Yuki Muroya
Native name室谷由紀
Born (1993-03-06) March 6, 1993
HometownŌsakasayama, Osaka
Career
Achieved professional statusJuly 17, 2010(2010-07-17) (aged 17)
Badge NumberW-42
RankWomen's 3-dan
TeacherNobuo Mori (7-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

Yuki Muroya (室谷 由紀 Muroya Yuki, born March 6, 1993) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.[1]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Muroya's promotion history is as follows.[2]

  • 3-kyū: October 1, 2009
  • 2-kyū: July 17, 2010
  • 1-kyū: July 17, 2010
  • 1-dan: April 1, 2011
  • 2-dan: August 25, 2015
  • 3-dan: December 27, 2019

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Muroya has appeared in major titles match five times, but has yet to win a major title. She was the challenger for the 9th MyNavi Women's Open Jo-Ō title in 2016, the 24th and 26th Kurashiki Tōka Cup titles in 2016 and 2018, the 46th Women's Meijin title in 2020 and the 42nd Ōshō title also in 2020.[3]

Awards and honors

Muroya received the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional" and "Women's Professional Most Games Played" Annual Shogi Awards for the April 2015 – March 2016 shogi year, and the "Women's Professional Most Games Played" award for the April 2016 – March 2017 shogi year.[4]

Personal life

In March 2018, Muroya announced that she had gotten married on her 25th birthday and would be competing under her married name Taniguchi (谷口).[5][6]

In February 2020, Muroya announced she had divorced and would return to using Muroya as her name.[7]

Muroya remarried in January 2021, but this time decided to keep competing under her maiden name.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki" 女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀 昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki Taitoru Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀 タイトル履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya Major Title History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Muroya Yuki Shōgi Taishō" 女流棋士データベース: 室谷由紀 将棋大賞 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Yuki Muroya Annual Shogi Awards] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Shōgi no Muroya Yuki Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon" 将棋の室谷由紀女流二段が結婚 [Women's shogi professional Yuki Muroya 2-dan announces marriage]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). March 6, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Shōgi no Muroya Joryū Nidan ga Kekkon Kongo wa ｢Taniguchi Yuki｣ Meigi de Katsudō" 将棋の室谷女流二段が結婚 今後は｢谷口由紀｣名義で活動 [Women's shogi professional Muroya announces marriage and will use her married name "Yuki Taniguchi" from hereon]. Sports Nippon (in Japanese). Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Shōgi no Taniguchi Yuki Joryū Sandan ga Rikon Kongo wa Kyūsei･Muroya de Katsudō" 将棋の谷口由紀女流三段が離婚 今後は旧姓･室谷で活動 [Women's shogi professional Yuki Taniguchi announces divorce and that she will go back to using her maiden name "Muroya" from hereon]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). February 27, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Shōgi no Muroya Yuki Joryū Sandan ga ｢Wan Wan Kon｣ Jishinn mo Oaite mo Dai no Inuzuki ｢Kaiwa no Hotondo ga Inu no Koto kamo｣" 将棋の室谷由紀女流三段が ｢ワンワン婚｣ 自身もお相手も大の犬好き ｢会話のほとんどが犬のことかも｣ [Women's professional Yuki Muroya 3-dan remarries; says she and her husband are big dog fans who seem to only talk about dogs.]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.


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