Hirata Tomoya

Hirata Tomoya (平田 智也, born in Hiroshima 1994-02-27) is a 7p professional player affiliated to the Nihon Ki-in. He earned promotion to 1 dan on 2009-09-01, 2 dan in 2011 and 3 dan from 2012-01-01 (both promotions on the basis of the money list), 4 & 7 dan in 2015. His teacher is So Kofuku 9 dan.

Hirata is a commentator on the Nihon Ki-in Youtube channel. In 2021, he married anime voice actress Terui Haruka.

Career record

• 2009: 4 games, 3-1
• 2010: 23 games, 13-10
• 2011: 24 games, 12-9
• 2012: 28 games, 16-12

Tournaments

• 2013: Member of the Japanese men's team in the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
• 2013: Runner up in the 10th Nakano Cup, to Kyo Kagen
• 2014: Runner up in the 1st Chisato Cup, to Suzuki Shinji
• 2015: Runner up in the 40th Shinjin O, again to Kyo Kagen
• 2019: Winner of the 14th Wakagoi, over Mutsuura Yuta
• 2021: Semifinalist in the 30th Ryusei
• 2021: Won his preliminary group in the 77th Honinbo
• 2022: Won the Agon Cup, beating Ichiriki Ryo in the semifinal and Iyama Yuta in the final (lost the subsequent final of the Japan China Agon Cup to Li Qincheng).

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