Akiko Nakakura

is a Japanese retired women's professional [shogi player] who achieved the rank of 2-dan.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history of Nakakura was as follows.

2--kyū: April 1, 1994
1-kyū: April 1, 2000
1-dan: April 1, 2002
Retired: March 2015
2-dan: April 2017

Personal life

Nakakura's sister, Hiromi, is also a women's professional shogi player. The 2001 Japanese movie Travail about a pair of sisters who are women's professional shogi players is partly modeled upon their careers and the sisters served as consultants for the film.
Nakakura is married to professional shogi player Makoto Chūza. The couple married in November 2003, and have three children.