Maho Isotani

Japanese shogi player

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Maho Isotani
Native name	礒谷真帆
Born	(2002-03-22) March 22, 2002 (age 22)
Hometown	Narashino, Chiba Prefecture
Career
Achieved professional status	November 1, 2018(2018-11-01) (aged 16)
Badge Number	LPSA W-21
Rank	Women's 1-dan
Teacher	Kazuharu Shoshi (7-dan)
Websites
LPSA profile page

Maho Isotani (礒谷真帆, Isotani Maho, born March 22, 2002) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. She is a member of the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan.

Early life

Isotani was born on March 22, 2002, in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture. Her mother Mika [ja] and aunt Miki [ja] are retired women's professional shogi players.^[1]

Promotion history

Isotani has been promoted as follows:^[2]

2-kyū: November 1, 2018
1-dan: November 20, 2018

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

References

^ "Tōkyōkai Shozoku, Shinjoryū Nikyū Tanjō no Oshirase" 当協会所属新女流2級誕生のお知らせ [LPSA announces new women's professional 2-kyu] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. November 1, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
^ "Kireki (Isotani Maho)" 棋歴 (礒谷真帆） [Player history: Maho Isotani] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. Retrieved April 12, 2020.

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

3-dan

2-dan

1-dan

1-kyū

Mihoko Iwasa
Saki Miyazawa
Chihiro Sakihara
Saki Tanaka*
Mikoto Umezu
Hana Wada
Kirari Yamaguchi

2-kyū

Mao Itō
Natsuko Iwasaki
Mirei Kamada
Shōko Kubo
Riko Morimoto
Nana Sakaki
Kanade Sunahara
Yuzuki Takeuchi
Nikori Yamaguchi

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.