Saori Shimai | |
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Native name | 島井咲緒里 |
Born | May 15, 1980 |
Hometown | Nankoku, Kōchi |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 1996 | (aged 15)
Badge Number |
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Rank | Women's 2- dan |
Teacher | Keiji Mori (9-dan) |
Websites | |
LPSA profile page |
Saori Shimai (島井 咲緒里, Shimai Saori, born May 15, 1980) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2- dan. [1] As of January 2023, [update] she is serving as an executive director of Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan (LPSA).
Shimai's promotion history is as follows: [2] [3]
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Shimai was chosen to be a director of the LPSA for the first time in February 2014, [5] and reelected to the same post in February 2016. [6] In February 2018, she was chosen to be one of the organization's two executive directors. [7] She was reelected as an executive director in 2020 [8] and 2022. [9]
Shimai is married to professional shogi player Hiroaki Yokoyama. The couple married in July 2011. [10]
Saori Shimai | |
---|---|
Native name | 島井咲緒里 |
Born | May 15, 1980 |
Hometown | Nankoku, Kōchi |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 1, 1996 | (aged 15)
Badge Number |
|
Rank | Women's 2- dan |
Teacher | Keiji Mori (9-dan) |
Websites | |
LPSA profile page |
Saori Shimai (島井 咲緒里, Shimai Saori, born May 15, 1980) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2- dan. [1] As of January 2023, [update] she is serving as an executive director of Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan (LPSA).
Shimai's promotion history is as follows: [2] [3]
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Shimai was chosen to be a director of the LPSA for the first time in February 2014, [5] and reelected to the same post in February 2016. [6] In February 2018, she was chosen to be one of the organization's two executive directors. [7] She was reelected as an executive director in 2020 [8] and 2022. [9]
Shimai is married to professional shogi player Hiroaki Yokoyama. The couple married in July 2011. [10]