Yūichi Tanaka

Yūichi Tanaka (田中 悠一) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.

Early life, amateur shogi and apprenticeship
Tanaka was born in Nagano, Nagano on March 14, 1985. He became interested in shogi as a fourth-grade elementary school student after watching some friends play and asked his father to teach him the rules. Shortly thereafter, he started frequenting a local shogi club to improve his skill.

As a first-grade junior high school student in 1997, Tanaka finished third in the 18th All-Japan Junior High School Student Invitational Shogi Tournament. In September of the following year, he entered the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school as a student of shogi professional Shigeru Sekine at the rank of 6-kyū. He obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2008 after finishing tied with Akira Inaba in the 42nd 3-dan League (October 2007 –March 2008) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.

Promotion history
The promotion history for Tanaka is as follows:


 * 6-kyū: September 1998
 * 4-dan: April 1, 2008
 * 5-dan: October 23, 2014
 * 6-dan: October 12, 2023

Personal life
Tanaka graduated from the Science Department of Rikkyo University with a degree in mathematics in 2007.