Shingo Itō (伊藤 真吾, Itō Shingo, born January 4, 1982) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.
[2] He obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan on April 1, 2007, after finishing in the 40th 3-dan League (October 2006 – March 2007) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.
[4] Although Itō finished league play in third place one win behind Masayuki Toyoshima and Kōta Kanai, his result was good enough to earn him a second promotion point and gave him the option to enter the professional ranks as a free class player, which he decided to do.
[2] Itō was the second player after Yūsuke Ina to obtain professional status under the promotion point system.
[2] The promotion history for Itō is as follows:[5] Itō is an alumnus of Asia University, graduating from the university's Faculty of Business Management in 2004.