Hiroaki Yokoyama (横山 泰明, Yokoyama Hiroaki, born October 16, 1980) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Hiroaki Yokoyama was born on October 16, 1980, in Tama, Tokyo.
[1] He was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as a student of shogi professional Noboru Sakurai [ja] in August 1993, was promoted to 1-dan in July 1999, and finally obtained full professional status and corresponding rank of 4-dan in October 2002.
[2] The promotion history for Yokoyama is as follows:[3] Yokoyama received the Japan Shogi Association's 42nd Annual Shogi Award for "Most Consecutive Victories" for April 2014 – March 2015.
[5][6] He has been married to LPSA professional Saori Shimai since July 2011.