Manao Kagawa

Manao Kagawa in Chōfu, Tokyo is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan. She is a former title holder.

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Women's shogi professional

Kagawa challenged Tomoka Nishiyama for the Women's Ōshō title in October 2023, but lost the 45th Women's Osho title match 2 games to none.

Promotion history

Kagawa has been promoted as follows.

2-kyū: October 1, 2008
1-kyū: July 25, 2009
1-dan: November 28, 2012
2-dan: August 29, 2013
3-dan: October 23, 2013
4-dan: January 21, 2021

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Major titles

Kagawa has appeared in major title matches five times and has won a total of two titles. She won the title in 2013 and then successfully defended it in 2014.

Awards and honors

Kagawa received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Award "Women's Professional Most Games Played" in 2013 and the "Women's Professional Award" in 2014.

Video game

On March 25, 2021, SilverStar Japan released Kagawa Manao to Futari de Shogi for the Nintendo Switch. The game was endorsed and features Kagawa.

Personal life

Kagawa graduated from Ritsumeikan University in 2017.