Saki Kawamata

Honestly, female shogi professionals don't get nearly enough credit in the West, and Saki Kawamata is exactly the kind of player who deserves more attention. Born in Izumo — which, if you know anything about Japan, is basically the city where the gods themselves allegedly hang out every autumn — there's something quietly fitting about a person from that land choosing a game that rewards patience over flash. She's a Taurus born in 1996, and you can almost feel that fixed-sign stubbornness in what shogi demands: hours of stone-still concentration, reading dozens of moves ahead while the clock ticks and your opponent tries to rattle you. I couldn't last twenty minutes in that chair. The fact that she keeps most of her personal life off the grid only adds to the mystique — the board does the talking, and in a world obsessed with personal branding, that kind of quiet confidence is genuinely cool.

Saki Kawamata is a Japanese female professional shogi player born on April 28, 1996, in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. She attended Tsukuba Kaisei High School. Further details such as her agency, debut year, and career record remain private or unknown.

Name (English)

Saki Kawamata

Name (Japanese)

川又咲紀

Reading

かわまた さき

Born

April 28, 1996 (age 30)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat (子)

Origin

Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Female Professional Shogi Player

High school

Tsukuba Kaisei High School

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/satomi_saki/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9D%E5%8F%88%E5%92%B2%E7%B4%80

Tags

• From Shimane Prefecture
• Female Professional Shogi Player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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