Aki Wada
is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.
Early life
Wada was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido on November 14, 1997. She became interested in shogi when she was about five years old after seeing her father and older brother playing each other. She entered the Japan Shogi Association's training group F1 in 2009 and was awarded women's professional provisional status and the rank of women's professional 3-kyū in April 2014 as a student of shogi professional Yūki Fujikura. She obtained women's professional regular status and the rank of women's professional 2-kyū in August 2014.Women's shogi professional
Promotion history
Wada's promotion history is as follows:Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Personal life
Wada's younger sister Hana is also a women's professional shogi player, and the two are the fourth pair of sisters to be awarded women's professional shogi player status.On June 20, 2025, the announced on its official website that Wada and shogi professional Reo Kurosawa had gotten married. The announcement also satated that Wada would continue to use her maiden name professionally.