Erika Tsukada

Japanese shogi player

Erika Tsukada
Native name	塚田恵梨花
Born	(1998-08-27) August 27, 1998 (age 25)
Hometown	Suginami, Tokyo
Career
Achieved professional status	October 1, 2014(2014-10-01) (aged 16)
Badge Number	W-51
Rank	Women's 2-dan
Teacher	Yasuaki Tsukada (9-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Erika Tsukada (塚田恵梨花, Tsukada Erika, born August 27, 1998) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Early life

Tsukuda was born on August 27, 1998, in Suginami, Tokyo.^[1]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Tsukada's promotion history is as follows:^[2]

2-kyū: October 1, 2014
1-kyū: June 23, 2017
1-dan: April 1, 2019
2-dan: May 8, 2023

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Personal life

Tsukuda's father Yasuaki is a professional shogi player and her mother Sachiko is a retired women's professional shogi player.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Tsukada Erika" 女流棋士データベース: 塚田恵梨花 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Erika Tsukada] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Tsukada Erika Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 塚田恵梨花昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Erika Tsukada Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
^ "Tsukuda Erika Kenshūkain ga Jugatsu yori Joryū Nikyū ni" 塚田恵梨花研修会員が10月より女流2級に [Training group member Erika Tsukuda becomes Female professional 2-kyū from October] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. September 22, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
^ Okuno, Daiji (January 12, 2018). "Shōgikai no Oyako, Kyōdaishimai Puro Ryōshin and Ko ga Puro no Shogi Ikka mo" 将棋界の親子, 兄弟姉妹プロ　両親＆子がプロの将棋一家も [Parent-child, brother-sister professional shogi families]. Abema Times (in Japanese). AbemaTV. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

External links

ShogiHub: Tsukada, Erika

Active women's professional shogi players

7-dan

Ichiyo Shimizu

6-dan

Hiroe Nakai†
Kana Fukuma

5-dan

Tomoka Nishiyama
Haruko Saida
Rieko Yauchi

4-dan

3-dan

2-dan

1-dan

1-kyū

Mihoko Iwasa
Saki Miyazawa
Chihiro Sakihara
Saki Tanaka*
Mikoto Umezu
Hana Wada
Kirari Yamaguchi

2-kyū

Mao Itō
Natsuko Iwasaki
Mirei Kamada
Shōko Kubo
Riko Morimoto
Nana Sakaki
Kanade Sunahara
Yuzuki Takeuchi
Nikori Yamaguchi

Current Title Holders

Tomoka Nishiyama (Jo-Ō, Women's Ōshō, Hakurei)
Kana Fukuma (Women's Meijin, Woman's Ōi, Women's Ōza, Kurashiki Tōka, Seirei)

Qualifying Lifetime Title Holders

Hiroe Nakai (Queen Meijin)
Tomoka Nishiyama (Lifetime Jo-Ō)
Kana Fukuma (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka)
Ichiyo Shimizu (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka)

Notes:
1. No symbol denotes JSA affiliation
2. An asterisk (*) denotes LPSA affiliation
3. A cross (†) denotes unaffiliated.
4, A two-barred cross (‡) denotes a JSA apprentice school player.