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Kenji Kanzaki

Player No.	179
Rank	8-dan
Date of birth	Dec 8, 1963
Birthplace	Wakayama
Teacher	Renshou Nada 9-dan (deceased)

Junisen terms31

Career record154W-156L

Win rate0.497

Deviation score (FY2017)36.9

Best deviation score61.1
FY1989

Rating history and all games →

Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
76th term	Class C2	44	2W-8L	Demerit	36.9
75th term	Class C2	36	2W-8L	Demerit	31.8
74th term	Class C2	35	4W-6L		36.3
73rd term	Class C2	37	4W-6L		34.9
72nd term	Class C2	21	3W-7L		43.6
71st term	Class C2	26	5W-5L		40.6
70th term	Class C2	15	4W-6L		40.7
69th term	Class C2	2	5W-5L		45.6
68th term	Class C1	31	2W-8L	Relegated	44.0
67th term	Class C1	18	2W-8L	Demerit	40.3
66th term	Class C1	23	4W-6L		48.0
65th term	Class C1	24	3W-7L		38.1
64th term	Class C1	16	3W-7L		43.5
63rd term	Class C1	20	5W-5L		48.1
62nd term	Class C1	9	4W-6L		50.1
61st term	Class C1	8	6W-4L		45.1
60th term	Class C1	18	7W-3L		54.8
59th term	Class C1	9	4W-6L		47.9
58th term	Class C1	4	6W-4L		50.5
57th term	Class C1	10	8W-2L		53.9
56th term	Class C1	5	5W-5L		54.2
55th term	Class C1	9	7W-3L		54.8
54th term	Class C1	6	5W-5L		53.8
53rd term	Class C1	22	7W-3L		55.7
52nd term	Class C2	7	9W-1L	Promoted	59.1
51st term	Class C2	14	7W-3L		60.3
50th term	Class C2	5	6W-4L		60.0
49th term	Class C2	3	8W-2L		60.0
48th term	Class C2	35	8W-2L		61.1
47th term	Class C2	28	4W-6L		53.8
46th term	Class C2	50	5W-5L		50.9

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class C1	16 terms
Class C2	15 terms

Promotion history

Aug 15, 2016	8-dan
May 29, 2001	7-dan
May 24, 1994	6-dan
Apr 24, 1990	5-dan
Nov 5, 1986	4-dan
1980	1-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Feb 1, 1990 Kio-sen
200 wins	Apr 30, 1993 Oi-sen
300 wins	Jun 19, 1997 Ryuo-sen
400 wins	Sep 27, 2002 Oi-sen
500 wins	Sep 29, 2010 Ginga-sen
600 wins	Aug 14, 2024 Oi-sen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Nov 2, 1992	Yoshiharu Habu 1949	NHK Cup
May 17, 1993	Koji Tanigawa 1924	Oi-sen
Jun 25, 1992	Toshiyuki Moriuchi 1915	Ryuo-sen
Jul 30, 2004	Kazuki Kimura 1865	Osho-sen
Apr 30, 1993	Taku Morishita 1856	Oi-sen

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

Naoya Fujiwara	17W-11L	Head-to-head
Takashi Abe	6W-20L	Head-to-head
Hiroshi Naganuma	14W-10L	Head-to-head
Naruyuki Hatakeyama	13W-11L	Head-to-head
Keita Inoue	16W-7L	Head-to-head
Masahiko Urano	11W-10L	Head-to-head
Masataka Sugimoto	7W-14L	Head-to-head
Shingo Hirafuji	6W-15L	Head-to-head
Keiji Nishikawa	13W-7L	Head-to-head
Kozo Arimori	7W-13L	Head-to-head
Kazuo Azuma	16W-3L	Head-to-head
Kenji Kobayashi	10W-8L	Head-to-head

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