Yūgo Takeuchi (竹内 雄悟, Takeuchi Yūgo, born December 17, 1987) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
Takeuchi was born in Hiroshima, Japan on December 17, 1987.
[1] He learned how to play shogi from his grandfather, and was accepted in to the Japanese Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 3-kyū as student of shogi professional Nobuo Mori [ja] in 2004.
[2] Takeuchi was promoted to the rank of 3-dan in 2008, and obtained full professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2013 after finishing second in the 52nd 3-dan League (October 2012 – March 2013) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.
[2][3] The promotion history for Takeuchi is as follows:[4]