Akiko Takojima

Akiko Takojima (蛸島 彰子) is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.

Apprenticeship
Takojima was the first female to be accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school.

Apprentice professional promtion history

 * 1961: 7-kyū
 * 1966: 1-dan

Note: The above are apprentice professional ranks.

Women's Shogi professional
Takojima holds the record for being the oldest women's professional to win an official game at 71 years and 9 months.

Promotion history
Takojima's promotion history is as follows.


 * 2-dan: 1967
 * 3-dan: October 31, 1974
 * 4-dan: November 26, 1976
 * 5-dan: November 17, 1988
 * 6-dan: May 21, 2017

Note: The above are women's professional ranks.

Major titles
Takojima appeared in major title matches a total of eleven times and won a total of seven titles. She won the Women's Meijin title four times (1974–76, 1981) and the title three times (1978-1980).

Awards and honors
Takojima won the Japan Shogi Association's "Women's Professional" Annual Shogi Award in 1980 and 1981.