
Haruka Aikawa is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Kazuo Azuma is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan. He is a former senior managing director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Tetsuya Fujimori is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

Aya Fujita is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan. She holds the record for being the youngest person at age 11 years 6 months to have ever been awarded women's professional status by the Japan Shogi Association.

Kōhei Funae is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.

Yūki Hasegawa is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Mamoru Hatakeyama is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.
Hexshogi is a shogi variant for two players created by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1986. The gameboard comprises 85 hexagonal cells. The game is in all respects the same as shogi, except that piece moves have been transfigured for the hexagonal board-cell geometry.

Ai Iino is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Akira Inaba is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan. Inaba, together with Tetsurō Itodani, Masayuki Toyoshima and Akihiro Murata, is one of four Kansai-based young shogi professionals who are collectively referred to as the "Young Kansai Big Four".

Sae Itō is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.

Shinobu Iwane is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.

Tatsunosuke Kanda is a deceased Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan and also 9-dan, which was an honorary rank, after death.

Hiromitsu Kanki is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 7-dan.

Kei Katō is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Momoko Katō is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan. She is the current holder of the Seirei title and a former Women's Ōza and Jo-Ō titles.
Yoshio Kimura was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan.

Kensuke Kitahama is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan.
Madoka Kitao is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.
Masonic shogi is a shogi variant invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1987. The game is played on a modified shogi board whereby alternating ranks are indented to the right—resembling masonry brickwork. The moves of pieces are adapted to the new geometry; in other respects the game is the same as shogi.

Chiho Murata is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Io Murota is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Kunio Naitō is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan.

Takahiro Ōhashi is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.

Minami Sadamasu is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.
In shogi, Sakata Opposing Rook is an Opposing Rook opening.

Shin'ichi Satō is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.

Saki Satomi is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan. Her older sister Kana is also a women's professional shogi player.

Space shogi is a three-dimensional shogi variant invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1987. The gamespace comprises nine 9×9 shogi boards stacked vertically. Each player controls a standard set of shogi pieces.

Masataka Sugimoto is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. He is a former non-executive director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Kanna Suzuki is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.

Aiko Takahama is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-kyū.

Rei Takedomi is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Beni Takemata is a female announcer for Fuji TV. She is a former Japanese women's professional shogi player who was ranked 1-dan. In December 2018, she announced her intention to retire from professional shogi and leave the Japan Shogi Association at the end of March 2019 to pursue other opportunities as well as to focus on her studies in political science and economics at Waseda University. She is formerly managed by Watanabe Entertainment as one of their "Intellectual Tarentos", appearing on Japanese variety shows and making personal appearances. On April 2021, she joined Fuji TV as announcer.
Trishogi is a shogi variant for two players created by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1987. The gameboard comprises 9×10 interlocking triangular cells. The game is in all respects the same as shogi, except that piece moves have been transfigured for the triangular board-cell geometry.
Masao Tsukada was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan and also 10-dan, which is an honorary rank, after death. He is a former Meijin and Ninth Dan title holder.

Nanako Wakita is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Emina Yamaguchi is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-kyū.

Eriko Yamaguchi is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Shin'ya Yamamoto is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.

Takayuki Yamasaki is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.

Rieko Yauchi is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 5-dan. She is a former Women's Meijin, Ōi and Jo-Ō title holder.