is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player ranked 6-dan. She was the first female to be accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school and is also a former Women's Meijin and title holder.
Apprenticeship Takojima was the first female to be accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school.
Apprentice professional promotion 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 (197476, 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.
References
External links 公益社団法人日本女子プロ将棋協会