Chikako Nagasawa

Chikako Nagasawa is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Nagasawa's promotion history is as follows.

2-kyū: August 1, 1979
1-dan: February 26, 1980
2-dan: April 7, 1994
3-dan: May 22, 1989
4-dan: April 1, 2000
5-dan: November 11, 2024

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Nagasawa has appeared in women's major title matches twice, but has yet to win a major title. She was the challenger for the 6th title in 1983 and the 11th Women's Meijin title in 1984, but lost each time. She has, however, won one non-major title women's tournament: the 9th in 1995.

Awards and honors

Nagasawa received the Japan Shogi Association's received the "25 Years Service Award" in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years in 2004.