Reo Okabe | |
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Native name | 岡部怜央 |
Born | April 8, 1999 |
Hometown | Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 2022 | (aged 22)
Badge Number | 331 |
Rank | 4-dan |
Teacher | Jun'ichi Kase (7-dan) |
Meijin class | C2 |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Reo Okabe (岡部 怜央, Okabe Reo, April 8, 1999) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.
Okabe was born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture on April 8, 1999.[1][2] He learned how to play shogi from watching his older brother and grandfather play,[3] and eventually was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's (JSA) apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Jun'ichi Kase in September 2011.[2][3]
Okabe was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in 2016.[3] He obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in April 2022 after tying for first with Kenshi Tokuda in the 70th 3-dan League (October 2021 – March 2022) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.[4][5][6]
The promotion history for Okabe is as follows.[7]