Mamoru Hatakeyama | |
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![]() Hatakeyama at a human shogi event in November 2018. | |
Native name | 畠山鎮 |
Born | June 3, 1969 |
Hometown | Kanagawa Prefecture |
Nationality | Japanese |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | October 1, 1989 | (aged 20)
Badge Number | 192 |
Rank | 8-dan |
Teacher | Masayuki Moriyasu (7-dan) |
Meijin class | C1 |
Ryūō class | 5 |
Notable students | |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Mamoru Hatakeyama (畠山 鎮, Hatakeyama Mamoru, born June 3, 1969) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.
Hatakeyama was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on June 3, 1969.[1] He earned how to play shogi when he was seven years old after watching his eldest brother playing against his father.[2] Although he and his twin brother Naruyuki learned the game at the same age, he always seem to following in Naruyuki's footsteps.[2]
He entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school in 1984 as apprentice to shogi professional Masayuki Moriyasu at the rank of 6-kyū, even though Naruyuki had entered a year earlier and was already ranked 3-kyū.[3][2] Hatakeyama was promoted to 1-dan in 1986 (the same year as Naruyuki), and to full-professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1989 along with Naruyuki after both brothers finished the 5th 3-dan League (April 1989 – September 1989) with records of 12 wins and 6 losses.[3][2]
In 2003, Hatakeyama became the first shogi professional to lose an official NHK Cup NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament game to a female shogi professional when he was defeated by Hiroe Nakai in Round 1 of the 53rd NHK Cup.[4][5][6]
On September 11, 2023, Hatakeyama became the 60th professional player to win 600 official games.[7]
Hatakeyama's promotion history is as follows:[8]
In 2014, Hatakeyama received the Japan Shogi Association's "25 Years Service Award" for being an active professional for twenty-five years.[3][9] In September 2023, he was awarded the JSA's "Shogi Honor Award"for winning 600 official games.[9]
Hatakeyama's twin brother Naruyuki is also a professional shogi player. They are the only twins to become professional in history and both became (4-dan) professionals on the same day.[3][2]