title: Sayuri Honda
text: # Sayuri Honda
  
  Sayuri Honda (本田 小百合, Honda Sayuri, born October 3, 1978) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.
  
  ## Promotion history
  
  Honda's promotion history is as follows.
  
  * 2-kyū: April 1, 1992
  * 1-kyū: April 1, 1993
  * 1-dan: April 1, 1999
  * 2-dan: May 19, 2004
  * 3-dan: September 26, 2012
  
  Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
  
  ## Titles and other championships
  
  Honda's only appearance in a women's major title match came in when she unsuccessfully challenged Momoko Katō for the 2nd Women's Ōza [ja] title in 2012.
  
  