Kana Satomi

is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan. She won 40 women's titles in her career. She also has several lifetime titles.

## Records

The following tables are the summary of her achievements.

|Year|**Titles**|Other titles||style="background-color:#ccf" rowspan=2|Shogi Awards||rowspan=2 style="background-color:#ccf"|Notes||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|width=75|**女王**(Queen) April-May|width=75|**女流王位** (Women Monarch) April-June|width=75|**清麗** (Seirei) August-September|width=75|**女流王将**(Women King) October|width=75|**倉敷藤花** (Kurashiki Toka Cup) November|width=75|**女流王座** (Women Throne) October-December|width=75|**女流名人** (Women Grand Master) January-February|||||
|2004|－|Season 15|－|Season 26||Season 12|－|Season 31|||align="left"|Obtained professional status|||||||
|2005|－||－|||－||||||||||||
|2006|－||－|||－|||WPA|||||||||
|2007|－||－|||－||||||||||||
|2008|1st season  ||||－||||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Ichiyo Shimizu oo||－||||||align="left"|WPA||align="left"||||||||||||||||||
|2009|||－||Marika Nakamura oo||－||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Ichiyo Shimizu ooo||||align="left"|WMVP||align="left"|Obtained 2 women titles in the same year (女流二冠)|||||||||||||
|2010|||－|Ichiyo Shimizu xoo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Shinobu Iwane xoo||－||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Ichiyo Shimizu ooo||||align="left"|WMVP||align="left"|Youngest player to obtain 3 women titles in the same year (女流三冠)||||||||||||||
|2011|||－|Sachio Ishibashi oo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Ichiyo Shimizu oo||1st season  ||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Ichiyo Shimizu xooo||||align="left"|WMVP||align="left"|||||||||||||||
|2012||Tomomi Kai ooo||－||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Marika Nakamura xoo||style="background-color:#ff6699"|Rieko Yauchi oo||||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Hatsumi Ueda oxoxo||||align="left"|WMVP SANG||align="left"|Youngest player to obtain 4 women titles in the same year (女流四冠) Obtained lifetime title for Kurashiki Toka Cup||||||||||||||||
|2013|Hatsumi Ueda ooo||Tomomi Kai oxoxx||－||Manao Kagawa xox||Tomomi Kai oxx||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Momoko Kato xooo||style="background-color:#ff6699"|Marika Nakamura ooo||||align="left"|WMVP||align="left"|First player to obtain 5 women titles in the same year (女流五冠) Obtained lifetime title for Women Grand Master|||||||||||||||||
|2014|Momoko Kato xoxx||||－||||||Disqualified||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Ichiyo Shimizu ooo||||||align="left"|April-December:Sabbatical|||||||||||||||||
|2015||Tomomi Kai ooo||－||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Manao Kagawa oo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Tomomi Kai oo||||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Ichiyo Shimizu xooxo||||align="left"|WMVP||align="left"|Consecutive victory record at women title matches（21 wins）||||||||||||||||
|2016||Shinobu Iwane ooo||－||style="background-color:#ff6699"|Manao Kagawa oo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Yuki Muroya xoo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Momoko Kato ooo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Hatsumi Ueda xxooo||||align="left"|WMVP SANG||align="left"|Obtained lifetime title||||||||||||||||
|2017||Sae Ito oxoxo||－||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Sae Ito oo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Sae Ito oo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Momoko Kato xxooo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Sae Ito ooo||||align="left"|WMVP||align="left"|||||||||||||||||
|2018||Ai Watabe xoxx||－||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Momoko Kato oo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Yuki Taniguchi oo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Ichiyo Shimizu ooo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Sae Ito ooxo||||align="left"|WMVP AWNG||||||||||||||||||
|2019|Tomoka Nishiyama xxox||style="background-color:#ff6699"|Ai Watabe oxoo||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|(1st season) Tomomi Kai ooo||Tomoka Nishiyama xox||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Sae Ito oxo||Tomoka Nishiyama xoxx||style="background-color:#ffcccc"|Yuki Taniguchi ooo||||align="left"|WMVP AWNG||align="left"|Obtained lifetime title for the Women's Monarch First player to obtain 6 women titles in the same year (女流六冠) Consecutive victory record at the Women Grand Master title.|||||||||||||||||
|2020||Momoko Kato ooo||Hatsumi Ueda|||||||align="left"||||||||||
|年度|width=75|**女王 (Queen)** April-May|width=75|**女流王位 (Women Monarch)** April-June|width=75|**清麗 (Seirei)** August-September|width=75|**女流王将 (Women King)** October|width=75|**倉敷藤花 (Kurashiki Toka Cup)** November|width=75|**女流王座 (Women Throne)** October-December|width=75|**女流名人 (Women Grand Master)** 1-2月January-February|Other titles|Shogi Awards|Notes|
|Total|3 times as finalist Obtained once ||8 times as finalist Obtained **6** times||2 times as finalist Obtained once||9 times as finalist Obtained **7** times||11 times as finalist Obtained **10** times||5 times as finalist Obtained **4** times||11 times as finalist Obtained **11** times||rowspan=2|　||rowspan=2|　||rowspan=2||||||||||||||||||
|colspan="7"|49 appearances to the final match. Obtained **40** titles（Only few players have achieved this record）|||||||||||||||||

|Title||Obtained years|Finalist|**Victory**|Consecutive victories|Lifetime title||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Seirei (清麗)**|August-September|align="left"|2019 (1st season)|1|**1**|||
|**Queen (女王)**|April-May|align="left"|2013 (6th Season)|3 times|**1**|－||
|**Women Throne (女流王座)**||October-December|align="left"|2013 (3rd season), '16-'18|5 times|**4** times (Japan record)|**3** (Japan record)|||
|**Women Grand Master (女流名人)**||January-February|align="left"|2009（Season 36）-'19|11 times|**11** times (Japan record)|**11** (Japan record)|Obtained||
|**Women Monarch (女流王位)**||April-June|align="left"|2012 (Season 23), '15-'17 , '19-'20|8 times|**6** times|3|Obtained||
|**Women King (女流王将)**||October|align="left"|2010 (Season 32)-'12, '15-'18|9 times|**7** times|4|Obtained||
|**Kurashiki Toka Cup (倉敷藤花)**||November|align="left"|2008 (Season 16)-'12, '15-'19|11 times|**10** times (Japan record)|5|Obtained||
|colspan="7" align="center"|49 appearances to the final match. Obtained **40** titles（Only few players have achieved this record）|||||||

## Public awards

She has received several awards from the local government.
- 2007, March: Shimane Prefecture Cultural Activity Award (島根県文化活動特別奨励賞)
- 2020, March: Shimane Prefecture Meritorious Person Award (島根県民栄誉賞)

## Other websites

- Satomi wins Kurashiki Touka tournament
- Satomi defends Ouza title

## Infobox (sportsperson)

- **name**: Kana Satomi
- **image**: 里見香奈KanaSatomi.jpg
- **occupation**: Professional Shogi player