Saori Shimai

Saori Shimai
Native name	島井咲緒里
Born	(1980-05-15) May 15, 1980 (age 44)
Hometown	Nankoku, Kōchi
Career
Achieved professional status	April 1, 1996(1996-04-01) (aged 15)
Badge Number	JSA W-39 LPSA W-13
Rank	Women's 2-dan
Teacher	Keiji Mori [ja] (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).

Women's shogi professional

Promotion history

Shimai's promotion history is as follows:^[2][3]

• Women's Professional Apprentice League: April 1995
• 2-kyū: April 1, 1996
• 1-kyū: April 1, 2001
• 1-dan: April 1, 2003
• 2-dan: January 16, 2012^[4]

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

LPSA director

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]

Personal life

Shimai is married to professional shogi player Hiroaki Yokoyama. The couple married in July 2011.^[10]

References

1. 所属棋士 (in Japanese). Retrieved October 1, 2019.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "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.