Akihito Hirose

Quick Facts

Full Name	Akihito Hirose
Occupation	Shogi Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 18, 1987(1987-01-18)
Age	37
Birthplace	Kōtō-ku
Country	Japan
Birth City	Kōtō-ku
Horoscope	Capricorn

Akihito Hirose Biography

Akihito Hirose is one of the most popular and richest Shogi Player who was born on January 18, 1987 in Kōtō-ku, Kōtō-ku, Japan. Hirose was born in Kōtō, Tokyo on January 18, 1987. He first started playing shogi around the age of four because his father and older brother played the game. His family moved to Sapporo, Hokkaido due to his father’s job and he lived there from elementary school grades three through six.

Hirose graduated from Tokyo Seitoku University High School in March 2005 and decided to continue his education by enrolling in the School of Education of Waseda University and majoring in mathematics. This was quite rare for a professional shogi player to do, but Hirose stated “he wanted to experience many things in addition to shogi” and also wanted to be like his friends who were all moving on to university. Hirose graduated from Waseda in 2011.

Hirose has finished in the “Top 10” of the JSA’s year-end prize money/game fee rankings [ja] five times since turning professional: tenth in 2010 with JPY 21,360,000 in earnings; eighth in 2011 with JPY 20,005,000 in earnings; tenth in 2015 with JPY 20,420,000 in earnings; fifth in 2018 with JPY 28,020,000 in earnings; and second in 2019 with JPY 69,840,000 in earnings.

Hirose received the JSA’s Annual Shogi Awards for “Fighting-spirit” in 2010 and 2018, “Game of the Year” in 2010 and “Special Game of the Year” in 2019.

Hirose was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 2000, and was officially awarded professional status in April 2005 for winning the 36th 3-dan League with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.

Akihito Hirose Net Worth

Akihito Hirose is one of the richest Shogi Player from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Akihito Hirose 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Akihito Hirose (広瀬 章人 , Hirose Akihito, born January 18, 1987) is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan. He is a former Ryūō and Ōi title holder, and is also the first shogi professional to win a major title while attending university.

While living in Sapporo, Hirose began studying under some members of the Hokkaido Shogi Association and polishing his skills at local shogi clubs before officially entering the Japan Shogi Association’s apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as protegee of shogi professional Osamu Katsuura [ja] in 1998 while he was a sixth-grade elementary student. For roughly his first year as a shogi apprentice, Hirose commuted by plane twice monthly from Sapporo to the Japan Shogi Association’s headquarters in Tokyo to play games against other apprentices.

In 2009, Hirose defeated Taichi Nakamura two games to none to win the 40th Shinjin-Ō [ja] for his first non-title tournament victory as a professional. The match was billed as the “Battle of Waseda University Students” because both Hirose and Nakamura were attending Waseda University at the time.

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Hirose advanced to the finals of JT Nihon Series [ja] tournament for the first time in November 2019, but was defeated by defending tournament champion Akira Watanabe in the 40th JT Cup championship on November 17, 2019. A few days later, however, Hirose earned the right to challenge Watanabe for the 69th Ōshō title when he defeated Sōta Fujii in the final game of the Ōshō tournament challenger league to finish league play with 5 wins and 1 loss. In January – March 2020 69th Ōshō title match, Hirose was leading the match 3 games to 2 before Watanabe came back to win the last two games and defend his title.

Facts & Trivia

Akihito Ranked on the list of most popular Shogi Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Akihito Hirose celebrates birthday on January 18 of every year.