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 shogi player#Professional admission test|Professional Admission Test in 2014.

Promotion history

The promotion history for Imaizumi is as follows:
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.