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Shōhei Takada, Japanese shogi player and theoretician

Shōhei Takada

Japanese shogi player (born 1962)

Shōhei Takada is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 7-dan.
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Shogi

Japanese strategy board game

Shogi , also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, Makruk, and janggi. Shōgi means general's board game.
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June 21

Day of the year

June 21 is the 172nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 193 days remain until the end of the year.
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