Kumi Yamada | |
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Native name | 山田久美 |
Born | January 6, 1967 |
Hometown | Ōta, Gunma |
Career | |
Achieved professional status | April 20, 1982 | (aged 15)
Badge Number | W-6 |
Rank | Women's 4- dan |
Teacher | Kazuyoshi Nishimura (9-dan) |
Websites | |
JSA profile page |
Kumi Yamada (山田 久美, Yamada Kumi, born January 6, 1967) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4- dan. [1] She is the current president of the Ladies Professional Players Group .
Yamada's promotion history is as follows. [2]
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
Yamada has appeared in major titles match twice, but has yet to win a major title. She unsuccessfully challenged for the 12th Women's Ōshō title in 1989, the 22nd Kurashiki Tōka Cup title in 2014. [3]
Yamada was elected president of the Ladies Professional Players Group for the first time in June 2017, [4] and re-elected to another two-year term in June 2019. [5]