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Saori Shimai Native name 島井咲緒里 Born (1980-05-15 ) May 15, 1980 (age 44) Hometown
Nankoku, Kōchi Achieved professional status April 1, 1996(1996-04-01) (aged 15) Badge Number Rank Women's 2-
dan Teacher
Keiji Mori [
ja ] (9-dan)
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).
Women's shogi professional
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]
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所属棋士 (in Japanese). Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
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"Kireki (Shimai Saori)" 棋歴(島井咲緒里) [Player history: Saori Shimai] (in Japanese).
Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan . Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
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"Shimai Saori Joryū Shōdan (Joryū Kishi Bangō 39)" 島井咲緒里 女流初段 (女流棋士番号39) [Saori Shimai Women's Professional 1-dan (Women's Professional Badge Number 39)] (in Japanese).
Japan Shogi Association . Archived from
the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
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"Shimai Saori Joryū Shodan ga Joryū Nidan ni Shōdan" 島井咲緒里女流初段が女流二段に昇段 [Women's professional 1-dan Saori Shimai promoted to women's professional 2-dan] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. January 17, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2022 .
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"Nihon Joshi Puro Shōgi Kyōkai Yakuin Meibō (Heisei Nijūrokunen Nigatsu Nijūrokunichi Genzai)" 日本女子プロ将棋協会 役員名簿 (平成26年2月26日現在) [Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan Board of Directors (as of February 26, 2014)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. February 26, 2014. Archived from
the original (PDF) on March 4, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
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"Heisei Nijūnananendo Teiji Sōkai Shūryō no Gohōkoku" 平成27年度定時総会終了のご報告 [2016 Annual Meeting Report] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. February 24, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2022 .
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"Heisei Nijūkyūnendo Teiji Sōkai Shūryō no Gohōkoku" 平成29年度定時総会終了のご報告 [2018 Annual Meeting Report] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. February 23, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2022 .
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"Heisei Sanjūichinendo Teiji Sōkai Shuryō no Hōkoku" 平成31年度定時総会終了のご報告 [Report of the Heisei 31 (2019) Regular Annual Meeting] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. February 20, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2022 .
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"Reiwa Sannendo Teiji Sōkai Shuryō no Hōkoku" 令和3年度定時総会終了のご報告 [Report of the Reiwa Year 3 (2021) Regular Annual Meeting] (in Japanese). Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. February 22, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022 .
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"Yokoyama Hiroaki Godan & Shimai Saori Joryūshodan Kishidōshi ga Kekkon" 横山五段&島井女流初段 棋士同士が結婚 [Hiroaki Yokoyama 5d and female professional Saori Shimai 1d announce marriage].
Sports Hochi (in Japanese). August 18, 2011. Archived from
the original on August 18, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
Active women's professional shogi players
7-dan 6-dan 5-dan 4-dan 3-dan 2-dan 1-dan 1-kyū 2-kyū Current Title Holders Qualifying Lifetime Title Holders Notes:
1. No symbol denotes
JSA affiliation
2. An asterisk (*) denotes
LPSA affiliation
3. A cross (†) denotes unaffiliated.
4, A two-barred cross (‡) denotes a
JSA apprentice school player.