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Kenji Kobayashi

Player No.	123
Rank	9-dan
Date of birth	Mar 31, 1957
Birthplace	Kagawa
Teacher	Susumu Itaya 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms41

Career record213W-215L

Win rate0.498

Deviation score (FY2017)31.4

Best deviation score64.7
FY1990

Rating history and all games →

Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
76th term	Class C2	43	3W-7L	Demerit	31.4
75th term	Class C2	34	2W-8L	Demerit	29.5
74th term	Class C2	29	4W-6L		38.6
73rd term	Class C2	1	4W-6L		41.0
72nd term	Class C1	23	3W-7L	Relegated	41.8
71st term	Class C1	31	4W-6L		40.9
70th term	Class C1	11	3W-7L	Demerit	41.7
69th term	Class C1	13	6W-4L		47.7
68th term	Class C1	14	5W-5L		40.7
67th term	Class C1	28	6W-4L	Demerit cleared	47.3
66th term	Class C1	16	3W-7L	Demerit	35.4
65th term	Class C1	11	5W-5L		53.2
64th term	Class C1	15	6W-4L		46.0
63rd term	Class C1	19	5W-5L		49.4
62nd term	Class C1	1	4W-6L		50.8
61st term	Class B2	22	3W-7L	Relegated	42.1
60th term	Class B2	2	2W-8L	Demerit	46.7
59th term	Class B1	9	3W-9L	Relegated	44.3
58th term	Class B1	4	4W-7L		44.5
57th term	Class B1	6	6W-5L		54.2
56th term	Class B1	9	6W-6L		49.0
55th term	Class B1	6	5W-7L		52.9
54th term	Class B1	11	6W-6L		49.7
53rd term	Class B1	1	2W-9L		50.9
52nd term	Class A	5	3W-6L	Relegated	51.1
51st term	Class A	6	5W-4L		52.1
50th term	Class A	9	5W-4L		56.8
49th term	Class B1	3	10W-1L	Promoted	64.7
48th term	Class B1	5	8W-4L		57.1
47th term	Class B1	3	5W-6L		54.7
46th term	Class B1	2	8W-4L		58.7
45th term	Class A	10	3W-6L	Relegated	56.2
44th term	Class B1	4	8W-3L	Promoted	59.4
43rd term	Class B1	10	8W-4L		58.3
42nd term	Class B1	13	5W-7L		51.3
41st term	Class B2	4	8W-2L	Promoted	62.9
40th term	Class B2	17	7W-3L		53.3
39th term	Class C1	2	10W-0L	Promoted	64.6
38th term	Class C1	16	7W-3L		56.4
37th term	Class C2	22	9W-1L	Promoted	53.6
36th term	Class C2	20	4W-6L		50.0

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class A	4 terms
Class B1	14 terms
Class B2	4 terms
Class C1	13 terms
Class C2	6 terms

Promotion history

Mar 1, 2002	9-dan
Apr 1, 1986	8-dan
Apr 1, 1983	7-dan
Apr 1, 1981	6-dan
Apr 1, 1979	5-dan
Dec 20, 1975	4-dan
1974	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	May 30, 1980 Osho-sen
200 wins	Mar 9, 1984 Oza-sen
300 wins	Jun 12, 1989 NHK Cup
400 wins	Feb 20, 1995 Ryuo-sen
500 wins	Jan 8, 2003 Ryuo-sen
600 wins	Nov 2, 2010 Junisen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Sep 18, 1980	Makoto Nakahara 2021	Osho-sen
Sep 17, 1998	Koji Tanigawa 1989	Kio-sen
Feb 4, 1995	Koji Tanigawa 1963	Hayazashi-sen
Dec 4, 1998	Yasumitsu Satoh 1947	Kio-sen
Jun 21, 2002	Kazuki Kimura 1931	Junisen

Career wins and ratings are counted from the games recorded on this site (official games from FY1964, and Junisen games before that) and may differ from official records.

Frequent opponents

Bungo Fukusaki	19W-27L	Head-to-head
Michio Ariyoshi	19W-16L	Head-to-head
Kazuo Azuma	22W-12L	Head-to-head
Kiyozumi Kiriyama	14W-18L	Head-to-head
Yoshikazu Minami	10W-21L	Head-to-head
Kunio Naitou	17W-11L	Head-to-head
Hitoshige Awaji	13W-15L	Head-to-head
Kenji Waki	15W-10L	Head-to-head
Kaishu Tanaka	15W-9L	Head-to-head
Koji Tanigawa	7W-17L	Head-to-head
Keiji Mori	12W-11L	Head-to-head
Masahiko Urano	16W-7L	Head-to-head

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