Yūta Ishikawa (石川 優太, Ishikawa Yūta, born November 11, 1994) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
Ishikawa was born on November 11, 1984, in Kawagoe, Mie.
[2][3][4] In September 2006, he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school under the guidance of shogi professional Nobuo Mori [ja] at the rank of 6-kyū, and was promoted to the rank of apprentice professional 3-dan in April 2013.
[2][3][4] Ishikawa obtained full professional status and the corresponding rank of 4-dan in October 2019 after finishing in second place in the 65th 3-dan League (April 2019 – September 2019) with a record of 13 wins and 5 losses.
[2][3][4][5] Ishikawa's promotion history is as follows.