Participant Player Introduction

Organiser's Recommendation

Japan

Reina Takahashi

(27)

Profession:
Company employee
Skill:
1-dan
Favorite Strategy:
三間飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
八代弥七段(7-dan Wataru Yshiro)

I want to win by attacking as hard as I can.

Mongolia

Munkhzul Turmunkh

(19)

Profession:
chess player
Skill:
Chess ability -not bad; shogi ability: not nice
Favorite Strategy:
攻撃(Attack)

To test the level after long delay.

Asia, Oceania

Australia

Michael Gearing

(30)

Profession:
Teacher
Skill:
2-dan
Favorite Strategy:
三間飛車、向飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
羽生善治九段、村中秀史七段(9-dan Yoshiharu Habu, 7-dan Shuji Muranaka)

I want to enjoy the experience playing at a tournament, at least win one game against someone better than me, and meet some great shogi players. Let's play!

China(Shanghai)

许衎昀 xu kanyun

(34)

Profession:
Staff
Skill:
5-dan

Thailand

Koranat Saengwat

(30)

Profession:
Self‐employed
Skill:
2-dan
Favorite Strategy:
角頭歩戦法、玉頭位取り My favourite opening is kaku to fu, but I mostly play something like king-head vanguard pawn.
Favorite Shogi Player:
谷川浩司九段

China(Beijing)

丁泽宇 Ding,Zeyu

(26)

Profession:
Risk Management
Skill:
3-dan
Favorite Strategy:
四間飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
羽生善治九段、中原誠十六世名人

With one thought, all mountains are unhindered. (一念即出,万山无阻。)

New Zealand

Michael Mackinven

(53)

Profession:
Consultant
Skill:
3-kyu
Favorite Strategy:
なし
Favorite Shogi Player:
高田尚平七段(7dan Shouhei Takada)

May Shogi continue to spread throughout the world.Thank you to organizers.

Indonesia

Hans Aldi Christian Sutedja

(20)

Profession:
University Student
Skill:
2-kyu

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

Hong Kong

陸尚勤

(35)

Profession:
Economist
Skill:
1-dan
Favorite Strategy:
四間飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
羽生善治九段

Let's enjoy Shogi!

Taiwan

張京鼎

(16)

Profession:
Student
Skill:
4-dan

Europe, Africa

Norway

Asle Olufsen

(58)

Profession:
Programmer
Skill:
1-kyu
Favorite Strategy:
矢倉
Favorite Shogi Player:
羽生善治九段

Hope to qualify from the Continental Championship.

Germany

Bilal Dardour

(26)

Poland

Szymon Brejdak

(21)

Profession:
Worker
Skill:
1-dan
Favorite Strategy:
居飛車、特に角換わり
Favorite Shogi Player:
豊島将之竜王

I just win Online Polish Championship Tournament and got delegated to play it,so I'm here.About my expectations for myself,to be honest I don't know.I will try to win it all.

Slovakia

Patrick Kandrac

(27)

Profession:
Student
Skill:
2-kyu
Favorite Strategy:
振り飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
香川愛生女流四段

Italy

Marco Milone

(40)

Profession:
Film producer
Skill:
1-dan
Favorite Strategy:
三間飛車石田流
Favorite Shogi Player:
谷川浩司九段(9-dan Koji Tanigawa)

Shogi has changed my way of thinking, allowing myself to improve my life.

Belarus

Anton Starikevich

(19)

Profession:
Student
Skill:
4-dan
Favorite Strategy:
四間飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
久保利明九段

I'd like to improve my shogi power and have fun playing my favourite game.

Ukraine

Sergiy Trokhimyshyn

(31)

Profession:
SME’s support manager in Zhytomyr regional development agency
Skill:
1-kyu
Favorite Strategy:
中飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
羽生善治九段(9-dan Yoshiharu Habu)

Even participating in the tournament will be a great honor for me. I'm not a very strong player, but I hope I can show a good games level.

Netherlands

Joost Berkvens

(40)

Profession:
Co-owner of the advice and development agency for renewable energy named Odura located in Den Bosch
Favorite Strategy:
角交換、右玉、ミレニアム囲い
Favorite Shogi Player:
羽生善治九段

As a retired (western) chess player I got interested in Shogi almost two years ago after reading an interview with PH Nielsen. It immediately caught me because of its dynamic nature and richness in culture. I'm looking forward to the ISF to play people throughout the world with the same interest, but would love to play the ISF in Japan one day to have the real experience!

Hungary

László Abuczki

(35)

Profession:
Regulatory Affairs Officer
Skill:
5-dan
Favorite Strategy:
振り飛車穴熊
Favorite Shogi Player:
木村一基九段、折田翔吾四段

I am glad I can play with shogi fans around the world even if it’s an online tournament. I will do my best to leave a good kifu.

Austria

Marco Dietmayer

(33)

Profession:
Technician
Skill:
3-dan
Favorite Strategy:
特になし
Favorite Shogi Player:
羽生善治九段

I'm happy to be here, and hope to play some beautiful games to represent my country well.

