Hiroshi Yamamoto (山本 博志, Yamamoto Hiroshi, August 13, 1996) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
Yamamoto was born in Kōtō, Tokyo on August 13, 1996.
[1] He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was a first-grade elementary school student, and began playing at shogi clubs, etc.
[2][3][4] When he was elementary school fourth-grade student, Yamamoto began studying under shogi professional Hisashi Ogura, who also lived in Kōtō,[3] and as an eleven-year old in March 2008, he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū with Ogura as his sponsor.
[2][4] Yamamoto was promoted to apprentice professional 3-dan in October 2015, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan on October 1, 2018, after finishing second the 63rd 3-dan League (April–September 2018) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.