Early life and becoming a women's shogi professional
Ōshima was born in Hiroshima, Japan on January 31, 2003.[2] She learned how to play shogi from her father.[2]
Ōshima entered the Japan Shogi Association's training group system under the guidance of shogi professional Nobuo Mori [ja].[2] She satisfied the criteria for the rank of women's professional 2-kyū upon obtaining promotion to Training Group B2.[3] She petitioned the JSA to be allowed to become a women's professional, and the JSA announced that she would be awarded women's professional status and the rank of 2-kyū on April 30, 2021.[2]
Women's shogi professional
In March 2024, Ōshima defeated Keika Kitamura in the finals of the 17th Women's Mynavi Open [ja] challenger tournament to earn the right to challenge Tomoka Nishiyama for the Jo-Ō title;[4] Oshima's first appearance in a major title match, however, was unsuccessful as she lost the best-of-five title match (April 2024 – May 2024) against Nishiyama 3 games to 0.[5]
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.
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