Saori Shimai
{{Infobox shogi professional
|name = Saori Shimai
|native_name = 島井咲緒里
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|born = {{birth date and age|1980|05|15|mf=yes}}
|hometown = Nankoku, Kōchi
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|pro_date = {{event date and age|1996|04|01|1980|05|15}}
|badge_no = {{unbulleted list|JSA W-39|LPSA W-13}}
|teacher = {{Interlanguage link |Keiji Mori|ja|森けい二}}
|teacher_rank = 9-dan
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|rank = Women's 2-dan
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|lpsa = 11496
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{{nihongo |Saori Shimai|島井 咲緒里|Shimai Saori|born May 15, 1980}} is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.{{cite web|url=http://joshi-shogi.com/profile/|script-title=ja:所属棋士|language=ja| access-date=October 1, 2019}} {{As of|2023|01|post=,}} 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:{{cite web|url=http://joshi-shogi.com/11496/|script-title=ja:棋歴（島井咲緒里）|title=Kireki (Shimai Saori)|language=ja|trans-title=Player history: Saori Shimai|publisher=Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan|access-date=October 8, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/syoukai/zyoryuu/simai.html|script-title=ja: 島井咲緒里 女流初段 (女流棋士番号39)|title=Shimai Saori Joryū Shōdan (Joryū Kishi Bangō 39)|language=ja|trans-title=Saori Shimai Women's Professional 1-dan (Women's Professional Badge Number 39)|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309165422/http://www.shogi.or.jp/syoukai/zyoryuu/simai.html|archive-date=March 9, 2007|access-date=October 8, 2019}}
- 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{{cite web|url=https://joshi-shogi.com/8008/|script-title=ja:島井咲緒里女流初段が女流二段に昇段|title=Shimai Saori Joryū Shodan ga Joryū Nidan ni Shōdan|language=ja|trans-title=Women's professional 1-dan Saori Shimai promoted to women's professional 2-dan|date=January 17, 2012|publisher=Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan|access-date=November 12, 2022}}
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,{{cite web|url=http://joshi-shogi.com/pdf/yakuin_26.pdf|script-title=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)|title=Nihon Joshi Puro Shōgi Kyōkai Yakuin Meibō (Heisei Nijūrokunen Nigatsu Nijūrokunichi Genzai)|language=ja|trans-title=Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan Board of Directors (as of February 26, 2014)|date=February 26, 2014|publisher=Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304052332/http://joshi-shogi.com/pdf/yakuin_26.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2019}} and reelected to the same post in February 2016.{{cite web|url=http://joshi-shogi.com/8494/|script-title=ja:平成27年度定時総会終了のご報告|title=Heisei Nijūnananendo Teiji Sōkai Shūryō no Gohōkoku|language=ja|trans-title=2016 Annual Meeting Report|date=February 24, 2016|publisher=Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan|access-date=November 12, 2022}} In February 2018, she was chosen to be one of the organization's two executive directors.{{cite web|url=http://joshi-shogi.com/8494/|script-title=ja:平成29年度定時総会終了のご報告|title=Heisei Nijūkyūnendo Teiji Sōkai Shūryō no Gohōkoku|language=ja|trans-title=2018 Annual Meeting Report|date=February 23, 2018|publisher=Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan|access-date=November 12, 2022}} She was reelected as an executive director in 2020{{cite web|url=http://joshi-shogi.com/14030/|script-title=ja:平成31年度定時総会終了のご報告|title=Heisei Sanjūichinendo Teiji Sōkai Shuryō no Hōkoku|language=ja|trans-title=Report of the Heisei 31 (2019) Regular Annual Meeting|date=February 20, 2020|publisher=Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan|access-date=November 12, 2022}} and 2022.{{cite web|url=https://joshi-shogi.com/19862/|script-title=ja:令和3年度定時総会終了のご報告|title=Reiwa Sannendo Teiji Sōkai Shuryō no Hōkoku|language=ja|trans-title=Report of the Reiwa Year 3 (2021) Regular Annual Meeting|date=February 22, 2022|publisher=Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan|access-date=November 12, 2022}}
Personal life
Shimai is married to professional shogi player Hiroaki Yokoyama. The couple married in July 2011.{{cite news|author=|url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/topics/news/20110818-OHT1T00066.htm|script-title=ja:横山五段＆島井女流初段 棋士同士が結婚|title=Yokoyama Hiroaki Godan & Shimai Saori Joryūshodan Kishidōshi ga Kekkon|language=ja|trans-title=Hiroaki Yokoyama 5d and female professional Saori Shimai 1d announce marriage|date=August 18, 2011|newspaper=Sports Hochi|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818040529/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/topics/news/20110818-OHT1T00066.htm|archive-date=August 18, 2011|access-date=October 8, 2019}}
References
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Category:Professional shogi players from Kōchi Prefecture
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