Saito Morimoto

Saito Morimoto
Native name森本才跳
Born (2001-05-31) May 31, 2001
HometownNishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Career
Achieved professional statusApril 1, 2023(2023-04-01) (aged 21)
Badge Number337
Rank4-dan
TeacherKenji Kobayashi (9-dan)
Meijin classC2
Ryūō class6
Websites
JSA profile page

Saito Morimoto (森本 才跳, Morimoto Saito; May 31, 2001) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.

Early life and amateur shogi

Morimoto was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, on May 31, 2001.[1] He started playing shogi on the recommendation of his parents.[2] He began regularly playing at the shogi club at the Japan Shogi Association's Kansai Branch Office. As a second-grade elementary school student at Hiraki Elementary School in Nishinomiya, he started attending a shogi school run by shogi professional Kenji Kobayashi.[3] As a third-grade elementary school student, he finished tied for 3rd place in the lower-grade division of the 9th All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament[4] and won the 24th Tanigawa Cup Elementary Student Shogi Tournament (谷川杯争奪小学生将棋大会, Tanigawa-hai Sōdatsu Shōgakusei Shōgi Taikai) in 2010.[5]The following year (2011) as a fourth-grade student, he tied for third place in the upper-grade division of the 10th All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament[6] and finished in second place of the upper-grade division of a children's tournament held together with the 37th JT Nihon Series preliminary round game being played in Fukuoka.[7]

In 2012, Morimoto won the 37th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament as a fifth-grade student in April[8] and was then accepted into the JSA's apprentice school as a student of Kobayashi at the rank of apprentice professional 6-kyū in September.[2][9] He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in April 2019, and he obtained regular professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2023 after finishing second in the 72nd 3-dan League (October 2022 – March 2023) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.[2][10][11]

Shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history for Morimoto is as follows.[12]

  • 6-kyū: September 2012
  • 3-dan: April 2019
  • 4-dan: April 1, 2023

References

  1. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Morimoto Saito" 棋士データベース: 森本才跳 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Saito Morimoto]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Shinyondan Tanjō no Oshirase" 新四段誕生のお知らせ [Announcing the new 4-dans]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). March 11, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  3. ^ "Shōgi Shīkyū Nikumi Morimoto Yondan, Yonkaisen de Hatsushōri Kōnanko OB Taiketsu Sessu" 将棋 C級2組 森本四段, 4回戦で初勝利 甲南高OB対決制す [Shogi's Class C2: Morimoto 4-dan defeats alumnus from same high school in Round 4 for his first victory]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). October 1, 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  4. ^ "Daikyūkai Zenkoku Shōgakusei Kurashiki Ōshōsen no Kekka" 第9回全国小学生倉敷王将戦の結果 [9th All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament results]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). August 10, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  5. ^ Kishi, Keiko (July 5, 2023). "Tanigawa-hai Sōdatsu Shōgakusei Shōgi Taikai Shidō Taikyoku ni Morimoto Yondan" 谷川杯争奪小学生将棋大会　指導対局に森本四段 [Morimoto 4-dan will play instructional games at the Elementary Student Tanigawa Cup Shogi Tournament]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  6. ^ "Daijūkai Zenkoku Shōgakusei Kurashiki Ōshōsen no Kekka" 第10回全国小学生倉敷王将戦の結果 [10th All Japan Elementary School Student Kurashiki Ōshō Tournament results]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). August 13, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  7. ^ "Nisenjūichinendo JT Shōgi Nihon Shīrizu Kodomo Taikai Kaku Chiku Taikai Kesshō Shinshutsusha Ichiran" 2011年度JT将棋日本シリーズこども大会 各地区大会決勝進出者一覧 [List of block tournament finalists for the 2011 JT Nihon Series Children's Tournament]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  8. ^ "Daisanjūnanakai Shōgakusei Shōgi Meijinsen (Kesshō Taikai) Kaisai Hōkoku" 第37回小学生将棋名人戦〈決勝大会〉開催報告 [37th Elementary School Student Meijin Tournament]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). April 17, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  9. ^ Nakashima, Takayuki (April 17, 2023). "Shōgi no Shōdansha Menjō Juyoshiki Konsen no Sandanrīgu Toppa no Morimoto Yondan to Masegi Yondan ga Hōfu" 将棋の昇段者免状授与式 混戦の三段リーグ突破の森本四段と柵木四段が抱負 [Shogi's promotion certificate award ceremony: new 4-dans Morimoto and Masegi discuss their hopes for the future after getting through the difficult 3-dan league]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  10. ^ "Dai Nanajūnikai Shōreikai Sandan Rīgusen Nisennijūninen Jūgatsu kara Nisennijūsannen Sangatsu" 第72回奨励会三段リーグ戦 2022年10月～2023年3月 [74th apprentice school 3-dan league: October 2022 to March 2023]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  11. ^ Seto, Kanon (March 11, 2023). "Shōgi･Sandanrīgu Koyama Naoki Sandan, Morimoto Saito Sandan, Masegi Kanta Sandan ga Puro Iri" 将棋･三段リーグ 小山直希三段, 森本才跳三段, 柵木幹太三段がプロ入り [Shogi's #-dan League: Naoki Koyama 3-dan, Saito Morimoto 3-dan and Kanta Masegi 3-dan obtain regular professional status]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  12. ^ "Kishi Dētabēsu: Morimoto Saito Shōdan Rireki" 棋士データベース: 森本才跳 昇段履歴 [Professional Shogi Player Database: Saito Morimoto Promotion History]. Japan Shogi Association (in Japanese). Retrieved June 11, 2025.
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