Kōhei Hasebe (長谷部 浩平, Hasebe Kōhei, April 15, 1994) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
Hasebe was born in Oyama, Tochigi on April 15, 1994.
[1] He learned how to play shogi from his father when he was about five years old.
[2] In March 2007, Hasebe was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association (JSA) apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū under the tutelage of shogi professional Takehiro Ōhira.
[2] He was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in 2016, and obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in April 2018 tying for first with Takashi Ikenaga in the 62nd 3-dan League (October 2017 – March 2018) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses.