Takehiro Ōhira (大平 武洋, Ōhira Takehiro, born May 11, 1977) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.
Ōhira was born in Kita, Tokyo on May 11, 1977.
[1] When he was an elementary school fourth-grade student, he joined the Japan Shogi Association's training group system and eventually moved on to the association's apprentice school as a student of shogi professional Hiroto Kiritani [ja] at the rank of 6-kyū after winning the 15th Junior High School Student Meijin Tournament [ja] in 1990 as a first-grade junior high school student.
[2][3] Ōhira was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in 1993 and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2002 after winning the 30th 3-dan League (October 2001 – March 2002) with a record of 16 wins and 2 losses.
[2][4][5] The promotion history for Ōhira is as follows.