{{Short description|Japanese shogi player (born 1991)}} {{Infobox shogi professional |name = Takuya Nishida |native_name = 西田拓也 |born = {{birth date and age|1991|8|25|mf=yes}} |hometown = Kyoto, Japan |nationality = |pro_date = {{event date and age|2017|4|01|1991|8|25}} |badge_no = 309 |teacher = {{ill|Nobuo Mori|ja|森信雄}} |rank = 6-dan |teacher_rank = 7-dan |tournaments = 1 |meijinclass = C1 |ryuoclass = 6 |jsa = 309 }}
{{nihongo|'''Takuya Nishida'''|西田 拓也|Nishida Takuya|born August 25, 1991}} is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.
==Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship== Nishida was born in Kyoto, Japan on August 25, 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/309.html|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 西田拓也|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Nishida Takuya|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Takuya Nishida|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> He learned how to play shogi from a book that his parent bought for him,<ref name="New4d">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2017/03/post_1522.html|script-title=ja:新四段誕生のお知らせ|title=Shinyondan Tanjō no Oshirase|language=ja|trans-title=New 4-dans announced|date=March 4, 2017|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> and made it to the semi-finals of the 28th {{ill|Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament|ja|小学生将棋名人戦}} as a sixth-grade elementary school student in 2003 before losing to future fellow shogi professional and eventual tournament winner Kazuo Sugimoto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/elementary_school_meijin/28/tournament.html|script-title=ja:第28回小学生名人戦 [決勝トーナメント/決勝大会]|title=Dai Nijūhakkai Shōgakusei Meijinsen [Kesshō Tōnamento/Kesshō Taikai]|language=ja|trans-title=28th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament: Championship Tournament and Final 4|year=2003|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/tournament/elementary_school_meijin/28/daihyo.html|script-title=ja:第28回小学生名人戦 [代表選手一覧]|title=Dai Nijūhakkai Shōgakusei Meijinsen: Daihyō Ichiran|language=ja|trans-title=28th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament: Participants list|year=2003|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref>
Nishida entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional {{ill|Nobuo Mori|ja|森信雄}} in April 2005.<ref name="New4d" /> He was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in October 2008 and obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2017 after winning the 60th 3-dan League (October 2016{{sndash}}March 2017) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.<ref name="New4d" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/shoreikai/sandan/60/index.html|script-title=ja:第60回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2016年10月～2017年3月|title=Dai Rokujūkai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisenjūrokunen Jūgatsu kara Nisenjūnananen Sangatsu|language=ja|trans-title=60th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2016 to March 2017|year=2017|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref>
==Shogi professional== In October 2017, Nishida defeated defending champion Junpei Ide 2 games to 1 to win the 7th {{ill|Kakogawa Seiryū Tournament|ja|加古川青流戦}}.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mizuta|first=Yukihiro|url=https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sougou/201710/0010665656.shtml|url-status=dead|script-title=ja:加古川青流戦 西田四段2勝1敗で初優勝|title=Kakogawa Seiryūsen Nishida Yondan Nishō Ippai de Hatsu Yūshō|language=ja|trans-title=Nishida 4d wins Kakogawa Seiryu Tournament 2 games to 1 to win first tournament|date=October 22, 2017|newspaper=Kobe Shimbun| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190603073516/https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sougou/201710/0010665656.shtml|archive-date=June 3, 2019|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref>
===Promotion history=== The promotion history for Nishida is as follows:<ref name="PH">{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/309.html#jsTabE04_02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 西田拓也 昇段履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Nishida Takuya Shōdan Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Takuya Nishida Promotion History|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 19, 2025}}</ref> * 6-kyū: April 2005 * 3-dan: October 2008 * 4-dan: April 1, 2017 * 5-dan: February 19, 2021 * 6-dan: June 17, 2025
===Titles and other championships=== Nishida has yet to appear in a major title match, but has won one non-title shogi tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/player/pro/309.html#anc02|script-title=ja:棋士データベース: 西田拓也 優勝履歴|title=Kishi Dētabēsu: Nishida Takuya Yūshō Rireki|language=ja|trans-title=Professional Shogi Player Database: Takuya Nishida Championship History|website=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=June 3, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *ShogiHub: [http://shogihub.com/players/386 Professional Player Info · Nishida, Takuya]
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