Moriuchi Toshiyuki

Okay, so Toshiyuki Moriuchi is one of those guys I find quietly fascinating: a Yokohama-born shogi professional who's been grinding at the board since the era when being a top kishi meant decades of patient, ruthless calculation, not viral clips. What gets me is the range, he's not just a shogi lifer; the man also plays chess and has dabbled in TV production, which tells you he's the rare strategist who can take that one-move-at-a-time discipline and port it somewhere completely different. He's never struck me as the loud type, just steady, decorated, the kind of player whose résumé quietly says expert without ever shouting it. I respect that a lot.

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Moriuchi Toshiyuki is a Japanese professional shogi player, chess player, and TV producer born on October 10, 1970, in Yokohama, Kanagawa. He has competed at the top level of competitive shogi and has also played competitive chess, reflecting a broad strategic aptitude. He received the Shogi Eiryo Award in 2004 and the Shogi Eiryo Kanto Award in 2011 in recognition of his distinguished career. Beyond the board, he has also been involved in television production.

Name (English)

Moriuchi Toshiyuki

Name (Japanese)

森内俊之

Reading

もりうち としゆき

Born

October 10, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Occupation

Professional Shogi Player / Chess Player / TV Producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

Awards & achievements

• Shogi Eiryo Award (2004)
• Shogi Eiryo Kanto Award (2011)

• Official sitehttp://www.moriuchitoshiyuki.net/
• Xhttps://x.com/TeamYasumitsu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E5%86%85%E4%BF%8A%E4%B9%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722756

Tags

• From Kanagawa
• Shogi Player
• Chess Player
• TV Producer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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