is a Japanese
professional shogi player
A professional shogi player (将棋棋士 ''shōgi kishi'' or プロ棋士 ''puro kishi'' "professional player") is a shogi player who is usually a member of a professional guild of shogi players.
There are two categories of professional player ...
ranked 5-
dan
Dan or DAN may refer to:
People
* Dan (name), including a list of people with the name
** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark
* Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
**Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoir ...
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Imaizumi (a former 3-dan professional shogi apprentice) was the first amateur to become a professional player via the
Professional Admission Test (プロ編入試験 ''puro henyū shiken'') in 2014.
Promotion history
The
promotion history for Imaizumi is as follows:
*4-dan: April 1, 2015
*5-Dan: June 18, 2020
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
Gote or Göte can refer to the following:
People
*Göte Almqvist (1921 – 1994), Swedish ice hockey player
*Göte Andersson (1909 – 1975), Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
*Göte Blomqvist (1928 – 2003), Swed ...
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opening
Opening may refer to:
* Al-Fatiha, "The Opening", the first chapter of the Qur'an
* The Opening (album), live album by Mal Waldron
* Backgammon opening
* Chess opening
* A title sequence or opening credits
* , a term from contract bridge
* , ...
. He was the first apprentice professional to win the award.
References
External links
*ShogiHub
Professional Player Info · Imaizumi, Kenji今泉の日常
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1973 births
Japanese shogi players
Living people
Professional shogi players
Professional shogi players from Hiroshima Prefecture
Recipients of the Kōzō Masuda Award
People from Fukuyama, Hiroshima
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