Kaori Uekawa
is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.Uekawa married professional shogi player Ayumu Matsuo in April 2005, and Uekawa announced that she would be competing professionally under her married name. On December 1, 2014, however, the Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan announced that Uekawa would no longer be competing under the name "Matsuo".Uekawa has been promoted as follows:
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.