Io Murota

Io Murota
Io Murota
	Murota in 2018
Native name	室田伊緒
Born	May 24, 1989 (age 35)
Hometown	Kasugai, Aichi
Career
Achieved professional status	October 1, 2005 (aged 16)
Badge Number	W-35
Rank	Women's 3-dan
Teacher	Masataka Sugimoto (8-dan)
Websites
	JSA profile page

Io Murota (室田伊緒, Murota Io, born May 24, 1989) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.^[1]

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Murata's promotion history is as follows:^[2]

2-kyū: October 1, 2005
1: 1-kyū: April 1, 2006
1-dan: April 1, 2008
2-dan: September 10, 2014
3-dan: July 13, 2024

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Professional Shogi Players Group

Murota is a former vice-president of the Professional Shogi Players Group [ja], serving in that capacity from June 2015 until the end of May 2017.^[3]^[4]

Personal life

Murota married professional go player Yūta Iyama in 2012,^[5] but the couple divorced in 2015.^[6]

References

^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu" 女流棋士データベース [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
^ "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Murota Io Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 室田伊緒昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Io Murota Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
^ "Kishikai Yakuin no Oshirase" 棋士会役員のお知らせ [Professional Shogi Players Group officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 5, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
^ "Kishikaiyakuin no Oshirase" 棋士会役員のお知らせ [Professional Shogi Players Group officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 31, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
^ "Igo no Iyama Jūdan to Shōgi no Murota Joryū Shodan ga Konyaku" 囲碁の井山十段と将棋の室田女流初段が婚約 [Go professional Iyama 10-dan enngaged to Women's shogi professional Murota 1-dan]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). February 20, 2012. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
^ "Igo no Iyama Yūta Yonkan ga Saikon Ippan Josei to" 囲碁の井山裕太4冠が再婚一般女性と [Go professional Yuta Iyama 4-crown remarries]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). July 25, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

External links

ShogiHub: Murota, Io

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[1] "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu" 女流棋士データベース [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[2] "Joryū Kishi Dētabēsu: Murota Io Shōdan Rireki" 女流棋士データベース: 室田伊緒昇段履歴 [Women's Professional Shogi Player Database: Io Murota Promotion History] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. Retrieved July 18, 2024.

[3] "Kishikai Yakuin no Oshirase" 棋士会役員のお知らせ [Professional Shogi Players Group officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. June 5, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2019.

[4] "Kishikaiyakuin no Oshirase" 棋士会役員のお知らせ [Professional Shogi Players Group officers announced] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. May 31, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2019.

[5] "Igo no Iyama Jūdan to Shōgi no Murota Joryū Shodan ga Konyaku" 囲碁の井山十段と将棋の室田女流初段が婚約 [Go professional Iyama 10-dan enngaged to Women's shogi professional Murota 1-dan]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). February 20, 2012. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

[6] "Igo no Iyama Yūta Yonkan ga Saikon Ippan Josei to" 囲碁の井山裕太4冠が再婚一般女性と [Go professional Yuta Iyama 4-crown remarries]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). July 25, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

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v t e Active women's professional shogi players
7-dan	Ichiyo Shimizu
6-dan	Hiroe Nakai† Kana Fukuma
5-dan	Tomoka Nishiyama Haruko Saida Rieko Yauchi
4-dan	Ryōko Chiba Sae Itō Manao Kagawa Momoko Katō Chikako Nagasawa Marika Nakamura Sayuri Takebe Hatsumi Ueda Kumi Yamada
3-dan	Chisa Hayamizu Sayuri Honda Shinobu Iwane Chiho Murata Io Murota Yuki Muroya Nanami Naka [ja] Kanna Suzuki Mana Watanabe* Eriko Yamaguchi Kotomi Yamane
2-dan	Aya Fujita Yūki Hasegawa Chihiro Idō Manaka Inagawa Sakura Ishimoto Sumie Ishitaka Kei Katō Yuria Katō Keika Kitamura Shino Miyasō Hiromi Nakakura* Momoko Nakamura Ayaka Ōshima Minami Sadamasu Saori Shimai* Erika Tsukada Kaori Uekawa* Aki Wada Mio Watanabe Akemi Yamada
1-dan	Haruka Aikawa Nana Fujii Ayano Hori* Ai Iino Aya Imai Maho Isotani* Yui Isoya [ja]* Saki Kawamata Juri Kimura Marin Matsushita Miyu Mizumachi Saya Nakazawa Miran Nohara Sakiko Odaka Minori Sasaki Aiko Takahama Rei Takedomi Aya Uchiyama Nanako Wakita Nana Yorimoto
1-kyū	Mihoko Iwasa Shōko Kubo Saki Miyazawa [ja] Chihiro Sakihara [ja] Saki Tanaka* Mikoto Umezu Hana Wada Kirari Yamaguchi Nikori Yamaguchi
2-kyū	Mao Itō [ja] Natsuko Iwasaki [ja] Mirei Kamada Riko Morimoto [ja] Nana Sakaki Kanade Sunahara [ja] Yuzuki Takeuchi [ja]
Current Title Holders	Tomoka Nishiyama (Jo-Ō, Women's Ōshō, Hakurei) Kana Fukuma (Women's Meijin, Woman's Ōi, Women's Ōza, Kurashiki Tōka, Seirei)
Qualifying Lifetime Title Holders	Hiroe Nakai (Queen Meijin) Tomoka Nishiyama (Lifetime Jo-Ō) Kana Fukuma (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka) Ichiyo Shimizu (Queen Meijin, Queen Ōshō, Queen Ōi, Queen Kurashiki Tōka)
Notes: 1. No symbol denotes JSA affiliation 2. An asterisk (*) denotes LPSA affiliation 3. A cross (†) denotes unaffiliated. 4, A two-barred cross (‡) denotes a JSA apprentice school player.