Sachiko Takamure


Sachiko Takamure is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Takamura's promotion history was as follows:
  • 1986, March 1: 3-kyū
  • 1987, April 1: 1-dan
  • 1994, March 22: 2-dan
  • 2000, June 30: 3-dan
  • 2018, January 21: 4-dan
  • 2020, March 31: Retired
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Awards and honors

Takamure received the Japan Shogi Association's received the "25 Years Service Award" in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years in 2010.

Personal life

Takamure is married to professional shogi player Yasuaki Tsukada, but plays professionally under her maiden name. The couple's daughter Erika is also a women's professional shogi player.