Miran Nohara
Native name野原未蘭
Born (2003-08-04) August 4, 2003
HometownToyama, Japan
Career
Achieved professional statusSeptember 1, 2020(2020-09-01) (aged 17)
Badge NumberW-70
RankWomen's 1-dan
TeacherToshiyuki Moriuchi (9-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Miran Nohara (野原 未蘭, Nohara Miran, born August 4, 2003) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Early life and amateur shogi

Nohara was born on August 4, 2003, in Toyama, Toyama.[1] She learned how to play shogi from her father when she was five years old, and then started attending a shogi school in Kanazawa and receiving instruction from a former appentice professional 3-dan named Eishun Suzuki when she was nine years old.[2][3][4]

As an elementary school fifth-grade student, Nohara won the 7th Elementary School Student Koma Hime Meijin Tournament in 2014, and then won the same tournament again as a sixth-grade student in 2015.[5] After entering junior high school, Nohara won the 8th Girl's Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament in 2016 as a junior high school first year student,[6] and then the 43rd Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament as a junior high school third-year student in 2018. Her victory in 2018 was the first time the tournament had been won by a female.[4][7][8]

Nohara is the first to win the Women's Amateur Meijin tournament three years in a row; she won the 49th Amateur Women's Meijin Tournament in 2017, the 50th Amateur Women's Meijin Tournament in 2018 and the 51st Amateur Women's Meijin Tournament in 2019.[9][10]

Women's shogi professional

Nohara satisfied the criteria for the rank of women's shogi professional 2-kyū in July 2020 when she defeated Io Murota to advance to the quarterfinals of the 28th Kurashiki Tōka tournament.[11] She informed the Japan Shogi Association of her desire to turn professional, and the JSA announced on August 14, 2020, that it had accepted her application and would award her professional status as of September 1, 2020.[2][12] Since part of the process for becoming a professional means having an existing professional shogi player as a sponsor, Nohara asked Toshiyuki Moriuchi to sponsor her and he agreed.[13]

Playing style

Nohara has stated that her favorite opening strategy is Eishunryū (英春流) or the Kamaitachi opening.[2] It is an unorthodox strategy developed by her first shogi teacher Suzuki that can be used regardless of the opening strategy adopted by the opponent.[4] Nohara stated that when she first started studying under Suzuki as an elementary school student she actually preferred the Bishop Exchange Fourth File Rook strategy but found that she just could not beat any opponents who were using the Kamaitachi opening; therefore, she began to study the strategy under Suzuki himself.[4] She stated that one of the things that appealed to her about the strategy was that she could look at a random Kamaitachi position and immediately tell it was almost certainly from one of Suzuki's games in contrast to traditional shogi opening strategies which are more commonly used.[4]

Promotion history

Nohara's promotion history is as follows:[14]

  • 2-kyū: September 1, 2020
  • 1-kyū: January 18, 2021
  • 1-dan: August 3, 2021

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

References

  1. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Nohara Miran" 女流棋士データベース: 野原未蘭 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Miran Nohara] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nohara Miran-san ga Kugatsu kara Joryūkishi Nikyū ni" 野原未蘭さんが9月から女流棋士2級に [Miran Nohara to become a women's professional 2-kyu from September] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. August 14, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Jūrokusai Nohara Miran Ama ga Joryūkishi Shikaku...Kōkōsei de Taitoru ｢Watashi ni mo Chansu wa Aru no kana｣" 16歳野原未蘭アマが女流棋士資格...高校生でタイトル ｢私にもチャンスはあるのかな｣ [16-year-old amateur Miran Nohara qualifies for women's professional status... says she thinks she has a chance to win a women's major title as a high school student]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). July 30, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Kitano, Arata [in Japanese] (August 20, 2018). "Itan ｢Eishunryū｣ Jōshiki to Jōseki Kowashi Nohara Miran-san Shijō Hatsu Joshi Chūgakusei Meijin Michibiku" 異端 ｢英春流｣ 常識と定跡壊し野原未蘭さん史上初女子中学生名人導く [The unorthodox "Eishun-style", which completely goes against established shogi opening strategy, helps Miran Nohara to become the first female to win the Junior High School Meijin Tournament]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Shōgakusei Komahime Meijinsen" 小学生駒姫名人戦 [Elementary School Student Koma Hime Meijin Tournament] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Dai Jukkai Shogakusei･Dai Hakkai Chugakusei Joshi Shogi Meijinsen Chikutaikai･Zenkokutaikai Kekka" 第10回小学生･第8回中学生女子将棋名人戦地区大会･全国大会 結果 [10th Girl's Elementary School Student and 8th Girl's Junior High School Student Meijin tournaments' regional and national results] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association of Japan. August 30, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Chūgakusei Meijinsen, Joshi Seito ga Hatsu Yūshō Shōgi" 中学生名人戦, 女子生徒が初優勝 将棋 [Junior High School Meijin tournament won by a female student for the first time]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). July 19, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  8. ↑ Seko, Hiroko (November 11, 2018). "Itan Senpō de Katsuyaku Toyama no Jūgosai Joshi Hatsu, Chūgakusei Shōgi Meijin" 異端戦法で躍進 富山の15歳 女子初, 中学生将棋名人 [15 year old from Toyama uses an unorthodox opening strategy to become the first female to win the Junior High School Meijin Tournament]. Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Joryū Ama Meijinsen Chūgaku Sannensei no Nohara Miran-san ga Renpa" 女流アマ名人戦 中学3年の野原未蘭さんが連覇 [3rd year junior high school student Miran Nohara defends Women's Amateur Meijin title]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). October 9, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Nohara-san, Joryū Ama Meijin Sanrenpa Shogi" 野原さん, 女流アマ名人3連覇 将棋 [Nohara wins Women's Amateur Meijin for third consecutive year]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). October 21, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Jūrokusai no Nohara Miran-san, Geneki Sainenshō no Shōgi Joryūkishi ni Kurashiki Tōkasen de Hakkyō Shinshutsu" 16歳の野原未蘭さん, 現役最年少の将棋女流棋士に 倉敷藤花戦で8強進出 [16-year-old Miran Nohara advances to the semi-finals of the Kurashiki Tōka tournament and qualifies for women's professional shogi player status; she will become the youngest active women's professional]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). July 29, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Kyōgō no Kōkōsei･Nohara-san, Joryū Puro Kishi ni Shōgi" 強豪の高校生･野原さん, 女流プロ棋士に 将棋 [Strong amateur high school student Nohara becomes women's professional shogi player]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). August 24, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Shōgi no Shijoryūkishi ni Nohara Miran-san, Shishō ni Jūhasse Meijin Shikaku Hojisha･Moriuchi Toshiyuki Kudan" 将棋の新女流棋士に野原未蘭さん 師匠に十八世名人資格保持者･森内俊之九段 [18th Lifetime Meijin Toshiyuki Moriuchi 9-dan agrees to sponsor new women's professional shogi player Miran Nohara]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). August 14, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Nohara Miran Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 野原未蘭 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Miran Nohara Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
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