中文导读

10月10日，日本棋手西山朋佳成为首位获得开放职业“棋士”资格的女性，但她尚未决定是否行使这项权利。本文解释两套职业体系、新规则，以及“获得资格”与“正式成为”之间的区别。

正文

Tomoka Nishiyama reached a historic point in Japanese shogi on October 10. The 31-year-old player defeated Kana Fukuma in the fifth game of the Hakurei title series in Kanazawa. The victory gave Nishiyama a 4-1 series win and her fifth Hakurei title. Under a rule introduced in 2025, that result gives her the right to enter shogi’s main professional system as a kishi.

本段译文

10月10日，西山朋佳在日本将棋界走到了一个具有历史意义的节点。这位31岁的棋手在金泽举行的白玲头衔系列赛第五局中击败福间香奈。这场胜利让西山以4比1赢得系列赛，并第五次夺得白玲头衔。根据2025年引入的一项规则，这一成绩赋予她以“棋士”身份进入将棋主职业体系的权利。

The wording matters. Nishiyama is already a professional player in the joryu kishi system for women. Japan also has a different kishi system, which is open to both men and women. However, no woman has entered it. If Nishiyama uses her new right, she will become the first female kishi, not the first woman who has ever played shogi professionally.

本段译文

措辞很重要。西山已经是女性“女流棋士”体系中的职业棋手。日本还有另一个“棋士”体系，该体系同时向男性和女性开放，但此前没有女性进入。如果西山行使新获得的权利，她将成为首位女性棋士，而不是首位从事职业将棋的女性。

Until the new rule, a woman normally had two paths into the main system. She could complete the demanding training league, or earn a chance to take a transfer test through strong results in open professional events. The official test has five games against new professionals, and a candidate must win three. These routes were open in principle, but none had produced a female kishi.

本段译文

新规出现前，女性通常有两条进入主体系的路径：通过要求严格的培养联赛，或者凭借在开放职业赛事中的优异成绩取得参加编入考试的机会。官方考试包括与新晋职业棋手进行五局比赛，考生必须赢下三局。这些道路原则上向女性开放，但都没有产生过女性棋士。

The 2025 change created another measure of performance. A woman who wins the Hakurei title five times may enter at fourth-dan rank. This does not reward one lucky game. It recognizes success across several seasons at the highest level of the women’s system. Under the rule, repeated titles are accepted as enough evidence of high-level ability. Some people questioned entry based only on women’s events. The proposal passed with majority support inside the Japan Shogi Association.

本段译文

2025年的变化创造了另一种衡量成绩的方式。女性累计五次夺得白玲头衔，就可以四段身份进入。这个规定不是奖励一次幸运的胜利，而是认可她在女流体系最高水平上多个赛季的成功。在该规则下，多次获得头衔被视为足以证明高水平能力的证据。一些人质疑仅依据女流赛事准入的做法。这项提案在日本将棋联盟内部以多数支持通过。

Nishiyama has not yet exercised this right. After the match, she said she had focused on the board and could not give an immediate answer. The rules give her two weeks to decide whether to exercise the right. This detail is important because several headlines can sound as if the change has already happened. For now, she is eligible to become the first female kishi; she has not formally become one.

本段译文

西山尚未行使这项权利。比赛结束后，她说自己一直专注于棋盘，无法立刻作答。规则给她两周时间决定是否行使这项权利。这一点很重要，因为一些标题可能让人以为变化已经发生。目前，她只是有资格成为首位女性棋士；她尚未正式成为棋士。

The event therefore concerns more than a single board game. Institutions often use separate routes to identify talent, but the routes may not measure the same kind of excellence. Shogi’s new rule treats repeated title wins as sufficient evidence alongside a traditional examination path. Nishiyama’s decision is still personal. Whatever she chooses, her result has already changed the meaning of what a woman can qualify to do in Japan’s main professional shogi system.

本段译文

因此，这件事的意义不止于一项棋盘游戏。机构常用不同路径识别人才，但这些路径衡量的可能并不是同一种优秀。将棋新规把反复赢得头衔视为充分证据，使其可以与传统考试路径并列。西山仍需作出个人决定。无论她如何选择，她的成绩已经改变了女性在日本将棋主职业体系中能够取得何种资格的含义。

新闻来源

• Nippon.com｜Nishiyama Obtains Right to Become 1st Female “Kishi” Shogi Player
• テレビ朝日｜西山白玲が女性初「棋士」となる資格獲得 2週間以内に権利行使か判断へ
• 熊本日日新聞｜将棋の西山、女性初の棋士資格　新規定で獲得、権利行使は保留
• 日本将棋連盟｜棋士編入試験規定について

✳更多文章 →