Naoya Fujiwara (藤原 直哉, Fujiwara Naoya, born May 27, 1965) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Fujiwara was born in Kobe on May 27, 1965.
[1][2] He was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a protegee of shogi professional Masakazu Wakamatsu [ja] in 1979, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in 1989.
[2] Fujiwara finished the 75th Meijin Class C2 league (April 2016 – March 2017) with a record of 1 win and 9 losses, earning a third demotion point which meant automatic demotion to "Free Class" play.
[3] The promotion history for Fujiwara is as follows:[4] Fujiwara received the Japan Shogi Association's "25 Years Service Award" in 2013 for being an active professional for 25 years.