Naoko Hayashiba

Naoko Hayashiba
林葉直子
Born (1968-01-24) January 24, 1968 (age 56)
NationalityJapanese
Other namesMasaru Katori (かとり まさる)
Occupation(s)Shogi player, writer, manga artist

Naoko Hayashiba (林葉 直子, Hayashiba Naoko, born on January 24, 1968), who is also known by the pen name Masaru Katori (かとり まさる, Katori Masaru), is a Japanese writer and manga artist from Fukuoka. She had a successful career as professional shogi player but quit during a sex scandal with another professional player, Makoto Nakahara, in 1995.[1][2] Since then, she has focused on writing and TV work. She has written two novel series, Tondemo Police and Kiss Dakeja Iya, and the manga Shion no Ō. In 2010, after a 15-year absence, she returned to shogi.[3]

  1. ^ West, Mark D. (2007). Secrets, sex, and spectacle: The rules of scandal in Japan and the United States. University of Chicago Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-2268-9408-9. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "林葉直子と中原誠の不倫騒動 将棋界に炸裂した「文春砲」". October 20, 2016.
  3. ^ 林葉直子さん １５年ぶり対局. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). July 28, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2011. [dead link]