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. 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.

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Saki Kawamata is a Japanese female professional shogi player born on April 28, 1996, in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. She attended Tsukuba Kaisei High School. She belongs to the Kansai branch of the Japan Shogi Association, is a pupil of Keiji Mori 9-dan, holds the rank of women's 2-dan, and is the younger sister of women's professional Kana Fukuma.

Name (English)

Saki Kawamata

Name (Japanese)

川又咲紀

Reading

かわまた さき

Born

April 28, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Female Professional Shogi Player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

High school

Tsukuba Kaisei High School

• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23948907

Tags

• From Shimane Prefecture
• Female Professional Shogi Player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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