France

Erik Roeloffzen

(31)

Profession:
Computer engineer
Skill:
1-dan
Favorite Strategy:
石田流
Favorite Shogi Player:
北尾まどか女流

Maybe I would like to finish all games without illegal move or Time out.

Uganda

Bakaze Robert

(32)

Profession:
Sports administrator

It gives me great pleasure to represent Uganda at the International Shogi Festival.

Russia

Mikhail Ivanov

(61)

Profession:
Pensionary
Skill:
2-dan

Portugal

Simão Pedroso

(21)

Profession:
University Student
Skill:
4-kyu
Favorite Strategy:
嬉野流
Favorite Shogi Player:
升田幸三実力制第四代名人

I like Shogi very much. I hope to perform well in the ISF-2021 games.

Belgium

Jean François Hastir

Switzerland

Stefan Mueller

(48)

Profession:
Self‐employed
Skill:
1-dan
Favorite Strategy:
中飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
高田尚平七段

I got introduced to Shogi in 2013. I have become passionate ever since. I wish there were more people playing in New Zealand.

Iceland

Einar Örn

(48)

Profession:
Student
Skill:
5-kyu
Favorite Strategy:
攻撃は最大の防御
Favorite Shogi Player:
ギリシャの Athanasios Drakakis さん

My shogi strength was estimated by a shogi friend of mine.

Finland

Ilmari Juutilainen

(42)

Profession:
Data scientist
Skill:
beginner
Favorite Strategy:
袖飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
香川愛生女流

I am expecting a memorable experience - I have never played in an international tournament before.

Sweden

Anders Ågren Thuné

(23)

Profession:
Student
Skill:
1-dan
Favorite Strategy:
横歩取り
Favorite Shogi Player:
佐藤天彦九段(9-dan Amahiko Sato)

My goal is to enjoy the games, and I hope to make it as far as possible.

United Kingdom

Felix McPeake

(27)

Profession:
Quantitative Trader
Skill:
2-dan
Favorite Strategy:
ひねり飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
升田幸三実力制第四代名人

I look forward to playing some tough matches!

Spain

Daniel Arús Blanch

(29)

Profession:
Marketing
Skill:
1-dan
Favorite Strategy:
居飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
渡辺明名人

I am Dani Arús from Spain. I discovered shogi 5 years ago and it became a passion. I love to play shogi and to share good times with everyone. My favourite openings are ibisha games. I would like to play ISF 2021 to share experiences with the best players from around the world.

Greece

Athanasios Drakakis

(39)

Profession:
Translater
Skill:
2-dan
Favorite Strategy:
四間飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
藤井猛九段

The only loser is the one who does not participate.

North America, Latin America

Colombia

Hans Bayer

(33)

Profession:
International Trade / Shogi and Chess Teacher
Skill:
2-dan
Favorite Strategy:
相掛かり
Favorite Shogi Player:
藤井聡太三冠、中村太地七段、カロリーナ・ステチェンスカ女流初段(Oui/Eio/Kisei Sota Fujii, 7-dan Taichi Nakamura, Sho-dan Karolina STYCZYNSKA )

Meet my shogi friends, get better and enjoy shogi

Guatemala

Alejandro Reina

(27)

Profession:
Database Engineer
Skill:
1-dan
Favorite Strategy:
三間飛車石田流
Favorite Shogi Player:
羽生善治九段、藤井聡太三冠(9-dan Habu Yoshiharu, Oui/Eio/Kisei Sota Fujii)

You only live once, so enjoy it

Brazil

Koshiro Hama

(33)

Profession:
Cook
Skill:
4-dan
Favorite Strategy:
奇襲振り飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
藤井猛九段(9-dan Takeshi Fujii)

I wish to play good Shogi to make Brazilian supporters proud.

Brazil

Nicholas Jun Kamada de Toledo

(23)

Profession:
Engineer
Skill:
5-dan
Favorite Strategy:
ひねり飛車、相掛かり
Favorite Shogi Player:
糸谷哲郎八段(8-dan ITetsuro Itodani)

My aspiration to this tournament is to learn as much as I can, being able to play the best shogi I can for now. See the best players of other countries playing their all and play against them.

United States

KEIJI TOMITA

(51)

Profession:
Waiter
Skill:
4-dan
Favorite Strategy:
棒銀
Favorite Shogi Player:
加藤一二三九段(9-dan Hifumi Kato)

Canada

Steven Arai

(28)

Profession:
Administrative Assistant
Skill:
9-kyu

I look forward to the opportunity of being able to play against people from around the world.

United States

YUJI BANNNO

(49)

Profession:
Finance
Skill:
3-dan
Favorite Strategy:
矢倉、角換わり、振り飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
石川陽生七段

Peru

Dante Leonardo Acuña Valencia

(31)

Profession:
Project Manager
Skill:
3-dan
Favorite Strategy:
振り飛車
Favorite Shogi Player:
久保利明九段

Every day I enjoy learning Shogi and Japanese culture. I am glad to participate in this wonderful tournament. I will do my best at the ISF 2021!