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Kenji Waki

Player No.	138
Rank	9-dan
Date of birth	Aug 10, 1960
Birthplace	Osaka
Teacher	Kazukiyo Takashima 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms39

Career record188W-202L

Win rate0.482

Deviation score (FY2018)35.6

Best deviation score62.1
FY1984

Rating history and all games →

Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
77th term	Class C2	44	2W-8L	Demerit	35.6
76th term	Class C2	35	1W-9L	Demerit	35.4
75th term	Class C2	38	4W-6L		41.2
74th term	Class C2	1	3W-7L		36.2
73rd term	Class C1	19	3W-7L	Relegated	37.5
72nd term	Class C1	34	5W-5L		40.0
71st term	Class C1	24	0W-10L	Demerit	32.2
70th term	Class C1	9	4W-6L		34.1
69th term	Class C1	8	6W-4L		41.0
68th term	Class C1	25	7W-3L		42.3
67th term	Class C1	14	3W-7L		47.9
66th term	Class C1	24	5W-5L		40.0
65th term	Class C1	2	2W-8L		38.8
64th term	Class B2	23	1W-9L	Relegated	41.4
63rd term	Class B2	6	1W-9L	Demerit	37.1
62nd term	Class B2	22	7W-3L	Demerit cleared	53.7
61st term	Class B2	14	1W-9L	Demerit	31.1
60th term	Class B2	10	4W-6L		37.3
59th term	Class B2	3	5W-5L		44.8
58th term	Class B2	14	8W-2L		55.2
57th term	Class B2	18	4W-6L		44.1
56th term	Class B2	12	3W-7L		52.5
55th term	Class B2	6	5W-5L		53.4
54th term	Class B2	13	6W-4L		57.9
53rd term	Class B2	3	4W-6L		58.0
52nd term	Class B2	9	7W-3L		52.4
51st term	Class B2	7	5W-5L		61.4
50th term	Class B2	6	6W-4L		53.8
49th term	Class B2	4	6W-4L		53.9
48th term	Class B2	2	6W-4L		49.2
47th term	Class B2	6	8W-2L		60.1
46th term	Class B2	6	6W-4L		55.8
45th term	Class B2	2	6W-4L		50.0
44th term	Class B2	5	8W-2L		57.1
43rd term	Class B2	19	7W-3L		62.1
42nd term	Class C1	17	9W-1L	Promoted	58.5
41st term	Class C2	9	10W-0L	Promoted	59.9
40th term	Class C2	20	6W-4L		52.9
39th term	Class C2	23	4W-6L		47.9

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class B2	22 terms
Class C1	10 terms
Class C2	7 terms

Promotion history

Apr 1, 2021	9-dan
Nov 16, 2000	8-dan
Oct 1, 1990	7-dan
Apr 1, 1984	6-dan
Apr 1, 1983	5-dan
Jul 16, 1979	4-dan
1977	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Aug 18, 1983 Kisei-sen
200 wins	Sep 1, 1987 Oi-sen
300 wins	Jul 9, 1992 Ryuo-sen
400 wins	Jun 3, 1997 Hayazashi-sen
500 wins	Jul 26, 2006 Asahi Open
600 wins	Aug 25, 2016 Junisen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Sep 12, 1997	Koji Tanigawa 1955	Kio-sen
Nov 13, 1992	Yoshiharu Habu 1937	Kachinuki-sen
Oct 13, 1995	Tadahisa Maruyama 1915	Junisen
Feb 18, 1994	Yasumitsu Satoh 1908	Junisen
Aug 6, 1993	Koji Tanigawa 1908	All-Japan Pro

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

Kouichi Kodama	20W-15L	Head-to-head
Keiji Nishikawa	18W-17L	Head-to-head
Masahiko Urano	17W-18L	Head-to-head
Bungo Fukusaki	21W-11L	Head-to-head
Hitoshige Awaji	12W-14L	Head-to-head
Kenji Kobayashi	10W-15L	Head-to-head
Kiyozumi Kiriyama	10W-14L	Head-to-head
Kaishu Tanaka	14W-10L	Head-to-head
Yoshikazu Minami	7W-17L	Head-to-head
Naoya Fujiwara	6W-17L	Head-to-head
Noboru Kosaka	14W-8L	Head-to-head
Nobuo Mori	15W-7L	Head-to-head

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