Japanese genius shogi player ``I want to move to South Korea''...Applies to be a guest shogi player = South Korean report

Sumire Nakamura (14 years old), a female shogi master (3rd dan) who is known as the ``Go genius girl'' in Japan, has expressed her desire to ``become a professional shogi player in Korea'', which has drawn attention in South Korea.
Being watched. On the 10th, according to a source in South Korea, Nakamura Female Kisei recently submitted an official application to the Korea Ki Institute to become a visiting player.
The Korean Professional Shogi Players Association will discuss the activities of Nakae female Shogi players as a guest Shogi player at the delegate meeting to be held on the 13th of this month.
We plan to discuss it. If approved by the delegates' meeting, it will become an official proposal for the Korea Ki Institute, and the Korea Ki Institute will make a final decision on whether to approve it after passing through its management committee and board of directors.
Nakamura's female shogi player, nicknamed ``Sumire'' in both Japan and South Korea for her innocent appearance and excellent skill, already has deep ties to South Korea.
Nakamura Female Kisei first learned Go at the age of three, and has been studying Go in South Korea for nearly four years since 2015, when she was six years old.
Nakamura, a female Kisei player, distinguished herself at children's Go tournaments while studying abroad in South Korea. For this reason, the Nippon Ki-in invited female Kisei Nakamura to become a professional shogi player in April 2019 as a ``specially recommended shogi player for gifted talent.''
Nakamura Female Kisei, who became Japan's youngest professional shogi player at the age of 10, won the Women's Kisei Tournament in February this year, making her the youngest player in history to win the title.
In the midst of all this, Nakamura's female Kisei suddenly announced that she was going to Korea.
A Korean Go official said, ``Sumire studied in South Korea, so she has many friends of the same generation,'' and ``I think it would be helpful for her to improve her skills if she played in South Korea, where there is a larger pool of professional Go players than in Japan.''
I guess it was," he said.