Saori Shimai Explained
Saori Shimai |
Native Name: | 島井咲緒里 |
Born: | May 15, 1980 |
Hometown: | Nankoku, Kōchi |
Teacher Rank: | 9-dan |
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Rank: | Women's 2-dan |
Lpsa: | 11496 |
Female: | yes |
is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.[1] 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: http://joshi-shogi.com/profile/. ja:所属棋士. ja. October 1, 2019.
- Web site: Kireki (Shimai Saori). ja:棋歴(島井咲緒里). ja. Player history: Saori Shimai. Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. October 8, 2019.
- Web site: Shimai Saori Joryū Shōdan (Joryū Kishi Bangō 39). ja: 島井咲緒里 女流初段 (女流棋士番号39). ja. Saori Shimai Women's Professional 1-dan (Women's Professional Badge Number 39). Japan Shogi Association. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070309165422/http://www.shogi.or.jp/syoukai/zyoryuu/simai.html. March 9, 2007. October 8, 2019.
- Web site: Shimai Saori Joryū Shodan ga Joryū Nidan ni Shōdan. ja:島井咲緒里女流初段が女流二段に昇段. ja. Women's professional 1-dan Saori Shimai promoted to women's professional 2-dan. January 17, 2012. Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. November 12, 2022.
- Web site: Nihon Joshi Puro Shōgi Kyōkai Yakuin Meibō (Heisei Nijūrokunen Nigatsu Nijūrokunichi Genzai). ja:日本女子プロ将棋協会 役員名簿 (平成26年2月26日現在). ja. Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan Board of Directors (as of February 26, 2014). February 26, 2014. Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140304052332/http://joshi-shogi.com/pdf/yakuin_26.pdf. March 4, 2014. October 8, 2019.
- Web site: Heisei Nijūnananendo Teiji Sōkai Shūryō no Gohōkoku. ja:平成27年度定時総会終了のご報告. ja. 2016 Annual Meeting Report. February 24, 2016. Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. November 12, 2022.
- Web site: Heisei Nijūkyūnendo Teiji Sōkai Shūryō no Gohōkoku. ja:平成29年度定時総会終了のご報告. ja. 2018 Annual Meeting Report. February 23, 2018. Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. November 12, 2022.
- Web site: Heisei Sanjūichinendo Teiji Sōkai Shuryō no Hōkoku. ja:平成31年度定時総会終了のご報告. ja. Report of the Heisei 31 (2019) Regular Annual Meeting. February 20, 2020. Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. November 12, 2022.
- Web site: Reiwa Sannendo Teiji Sōkai Shuryō no Hōkoku. ja:令和3年度定時総会終了のご報告. ja. Report of the Reiwa Year 3 (2021) Regular Annual Meeting. February 22, 2022. Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan. November 12, 2022.
- News: . Yokoyama Hiroaki Godan & Shimai Saori Joryūshodan Kishidōshi ga Kekkon. ja:横山五段&島井女流初段 棋士同士が結婚. ja. Hiroaki Yokoyama 5d and female professional Saori Shimai 1d announce marriage. August 18, 2011. Sports Hochi. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110818040529/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/topics/news/20110818-OHT1T00066.htm. August 18, 2011. October 8, 2019.