Shogi Club third in East Japan student championships

This team competition involved five players, with three individual victories required to win each group match. Personally, I lost my bearings on the final day and was defeated, but thankfully, my team members outperformed their opponents and we finished that day with two wins and one loss, guaranteeing third place overall. I am extremely grateful to my teammates - Hiroki Ohno, Saiki Ariga, Chiaki Iida, Jun Oohigashi, Ryosuke Shiino, and Akira Tanaka for their efforts, and look forward to improving my performance in the next tournament.

Takada, a 3rd-year Systems and Control Engineering student, dedicates his study time to learning about fluid dynamics, image processing, and the mechanisms of robots.

My strategy as captain was to beat one of the top opponents and alleviate the pressure on my teammates. I lost. However, my teammates performed very well in the matches against the Kanto I regional team and Hokkai Gakuen University, and I applaud them for that. This tournament was a prime example of teammates helping each other out. From seven matches, we won five with a 3-2 score line, and I could really feel the strength of the team as a whole. I look forward to carrying this team spirit forward at the fall competition.

Hiroki Ohno, a 2nd-year student in the Department of Life Science and Technology. Last quarter, he spent two days a week conducting experiments in the lab, expanding his knowledge in fields such as thermodynamics, organic chemistry, and molecular biology.