Chikako Nagasawa
# Chikako Nagasawa

Chikako Nagasawa (長沢 千和子, Nagasawa Chikako, born June 18, 1964) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.

## Promotion history

Nagasawa's promotion history is as follows.

* 2-kyū: August 1, 1979
* 1-dan: February 26, 1980
* 2-dan: April 7, 1994
* 3-dan: May 22, 1989
* 4-dan: April 1, 2000

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

## Titles and other championships

Nagasawa has appeared in women's major title matches twice, but has yet to win a major title. She was the challenger for the 6th Women's Ōshō [ja] title in 1983 and the 11th Women's Meijin title in 1984, but lost each time. She has, however, won one non-major title women's tournament: the 9th Ladies Open Tournament [ja] in 1995.

## Awards and honors

Nagasawa received the Japan Shogi Association's received the "25 Years Service Award" in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years in 2004.

