Harue Tanikawa

Harue Tanikawa (谷川 治恵) is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 5-dan.

Early life
Tanikawa was born on February 9, 1954, in Saitama Prefecture.

Promotion history
Tanikawa's promotion history is as follows:
 * 1976, September 23: 1-kyū
 * 1978, September 10: 1-dan
 * 1981, March 19: 2-dan
 * 1989, May 22: 3-dan
 * 2000, June 28: 4-dan
 * 2011, April 1: 5-dan

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

Titles and other championships
Tanikawa's only major title appearance came in 1980 when she challenged Akiko Takojima for the 3rd Women's Ōshō title. She lost the match 2 games to none.

Awards and honors
Tanikawa received the Tokyo Shogi Journalists' Association's Annual Shogi Award for the April 2009 –March 2010 shogi year.

JSA director and other offices
Tanikawa was elected to Japan Shogi Association's board of directors as a non-executive director in May 2011, and was reelected to the same position in June 2013 and June 2015.

She also served as the president of the Women's Shogi Professionals' Association from May 2001 until May 2003 and from June 2007 until March 2009.

Personal life
Tanikawa is a graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University.