Takahiro Ōhashi

There's something quietly poetic about a professional shogi player coming out of Shingu, Wakayama — a town wedged between deep mountains, ancient pilgrimage trails, and the Pacific coast. Born in 1992, Takahiro Ohashi is right in that sweet spot of his thirties where shogi players tend to hit their sharpest, most dangerous form, and I find myself genuinely curious what his game looks like on the board. In truth his family moved to Tokyo before he started kindergarten, and he learned the game at a club in Hachioji, so Shingu is more birthplace than training ground. He turned pro in the same class as Sota Fujii and has climbed to 7-dan since, and I'll be watching his games going forward.

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Takahiro Ōhashi is a Japanese professional shogi player born on September 22, 1992, in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture. A disciple of Kazuharu Shoshi, he belongs to the Kansai branch and was promoted to 4-dan in October 2016 alongside Sota Fujii; he is now ranked 7-dan.

Name (English)

Takahiro Ōhashi

Name (Japanese)

大橋貴洸

Reading

おおはし たかひろ

Born

September 22, 1992 (age 34)

Origin

Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Professional Shogi Player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%A9%8B%E8%B2%B4%E6%B4%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27150864

Tags

• From Wakayama Prefecture
• Shogi Player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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