Tomoki Yokoyama
Tomoki Yokoyama is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.
Early life and apprenticeship
Tomoki Yokoyama was born in Kakogawa, Hyōgo, on January 26, 2000. He learned how to play shogi from his father, and was accepted into the Japan [Shogi Association]'s apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the tutelage of shogi professional Keita Inoue in September 2012.Yokoyma was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 1-dan in 2014, and apprentice professional 3-dan in 2017. He obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in September 2021 after tying for first with Mikio Kariyama in the 69th 3-dan League with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.
Shogi professional
Promotion history
The promotion history for Yokoyama is as follows.- 6-kyū: September 1, 2012
- 1-dan: December 23, 2014
- 3-dan: October 2017
- 4-dan: October 1, 2021