Kana Fukuma

I'll be honest, women's professional shogi flies way under my radar, but Kana Fukuma is the kind of player who makes you sit up. There's something so fitting about her coming from Izumo in Shimane, that old land of the gods, like she was born into a quieter, more deliberate world. I love that she's not flashy at all, no theatrics, just this upright stillness at the board while she calculates dozens of moves deep and grinds out long title matches with sheer patience. That's a tougher kind of toughness than any loud performer's. And the contrast gets me: a soft, dreamy Pisces born in 1992 who's actually a stone-cold competitor underneath. I'm a sucker for that gap between gentle and fierce, and she wears it without ever needing to announce it.

Kana Fukuma is a Japanese women's professional shogi player born on March 2, 1992, in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. She attended Shimane Prefectural Taisha High School before pursuing her career in professional shogi. Known for her focused and methodical play style, she competes at the highest levels of women's shogi in Japan.

Name (English)

Kana Fukuma

Name (Japanese)

福間香奈

Reading

ふくま かな

Born

March 2, 1992 (age 34)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey (申)

Origin

Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Women's professional shogi player

High school

Shimane Prefectural Taisha High School

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E9%96%93%E9%A6%99%E5%A5%88

Tags

• From Shimane Prefecture
• Women's professional shogi player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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