is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.
Yasuaki Murayama was born on May 9, 1984, in Hino, Tokyo. He learned how to play shogi from his grandfather when he was 5 years old, and won the 20th in 1995.
Murayama was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyà « as a protegee of shogi professional in September 1995 and was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in July 1998. Murayama obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2003 for winning the 33rd 3-dan League (April 2003September 2003) with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.
Murayama won his first tournament as a professional in October 2007 when he defeated Ryà Âsuke Nakamura 2 games to none to win the 38th Shinjin-à  tournament. In March 2016, Murayama defeated Shà Âta Chida to win the 65th NHK Cup Shogi TV Tournament.
In 2015, Murayama was one of five shogi professional selected to play a match against the five top shogi computers in the "Shogi Denousen Final", the final part of the Denou series of matches. Murayama lost Game 4 in 97 moves to Ponanza.
The promotion history for Murayama is as follows:
Murayama has won two non-major shogi championships during his career: the Shinjin-Ã Â in 2007 and NHK Cup Shogi TV Tournament in 2015.
Murayama received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards for "Best New Player" (2007) and "Best Winning Percentage" (2007 and 2013).