Hiromitsu Kanki
Hiromitsu Kanki is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 7-dan.
He is known for wearing colorful suits on television programs as a shogi expert.The promotion history for Kanki is as follows:
- 1978: 1-kyū
- 1979: 1-dan
- 1983, July 26: 4-dan
- 1988, January 17: 5-Dan
- 1996, April 11: 6-dan
- 2010, April 1: 7-dan
- 2011, June 1: Retired
Kanki received the Japan Shogi Association’s received the "25 Years Service Award" in 2008 for being an active professional for 25 years.
