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Shinya Kurima
[Kitanakagusuku]The 37th Amateur Ryuo Shogi Tournament Prefectural Qualifying Tournament was held on the 7th at the Kitanakagusuku Village Central Community Center, where 116 shogi fans were divided into classes based on their shogi ability and competed to win the top prize. It was Hirotake Kuwae (General) who won in the top representative selection class for the second time in 14 years.
Kuwae will be sent to represent Okinawa Prefecture at the national tournament to be held in June. Other results are as follows. (Titles omitted)
[Representative selection](2) Takuya Neho (general) (3) Tonshu Hidaka (general), Ken Chibana (general)
[S class](1) Kyuichi Gakiya (general) (2) Kazuon Uehara (3rd year at Kakazu Junior High School) (3) Heianzan Meiji University (general), Masanao Kino (1st year at Okinawa National College of Technology)
[Class A](1) Hisashi Kondo (1st year at Bito Junior High School) (2) Teppei Yamakawa (General) (3) Uyuki Uehara (General), Yuhito Shiroma (1st year at Nago Junior High School)
[Class B](1) Kai Sugawara (General) (2) Chiyoshi Uehara (General) (3) Daisho Nakama (1st year at Bito Junior High School), Yosuke Sakihama (5th year at Nagata Elementary School)
[Class C](1) Ai Yuka Eguchi (1st year at Kinjo Junior High School) (2) Moriya Inonami (6th grade at Nago Elementary School) (3) Hiroo Nakagawa (3rd year at Makahi Elementary School), Shinsei Saku (1st year at Showa Pharmaceutical School)
[Class D](1) Kazushi Kinjo (6th grade at Tsukayama Elementary School) (2) Yuji Yamashiro (5th grade at Ishimine Elementary School) (3) Daishiro Ukai (5th grade at Okinawa Catholic Elementary School), Yume Tamashiro (4th grade at Takara Elementary School)
(Shinya Kurima)
