First female shogi player in the world of shogi rights Nishiyama wins four titles, Hakurei 5th

On the 10th, the fifth game of the 6th match against Hakurei, in which Kana Fukuma (34), who is challenging shogi player Tomoyoshi Hakurei Nishiyama (31), who is the female four-time champion along with Seirei and the female master, was played in Kanazawa City, and Nishiyama, the female four-champion, won with 118 moves and decided to defend her title with four wins and one loss. This is Hakurei's fifth term in total, and he has earned the right to become a ``shogi player'' according to regulations.

Nishiyama, the four-time women's champion who narrowly survived a close battle in the final stages, said after the end, ``I was trying to concentrate on the board, so I'm not in a position to give an answer right away,'' and deferred deciding whether to exercise her rights.

There is a separate system for shogi players (fourth dan and above) and female shogi players. In order to become a shogi player, you must win the 3rd dan league, the highest level of the training organization ``Shokaikai,'' which is unprecedented for a woman. Nishiyama Four-Championed Women joined the encouragement club in 2010 at the age of 14. He came very close to breaking through to the third-dan league, but was unable to do so and left the club in 2021 at the age of 25.

Even in the Shogi player transfer exam that she took on as a female Shogi player from September 2014 to January 2025, she failed, falling short with two wins and three losses against five fourth-dan Shogi players.

In June 2015, the Japan Shogi Federation introduced a new system that grants players the right to become players at the 5th stage of Hakurei.