Professional Guests
We are honoured to welcome the following professional shogi players from Japan as our special guests.
Shohei Takada
7-dan
FESA is happy to announce that this year professional shogi player Shohei Takada, 7-dan, will attend the tournament as representative of the Japan Shogi Association (Nihon Shogi Renmei).
Yasushi Ishikawa
4-dan, professional shogi coach
Yasushi Ishikawa 4-dan, professional shogi coach in Tokyo, known all over the world thanks to his Youtube channel delivering technical advices in a very pedagogical approach. He will play training games with the participants, and will offer analysis of the games.
Noboru Kosaku
Shogi researcher and writer
Noboru Kosaku serves as principal researcher for shogi and go at the Osaka University of Commerce. He is furthermore one of the most prolific writers and journalists on shogi in Japan. At the Shoreikai, the professional shogi school, he was at the same generation as the shogi legends Yoshiharu Habu and Toshiyuki Moriuchi, to whom he remains close up to this day.