Kazuhiro Nishikawa


Kazuhiro Nishikawa is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan. Nishikawa's father, Keiji Nishikawa, is also a professional shogi player.

Early life

Nishiyama was born on April 2, 1986, in Kobe, Japan. Although his father Keiji is a professional shogi player, he only really became interested in shogi when he was a first grade elementary school student after reading a beginner's book written by shogi professional. Nishiyama was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of his father in 2001, promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1995, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 2008 after finishing the 43rd 3-dan League with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses.
Nishiyama and his father are the sixth father-son pair to become professional shogi players and the only pair since the end of World War II.

Promotion history

The promotion history for Nishikawa is as follows: