Sumie Ishitaka
# Sumie Ishitaka

Sumie Ishitaka (石高 澄恵 Ishitaka Sumie, née Sumie Yokoyama 横山由紀, born September 27, 1966) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

## Women's professional shogi player

### Promotion history

Ishitaka's promotion history is as follows.

* Women's Professional Apprentice League: 1985
* 3-kyū: March 1, 1987
* 1-kyū: March 1, 1989
* 1-dan: February 26, 1992
* 2-dan: April 1, 2000

Note: All ranks are women's professional ranks.

### Awards and honors

Ishitaka received the Japan Shogi Association's received the "25 Years Service Award" in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years in 2011.

## Personal life

In April 2004, the JSA announced on it official website that Yokoyama had gotten married and had decided to complete professionally under her married name Ishitaka.

