Kenji Imaizumi


Kenji Imaizumi is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
Imaizumi was the first amateur to become a professional player via the Professional Admission Test in 2014.
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Shogi professional

Promotion history

The promotion history for Imaizumi is as follows:

Awards and honors

Imaizumi received the Japan Shogi Association's Masuda Award for the 20072008 shogi season for his idea of playing "R-32" on move one as gote in the opening. He was the first apprentice professional to win the award.