{{Short description|Japanese shogi player}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Takuma Oikawa |native_name = 及川拓馬 |born = {{birth date and age|1987|5|06|mf=yes}} |hometown = Matsubushi, Saitama |nationality = |pro_date = {{event date and age|2007|10|01|1987|5|06}} |badge_no = 268 |teacher = {{ill|Hatasu Itō|ja|伊藤果}} |rank = 7-dan |teacher_rank = 8-dan |meijinclass = B2 |ryuoclass = 3 |jsa = 268 }}
{{nihongo|'''Takuma Oikawa'''|及川 拓馬|Oikawa Takuma|born May 6, 1987}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
==Early life and apprentice professional== Oikawa was born in Matsubushi, Saitama on May 6, 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/268.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 及川拓馬|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Oikawa Takuma|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Takuma Oikawa|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref> He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was about five years old, and developed an interest in solving :tsume shogi problems.<ref name="New4d">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2007/09/post_126.html|script-title=ja:村田顕弘･及川拓馬 新四段誕生のお知らせ|title=Murata Akihiro･Oikawa Takuma Shinyondan Tanjō no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=New 4-dan announced: Akihiro Murata and Takuma Oikawa|date=September 17, 2017|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref> He was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school as a student of shogi professional {{ill|Hatasu Itō|ja|伊藤果}} at the rank of 6-kyū in 1998, was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 2003 and then obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan after finishing second in the 41st 3-dan League with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.<ref name="New4d" /><ref name="2014yearbook">{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UEcBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA577|url-access=subscription|script-title=ja:棋士名鑑: 五段 及川 拓馬|title=Kishi Meikan: Godan Oikawa Takuma|language=ja|trans-title=Player Directory: Takuma Oikawa 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, 2019}}</ref><ref name="2016databook">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NoIRCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25|script-title=ja:現役プロ棋士データブック2016 [上] あ-た|title=Geneki Purō Kishi DētaBukku 2016 [Jō] A-Ta Gyō|language=Japanese|trans-title=2016 Active Shogi Professional Databook [First volume] Letter "A" to Letter "Ta"|page=25|year=2015|publisher=MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association|via=Google Books|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/41/index.html|script-title=ja:第41回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2007年4月～2007年9月|title=Dai Yonjūikkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisennananen Shigatsu kara Nisennananen Kugatsu|language=ja|trans-title=41st apprentice school 3-dan league: April 2007 to September 2007|year=2007|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref>
==Shogi professional== ===Promotion history=== Oikawa's promotion history is as follows.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/268.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 及川拓馬 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Oikawa Takuma Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Takuma Oikawa Promotion History|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=December 28, 2021}}</ref> * 1998: September: 6-kyū * 2007, October 1: 4-dan * 2013, January 8: 5-dan * 2014, October 23: 6-dan * 2021, December 20: 7-dan
==Personal life== Oikawa is married to female shogi professional Hatsumi Ueda.<ref name="2016databook" /> The couple were married in June 2013 and have two daughters {{As of|2018|10|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2013/06/post_758.html|script-title=ja:及川拓馬五段と上田初美女流三段が入籍|title=Oikawa Takuma Godan to Ueda Hatsumi Joryū Sandan ga Nyūseki|language=ja|trans-title=Takuma Oikawa 5d and Hatsu Ueda Women's 3d announce marriage|date=June 18, 2013|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite interview|last=Oikawa|first=Takuma|url=http://originalnews.nico/142234|script-title=ja:なぜ及川拓馬は子育てをしつつ強くなれたのか? [叡王戦24棋士 白鳥士郎 特別インタビュー Vol.14]|title=Naze Oikawa Takuma wa Kosodate wo Shitsutsu Tsuyokunareta? [Eiōsen Nijūyon Kishi Shiratori Shirō Tokubetsu Intabyū Vol. Jūyon |language=ja|trans-title=How has Takuma Oikawa become stronger while being busy raising kids? (Special Eiō Tournament Interview by Shirō Shiratori Vol. 14)|interviewer=Shirō Shiratori |interviewer-link=:ja:白鳥士郎 |date=October 21, 2018|website=Niconico News Original|publisher=Dwango|access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/118 Professional Player Info · Oikawa, Takuma]
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