{{Short description|Japanese shogi player (born 1992)}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Reo Kurosawa |native_name = 黒沢怜生 |born = {{birth date and age|1992|3|7|mf=yes}} |hometown = Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan |nationality = |pro_date = {{event date and age|2014|10|01|1992|3|7}} |badge_no = 298 |teacher = Michio Takahashi |rank = 6-dan |teacher_rank = 9-dan |meijinclass = C2 |ryuoclass = 4 |jsa = 298 }} {{nihongo|'''Reo Kurosawa'''|黒沢 怜生|Kurosawa Reo|born March 7, 1992}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.
==Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional== Kurosawa was born on March 7, 1992, in Kumagaya, Saitama.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/298.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 黒沢怜生|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Kurosawa Reo|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Reo Kurosawa|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref> He learned how to play shogi at when he was elementary school first-grade student at a local children's center.<ref name="New4d">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2014/09/post_1073.html|script-title=ja:増田康宏三段と黒沢怜生三段が四段に昇段|title=Masuda Yasuhiro Sandan to Kurosawa Reo Sandan ga Yondan ni Shōdan|language=ja|trans-title=Yasuhiro Masuda 3d and Reo Kurosawa 3d promoted to 4d|date=September 13, 2014|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref> In 2001, he finished runner-up in the 26th {{ill|Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament|ja|小学生将棋名人戦}} as a fourth grader,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/elementary_school_meijin/26/tournament.html|script-title=ja:第26回小学生将棋名人戦|title=Dai Nijūrokkai Shōgakusei Meijinsen|language=ja|trans-title=26th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament|date=2001|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref> and reached the semi-finals of the 27th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament held the following year as a fifth grader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/elementary_school_meijin/27/tournament.html|script-title=ja:第27回小学生将棋名人戦|title=Dai Nijūnanakai Shōgakusei Meijinsen|language=ja|trans-title=27th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament|date=2002|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/elementary_school_meijin/27/daihyo.html|script-title=ja:第27回小学生名人戦 [代表選手一覧]|title=Dai Nijūnanakai Shōgakusei Meijinsen: Daihyō Ichiran|language=ja|trans-title=28th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament: Participants list|year=2002|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref> As a sixth grader in 2003, Kurosawa tied for third place at the 2nd {{ill|Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament|ja|将棋のアマチュア棋戦#小・中学生棋戦}},<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=Dai Nikai Zenkoku Shōgakusei Kurashiki Ōshōsen|language=ja|trans-title=2nd All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament|date=2003|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref> and later that same year entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional Michio Takahashi.<ref name="New4d" />
Kurosawa was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in October 2010, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2014 after finishing tied for first in the 55th 3-dan League with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.<ref name="New4d" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/55/index.html|script-title=ja:第55回奨励会三段リーグ戦|title=Dai Gojūgokai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen|language=ja|trans-title=55th Apprentice School 3-dan League|date=2014|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref>
==Shogi professional== ===Promotion history=== The promotion history for Kurosawa is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/298.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 黒沢怜生 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Kurosawa Reo Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Reo Kurosawa Promotion History|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref> * 6-kyū: September 2003 * 3-dan: October 2010 * 4-dan: October 1, 2014 * 5-dan: May 13, 2016 * 6-dan: March 18, 2021
==Personal life== On June 20, 2025, the {{abbrv|JSA|Japan Shogi Association}} announced on its official website that Kurosawa and women's professional Aki Wada had gotten married.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://hochi.news/articles/20250620-OHT1T51214.html?page=1|script-title=ja:黒沢怜生六段, 和田あき女流二段が結婚 日本将棋連盟が20日発表|title=Kurosawa Reo Rokudan, Wada Aki Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon Nihon Shōgi Renmei ga Hatsuka Happyō|language=ja|trans-title=Japan Shogi Association announces on June 20 that Reo Kurosawa 6-dan and Aki Wada women's professional 2-dan have gotten married|date=June 20, 2025|newspaper=Sports Hochi|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2025/06/post_2539.html|script-title=ja:黒沢怜生六段と和田あき女流二段が結婚|title=Kurosawa Reo Rokudan to Wada Aki Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon|language=ja|trans-title=Reo Kurosawa 6-dan and Aki Wada women's professional 2-dan get married|date=June 20, 2025|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 30, 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== *ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/161 Professional Player Info · Kurosawa, Leo] [''sic'']
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