Kumi Yamada

Kumi Yamada (山田 久美) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan. She is the current president of the Ladies Professional Players Group.

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 title in 1989, the 22nd Kurashiki Tōka Cup title in 2014.

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