Kumi Yamada
# Kumi Yamada

Kumi Yamada (山田 久美, Yamada Kumi, born January 6, 1967) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan. She is the current president of the Ladies Professional Players Group [ja].

## Women's shogi professional

### Promotion history

Yamada's promotion history is as follows.

* 2-kyū: April 20, 1982
* 1-dan: April 1, 1983
* 2-dan: February 28, 1990
* 3-dan: April 1, 2000
* 4-dan: September 29, 2014

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

### Titles and other championships

Yamada has appeared in major titles match twice, but has yet to win a major title. She unsuccessfully challenged for the 12th Women's Ōshō [ja] title in 1989, the 22nd Kurashiki Tōka Cup [ja] title in 2014.

## Ladies Professional Players Group

Yamada was elected president of the Ladies Professional Players Group [ja] for the first time in June 2017, and re-elected to another two-year term in June 2019.

