Io Murota (室田 伊緒, Murota Io, born May 24, 1989) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.^[1]

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Io Murota
Murota in 2018
Native name	室田伊緒
Born	(1989-05-24) May 24, 1989 (age 34)
Hometown	Kasugai, Aichi
Career
Achieved professional status	October 1, 2005(2005-10-01) (aged 16)
Badge Number	W-35
Rank	Women's 2-dan
Teacher	Masataka Sugimoto (8-dan)
Websites
JSA profile page

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Murota is a former vice-president of the Professional Shogi Players Group [ja], serving in that capacity from June 2015 until the end of May 2017.^[3][4]

Murota married professional go player Yūta Iyama in 2012,^[5] but the couple divorced in 2015.^[6]