Rieko Yauchi

Japanese professional shogi player (born 1980)

Reiko Yauchi
Yauchi in 2013
Native name	矢内理絵子
Born	(1980-01-10) January 10, 1980 (age 44)
Hometown	Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 1993(1993-04-01) (aged 13)
Badge Number	W-16
Rank	Women's 5-dan
Teacher	Shigeru Sekine [ja] (9-dan)
Major titles won	6
Tournaments won	2
Websites
JSA profile page
Rieko Yauchi on X

Rieko Yauchi (矢内理絵子, Yauchi Rieko, born January 10, 1980) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 5-dan. She is a former Women's Meijin, Ōi [ja] and Jo-Ō [ja] title holder.^[1]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Yauchi's promotion history is as follows.^[2]

Women's Professional Apprentice League: 1990
2-kyū: April 1, 1993
1-kyū: April 1, 1995
1-dan: July 10, 1995
2-dan: April 1, 1997
3-dan: October 27, 1997
4-dan: August 3, 2004
5-dan: February 21, 2014

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Yauchi has appeared in major title matches eighteen times and has won a total of six titles.^[3] In addition to major titles, Yauchi has won two other shogi championships.^[4]

Major titles

Title	Years	Number of times overall
Women's Ōi [ja]	1997	1
Women's Meijin	2005–07	3
Jo-Ō [ja]	2008–09	2

Other championships

Tournament	Years	Number of times
^*Ladies Open Tournament [ja]	1998, 2006	2

Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held or currently suspended.

Awards and honors

Yauchi has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards^[5] and other awards in recognition of her accomplishments in shogi and contributions made to Japanese society.^[6]

Annual shogi awards

33rd Annual Awards (April 2005 – March 2006): Woman's Professional of the Year
34th Annual Awards (April 2006 – March 2007): Women's Professional of the Year
35th Annual Awards (April 2007 – March 2008): Women's Professional Award

Other awards

2007, February: 2nd Saitama Kagayaki Ogino Ginko Award
2008, July: City of Gyōda Tourism Ambassador

References

^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Reiko" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Reiko Yauchi] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Rieko Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Rieko Yauchi Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Rieko Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Rieko Yauchi Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Rieko Yūshō Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子優勝履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Rieko Yauchi Championship History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Rieko Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Rieko Yauchi Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Yauchi Rieko Sonota Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 矢内理絵子その他表彰 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Rieko Yauchi Annual Other Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

External links

ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Yauchi, Rieko

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

Ryōko Chiba
Sae Itō
Manao Kagawa
Momoko Katō
Chikako Nagasawa
Marika Nakamura
Sayuri Takebe
Hatsumi Ueda
Kumi Yamada

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.