Daisuke Nakagawa is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.
10 Facts About Daisuke Nakagawa
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Daisuke Nakagawa is a former executive director of the Japan Shogi Association.
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Daisuke Nakagawa was born in Sendai, Japan on July 13,1968.
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Daisuke Nakagawa was promoted to 1-dan in 1985, and was awarded full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in October 1987.
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Daisuke Nakagawa received the JSA's "Shogi Honor Fighting-spirit Award" in December 2011 for winning 600 official games as a professional.
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Daisuke Nakagawa has served on the Japan Shogi Association's board of directors on multiple occasions.
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Daisuke Nakagawa was first elected as a director at the association's 58th General Meeting on May 25,2007, and was re-elected to the same position on May 26,2009.
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In May 2011, Daisuke Nakagawa was selected to be an executive director at the JSA's 62nd General Meeting, but resigned his position for personal reasons in December of that same year.
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At the JSA's 64th General Meeting in June 2013, Daisuke Nakagawa was selected to be a JSA executive director.
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Daisuke Nakagawa was re-elected to the same position in 2015, but was one of three members of the board voted out of office by the JSA membership at an emergency meeting held in February 2017 for their involvement in the 29th Ryuo challenger controversy.