Reo Okabe


Reo Okabe is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Okabe was born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture on April 8, 1999. He learned how to play shogi from watching his older brother and grandfather play, and eventually was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional in September 2011.
Okabe was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in 2016. He obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in April 2022 after tying for first with Kenshi Tokuda in the 70th 3-dan League with a record of 15 wins and 3 losses.

Shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history for Okabe is as follows.
Okabe won the Japan Shogi Association's Annual Shogi Awards for "Best New Player", "Most Games Played", "Most Games Won" and "Most Consecutive Games Won" for the April 2024March 2025 shogi year.