Yuki Muroya

Yuki Muroya is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Muroya's promotion history is as follows.

3-kyū: October 1, 2009
2-kyū: July 17, 2010
1-kyū: July 17, 2010
1-dan: April 1, 2011
2-dan: August 25, 2015
3-dan: December 27, 2019

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships

Muroya has appeared in major titles match five times, but has yet to win a major title. She was the challenger for the 9th title in 2016, the 24th and 26th titles in 2016 and 2018, the 46th Women's Meijin title in 2020 and the 42nd title also in 2020.

Awards and honors

Muroya received the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional" and "Women's Professional Most Games Played" Annual Shogi Awards for the April 2015March 2016 shogi year, and the "Women's Professional Most Games Played" award for the April 2016March 2017 shogi year.

Personal life

In March 2018, Muroya announced that she had gotten married on her 25th birthday and would be competing under her married name Taniguchi.
In February 2020, Muroya announced she had divorced and would return to using Muroya as her name.
Muroya remarried in January 2021, but this time decided to keep competing under her maiden name.