来 将棋大賞|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Aoshima Mirai Shōgi Taishō|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Mirai Aoshima Annual Shogi Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2017/03/201733144_44_34.html|script-title=ja:将棋ニュース: 第44回将棋大賞受賞者のお知らせ|title=Shōgi Nyūsu: Dai Yonjūyonkai Shōgi Taishō Jushōsha no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=Shogi News: 44th Annual Award Winners|date=March 31, 2017|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref>
==Chess== Aoshima is a FIDE Master<ref name="FIDE1">{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s):no-byline-->|url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/7002386|title=Ratings: Mirai, Aoshima FIDE Profile (Info)|website=International Chess Federation|access-date=November 17, 2025}}</ref> with a peak FIDE rating of 2385 {{asof|2024|08|lc=yes}}.<ref Name="FIDE2">{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s):no-byline-->|url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/7002386/chart|title=Ratings: Mirai, Aoshima FIDE Profile (Progress) |website=International Chess Federation|access-date=November 17, 2025}}</ref> In 2019, he won the Tokyo Chess Championship<ref>{{cite web |title=Tokyo Chess Championship results|url=https://japanchess.org/2019/04/tokyo-chess-championship-winners-photos/ |website=National Chess Society of Japan |date=April 10, 2019 |access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref> and the Japan Chess Championship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Japan Chess Championship results |url=https://japanchess.org/en/2019/05/japan-chess-championship-gwo-results/ |website=National Chess Society of Japan |date=May 5, 2019 |access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/540 Professional Player Info · Aoshima, Mirai] *{{fide}}
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