Rieko Yauchi

is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 5-dan. She is a former Women's Meijin, and title holder.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Yauchi's promotion history is as follows.

• Women's Professional Apprentice League: 1990
• 2-kyÅ«: April 1, 1993
• 1-kyÅ«: April 1, 1995
• 1-dan: July 10, 1995
• 2-dan: April 1, 1997
• 3-dan: October 27, 1997
• 4-dan: August 3, 2004
• 5-dan: February 21, 2014

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Yauchi has appeared in major title matches eighteen times and has won a total of six titles. In addition to major titles, Yauchi has won two other shogi championships.

Major titles

Other championships

Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held or currently suspended.

Awards and honors

Yauchi has received a number of Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards and other awards in recognition of her accomplishments in shogi and contributions made to Japanese society.

Annual shogi awards

• 33rd Annual Awards (April 2005March 2006): Woman's Professional of the Year
• 34th Annual Awards (April 2006March 2007): Women's Professional of the Year
• 35th Annual Awards (April 2007March 2008): Women's Professional Award

Other awards

• 2007, February: 2nd Saitama Kagayaki Ogino Ginko Award
• 2008, July: City of Gyōda Tourism Ambassador

References

External links

• ShogiHub: Professional Player Info · Yauchi, Rieko