Naoya Fujiwara | |
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Native name | 藤原直哉 |
Born | May 27, 1965 |
Hometown | Kobe |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 1989 | (aged 23)
Badge Number | 190 |
Rank | 7-dan |
Teacher | Masakazu Wakamatsu (8-dan) |
Meijin class | Free |
Ryūō class | 6 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Naoya Fujiwara (藤原 直哉, Fujiwara Naoya, born May 27, 1965) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Fujiwara was born in Kobe on May 27, 1965.[1][2] He was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a protegee of shogi professional Masakazu Wakamatsu in 1979, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in 1989.[2]
Fujiwara finished the 75th Meijin Class C2 league (April 2016 – March 2017) with a record of 1 win and 9 losses, earning a third demotion point which meant automatic demotion to "Free Class" play.[3]
The promotion history for Fujiwara is as follows:[4]
Fujiwara received the Japan Shogi Association's "25 Years Service Award" in 2013 for being an active professional for 25 years.[5]