Takahiro Ōhashi

Takahiro Ōhashi is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.

Early life and apprenticeship

Ōhashi was born in Shingū, Wakayama on September 22, 1992. He learned how to play shogi as
fourth-grade elementary school student, and entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Kazuharu Shoshi in September 2006.
Takahashi was promoted to 3-dan in 2010 and obtained professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2016 after finishing runner-up in the 59th 3-dan League with a record of 12 wins and 6 losses.

Shogi professional

Takahashi finished runner-up in the 46th Shinjin-Ō in 2015, losing to Tatsuya Sugai 2 games to 1. Takahashi was still ranked an apprentice professional 3-dan at the time, and won the first game of the match before Sugai came back to win the last two.
Takahashi won his first tournament as a professional in August 2018 when he defeated Seiya Kondō to win the. In October of the same year, he defeated Hirotaka Kajiura 2 games to none to win the 8th.

Promotion history

The promotion history for Ōhashi is as follows:

6-kyū: September 2006
3-dan: October 2010
4-dan: October 1, 2016
5-dan: July 31, 2019
6-dan: October 23, 2019
7-dan: February 8, 2023

Titles and other championships

Ōhashi has yet to appear in a major title match, but he has won two non-major title championships.

Awards and honors

Ōhashi received the Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Award for "Best New Player" for the 20182019 Shogi Year. He won the Kōzō Masuda Award for developing the Yōryū Fourth File Rook opening in 2020.