Takashi Ikenaga

is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.

Early life and apprentice professional

Ikenaga was born in Osaka on April 20, 1993. He learned how to play shogi from a book his father bought for him when he was first grade elementary school student.
In September 2006, Ikenaga was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Kenji Kobayashi. He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in 2010, and obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in April 2018 tying for first with Kōhei Hasebe in the 62nd 3-dan League with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses.

In October 2019, Ikenaga defeated apprentice professional 3-dan Shin'ichirō Hattori 2 games to 1 to win the 9th. In October 2020, Ikenaga defeated apprentice professional 3-dan Yūki Saitō 2 games to none to win the 51st Shinjin-Ō tournament.

Ikenaga's promotion history is as follows:

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

Ikenaga won the Japan Shogi Association's Annual Shogi Award for "Best New Player" for the 20202021 shogi year.