Shinya Kojima
is a Japanese chess player. He has the highest peak rating out of all of Japan's chess players.
Chess career
Kojima represented Japan at several Chess Olympiads, in: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022.Kojima won the Japanese Chess Championship five times, in: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010.
In November 2022, Kojima won the Japan Open 2022, where he remained undefeated during the event. He won the Japan Open 2021 in the previous year, where he was the top-ranked Japanese player.
In July 2023, Kojima finished tied for second in the Japan Chess Classic 2023 alongside Trần Thanh Tú, Koya Matsuyama, and Samuel Song.