{{Short description|Japanese shogi player (born 1990)}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Ryūma Tonari |native_name = 都成竜馬 |image = Tonari Ryuma shogi.jpg |caption = Tonari at a {{ill|human shogi|ja|人間将棋}} event in November 2017. |born = {{birth date and age|1990|1|17|mf=yes}} |hometown = Miyazaki, Miyazaki |nationality = |pro_date = {{death date and age|2016|4|01|1990|1|17}} |badge_no = 304 |teacher = Kōji Tanigawa |teacher_rank = 9-dan |rank = 7-dan |tournaments = 1 |meijinclass = C1 |ryuoclass = 2 |jsa = 304 }}
{{nihongo|'''Ryūma Tonari'''|都成 竜馬|Tonari Ryūma|born January 17, 1990}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
==Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional== Tonari was born on January 17, 1990, in Miyazaki, Miyazaki.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/304.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 都成竜馬|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Tonari Ryūma|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Ryūma Tonari|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> As a young boy, he learned how to play shogi from watching his father and older brother playing each other.<ref name="New 4d">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2016/03/post_1362.html|script-title=ja:新四段誕生のお知らせ|title=Shin Yondan Tanjō no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=New 4-dans announced|date=March 5, 2016|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref> In 2000, Tonari defeated fellow future professional Taichi Nakamura to win the 25th {{ill|Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament|ja|小学生将棋名人戦}} as a fifth-grade student at Miyazaki Ehira Elementary School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/elementary_school_meijin/yuusyou.html|script-title=ja:小学生将棋名人戦 歴代優勝者一覧|title=Shōgakusei Shōgi Meijinsen Rekidai Yūshōsha Ichiran|language=ja|trans-title=Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament List of Past Winners|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Sankei">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.sankei.com/life/news/131022/lif1310220006-n1.html|script-title=ja:新人王に都成三段 奨励会員で史上初|title=Shinjin-Ō ni Tonari Sandan Shōreikaiin de Shijōhatsu|language=ja|trans-title=New Shinjin-Ō is Tonari 3d, the first apprentice professional to win the tournament.|date=October 22, 2013|newspaper=Sankei Shimbun|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref>
Tonari entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Kōji Tanigawa in September 2000. He was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in October 2007, and he became the only apprentice professional 3-dan to win the Shinjin-Ō tournament when he defeated shogi professional Tetsuya Fujimori 2 games to 1 for the 44th Shinjin-Ō title in October 2013.<ref name="Sankei" /> Tonari obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2016 after winning the 58th 3-dan League with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses.<ref name="New 4d" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/58/index.html|script-title=ja:第58回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2015年10月～2016年3月|title=Dai Gojūhakkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisenjūgonen Jūgatsu kara Nisenjūrokunen Sangatsu|language=ja|trans-title=58th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2015 to March 2016|year=2015|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref>
==Shogi professional== Tonari invented the Tonari opening, which is named after him.
===Promotion history=== Tonari's promotion history is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/304.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 都成竜馬 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Tonari Ryūma Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Ryūma Tonari Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=March 26, 2021}}</ref>
* 6-kyū: September 2000 * 3-dan: October 2007 * 4-dan: April 1, 2016 * 5-dan: March 15, 2018 * 6-dan: November 13, 2019 * 7-dan: March 25, 2021
===Titles and other championships=== Tonari has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won one non-major title championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/304.html#anc02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 都成竜馬 優勝履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Tonari Ryūma Yūshō Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Ryūma Tonari Championship History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref>
===Awards and honors=== Tonari received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Award for "Special Game of the Year" for the 2014 Shogi Year for his game against Mitsunori Makino in the Round 2 of the 46th {Shinjin-Ō tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/304.html#anc03|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 都成竜馬 将棋大賞|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Tonari Ryūma Shōgi Taishō|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Ryūma Tonari Annual Shogi Awards|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2015/04/42_5.html|script-title=ja:第42回将棋大賞表彰式･昇段者免状授与式の模様|title=Dai Yonjūnikai Shōgi Taishō Hyōshōshiki･Shōdansha Menjō Juyoshiki no Moyō|language=ja|trans-title=42nd Annual Shogi Awards and Promotion Certificates Presentation Ceremony|date=April 23, 2015|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== *ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/568 Professional Player Info · Tonari, Ryuuma]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tonari, Ryuuma}} Category:1990 births Category:Japanese shogi players Category:Japan Shogi Association players Category:Living people Category:Shogi players from Miyazaki Prefecture Category:Shinjin-Ō Category:People from Miyazaki (city)