Akiko Nakakura

Akiko Nakakura (中倉 彰子) is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 2-dan.

Promotion history
The promotion history of Nakakura was as follows.
 * 2--kyū: April 1, 1994
 * 1-kyū: April 1, 2000
 * 1-dan: April 1, 2002
 * Retired: March 2015
 * 2-dan: April 2017

Personal life
Nakakura's sister, Hiromi, is also a women's professional shogi player. The 2001 Japanese movie Travail about a pair of sisters who are women's professional shogi players is partly modeled upon their careers and the sisters served as consultants for the film.

Nakakura is married to professional shogi player Makoto Chūza. The couple married in November 2003, and have three children.