Aya Uchiyama

Aya Uchiyama (内山 あや) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Early life and amateur shogi
As a junior high school seventh-grade student in 2017, Ushiyama finished third in the 42nd Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament. Two years later in October 2019, she finished fourth in the 51st Women's Amateur Meijin Tournament, losing in the semi-finals to Miran Nohara.

Promotion history
Uchiyama's promotion history is as follows:


 * 2-kyū: December 1, 2020
 * 1-kyū: April 1, 2022
 * 1-dan: March 9, 2023

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.