Saori Shimai
is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan. She is currently serving as an executive director of The Ladies Professional Shogi-player's Association of Japan.Shimai was chosen to be a director of the LPSA for the first time in February 2014, and reelected to the same post in February 2016. In February 2018, she was chosen to be one of the organization's two executive directors.Shimai is married to professional shogi player Hiroaki Yokoyama. The couple married in July 2011.Shimai has been promoted as follows:
Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.
