Yasuaki Murayama

January 9, 2024
Shogi Player

Quick Facts

Yasuaki Murayama
Full Name Yasuaki Murayama
Occupation Shogi Player
Date Of Birth May 9, 1984(1984-05-09)
Age 40
Birthplace Hino
Country Japan
Birth City Tokyo
Horoscope Taurus

Yasuaki Murayama Biography

Name Yasuaki Murayama
Birthday May 9
Birth Year 1984
Place Of Birth Hino
Home Town Tokyo
Birth Country Japan
Birth Sign Taurus

Yasuaki Murayama is one of the most popular and richest Shogi Player who was born on May 9, 1984 in Hino, Tokyo, Japan. Yasuaki Murayama, a Japanese-born child, was born in Hino on May 9, 1984. When he was five years old, he learned how to play shogi with his grandfather. He won the 20th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament [ja] 1995.

Murayama won two non-major championships in shogi during his career: Shinjin-O [ja] 2007 and NHK Cup Shogi TV Tournament 2015.

In 2015, Murayama was one of five shogi professional selected to play a match against the five top shogi computers in the “Shogi Denousen Final”, the final part of the Denou series of matches. Murayama lost Game 4 in 97 moves to Ponanza.

Murayama was awarded the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards as “Best New Player” (2007), and “Best Winning Percentage” (2007 and 2013).

Yasuaki Murayama Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Shogi Player
House Living in own house.

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

Yasuaki Murayama (Cun Shan Ci Ming , Murayama Yasuaki, born May 9, 1984) is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 7-dan.

Murayama was accepted to the Japan Shogi Association’s apprentice school at rank 6kyu. He was a protegee from Noboru Sakurai [ja], a shogi professional. In September 1995, Murayama was promoted to the rank 1dan. Murayama was awarded full professional status and the rank 4dan in October 2003 after winning the 33rd 3dan League (April 2003-September 2003). This league consisted of 15 wins and 3 losses.

Murayama won his first tournament as a professional in October 2007 when he defeated Ryōsuke Nakamura 2 games to none to win the 38th Shinjin-Ō [ja] title. In March 2016, Murayama defeated Shōta Chida to win the 65th NHK Cup Shogi TV Tournament.

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Facts & Trivia

Yasuaki Ranked on the list of most popular Shogi Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yasuaki Murayama celebrates birthday on May 9 of every year.

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