{{short description|Japanese shogi player (born 1991)}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Shingo Sawada |native_name = 澤田真吾 |born = {{birth date and age|1991|11|21|mf=yes}} |hometown = Suzuka, Mie |nationality = |pro_date = {{death date and age|2009|4|01|1991|11|21}} |badge_no = 274 |teacher = {{ill|Nobuo Mori|ja|森信雄}} |rank = 6-dan |teacher_rank = 7-dan |meijinclass = B1 |ryuoclass = 2 |notable_students = {{ill|Riko Morimoto|ja|森本理子}} |jsa = 274 }}
{{nihongo|'''Shingo Sawada'''|澤田 真吾|Sawada Shingo|born November 21, 1991}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
==Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship== Shingo Sawada was born on November 21, 1991, in Suzuka, Mie.<ref name="Database">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/274.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 澤田真吾|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Sawada Shingo|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Shingo Sawada|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref> He finished in third place in the 26th (2001) and 27th (2002) {{ill|lt=Elementary School Student Meijin Tournaments|Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament|ja|小学生将棋名人戦}} as the representative of Mie Prefecture.<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: 決勝トーナメント／決勝大会|title=Dai Nijūrokkai Shōgakusei Shōgi Meijin-sen: Kesshō Tōnamento/Kesshō Taikai|language=ja|trans-title=26th Elementary Student Meijin Tournament: Winners' Tournament/Finals|year=2001|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref><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: 決勝トーナメント／決勝大会|title=Dai Nijūnanakai Shōgakusei Shōgi Meijin-sen: Kesshō Tōnamento/Kesshō Taikai|language=ja|trans-title=27th Elementary Student Meijin Tournament: Winners' Tournament/Finals|year=2002|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|accessdate=May 21, 2018}}</ref>
Sawada entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a protegee of shogi professional {{ill|Nobuo Mori|ja|森信雄}} in March 2004 and was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in December 2007.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UEcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA5771|script-title=ja:棋士名鑑: 五段 澤田 真吾|title=Kishi Meikan: Godan Sawada Shingo|language=ja|trans-title=Player Directory: Shingo Sawada 5-dan|magazine=平成26年版 将棋年鑑 2014 (Shogi Yearbook: Heisei 26 (2014) edition)|page=577|year=2014|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|isbn=978-4-8399-5175-7|access-date=May 21, 2018}}</ref> Sawada was promoted to 3-dan in April 2008<ref name="New4d">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2009/03/post_115.html|script-title=ja:澤田真吾･大石直嗣 新四段誕生のお知らせ|title=Sawada Shingo･Ōishi Tadashi Shinyondan no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=Shingo Sawada and Tadashi Ōishi are the new 4-dans|date=March 16, 2009|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 21, 2018}}</ref> and finished the 43rd 3-dan League (April 2008{{sndash}}September 2008) with a record of 8 wins and 10 losses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/43/index.html|script-title=ja:第43回奨励会三段リーグ戦|title=Dai Yonjūsankai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen|language=ja|trans-title=43rd Apprentice School 3-dan League|date=2008|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 21, 2018}}</ref> He obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2009 after winning the 44th 3-dan League (October 2008{{sndash}}March 2009) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses.<ref name="New4d" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/44/index.html|script-title=ja:第44回奨励会三段リーグ戦|title=Dai Yonjūyonkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen|language=ja|trans-title=44th Apprentice School 3-dan League|date=2008|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 21, 2018}}</ref>
==Shogi professional== ===Promotion history=== The promotion history for Sawada is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/274.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 澤田真吾 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Sawada Shingo Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Shingo Sawada Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=October 17, 2020}}</ref> * 6-kyū: March 23, 2004 * 4-dan: April 1, 2009 * 5-dan: February 12, 2013 * 6-dan: November 6, 2014 * 7-dan: October 14, 2020
===Awards and honors=== Sawada received the Japan Shogi Association's Annual Shogi Award for "Most Consecutive Games Won" for the 2020{{ndash}}2021 shogi year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2021/04/48_4.html|script-title=ja:第48回将棋大賞受賞者のお知らせ|title=Dai Yonjūhakkai Shōgi Taishō Jushōsha no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=48th Annual Shogi Awards Winners|date=April 1, 2021|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/119 Professional Player Info · Sawada, Shingo]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawada, Shingo}} Category:1991 births Category:Japanese shogi players Category:Japan Shogi Association players Category:Living people Category:Shogi players from Mie Prefecture