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Reo Kurosawa
Reo Kurosawa (黒沢 怜生, Kurosawa Reo, born March 7, 1992) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan. Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professionalKurosawa was born on March 7, 1992, in Kumagaya, Saitama.[1] He learned how to play shogi at when he was elementary school first-grade student at a local children's center.[2] In 2001, he finished runner-up in the 26th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament as a fourth grader,[3] and reached the semi-finals of the 27th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament held the following year as a fifth grader.[4][5] As a sixth grader in 2003, Kurosawa tied for third place at the 2nd Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament,[6] and later that same year entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the guidance of shogi professional Michio Takahashi.[2] Kurosawa was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in October 2010, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2014 after finishing tied for first in the 55th 3-dan League with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.[2][7] Shogi professionalPromotion historyThe promotion history for Kurosawa is as follows:[8]
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