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Kota Kanai

Player No.	265
Rank	7-dan
Date of birth	May 25, 1986
Birthplace	Saitama
Teacher	Kenji Iino 8-dan

Junisen terms20

Career record93W-102L

Win rate0.477

Deviation score (FY2025)41.6

Best deviation score56.7
FY2012

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Junisen record

Term	Class	Rank	Record	Up/down	Deviation
85th term	Class C2	37	2W-3L
84th term	Class C2	6	3W-7L		41.6
83rd term	Class C1	23	2W-8L	Relegated	38.5
82nd term	Class C1	15	4W-6L		39.2
81st term	Class C1	33	5W-5L		49.4
80th term	Class C1	26	2W-8L	Demerit	42.9
79th term	Class C1	26	4W-6L		46.8
78th term	Class C1	16	4W-6L		52.1
77th term	Class C1	13	5W-5L		45.4
76th term	Class C1	37	6W-4L	Demerit cleared	52.1
75th term	Class C1	16	1W-9L	Demerit	44.4
74th term	Class C1	4	5W-5L		42.8
73rd term	Class C1	21	8W-2L		48.4
72nd term	Class C1	8	4W-6L		51.7
71st term	Class C1	16	7W-3L		56.7
70th term	Class C1	17	5W-5L		48.0
69th term	Class C1	28	5W-5L		51.5
68th term	Class C2	12	8W-2L	Promoted	48.2
67th term	Class C2	22	7W-3L		52.0
66th term	Class C2	45	6W-4L		55.4

How the deviation score is calculated: see here.

Terms in each class

Class C1	15 terms
Class C2	5 terms

Promotion history

Oct 14, 2026	7-dan
Mar 9, 2016	6-dan
Mar 9, 2010	5-dan
Apr 1, 2007	4-dan

Career win milestones

100 wins	Mar 13, 2012 Junisen
200 wins	Oct 19, 2017 Eio-sen
300 wins	Jan 14, 2025 Junisen

Best wins (highest-rated opponents)

Oct 19, 2017	Takuya Nagase 1888	Eio-sen
Dec 24, 2017	Amahiko Satoh 1876	Eio-sen
Sep 15, 2013	Toshiaki Kubo 1864	NHK Cup
Aug 17, 2014	Toshiaki Kubo 1855	NHK Cup
Mar 22, 2013	Amahiko Satoh 1853	Kio-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

Yasuaki Murayama	5W-6L	Head-to-head
Daisuke Katagami	8W-3L	Head-to-head
Keiichi Sanada	4W-6L	Head-to-head
Yasuaki Tsukada	5W-4L	Head-to-head
Manabu Senzaki	7W-2L	Head-to-head
Ichiro Hiura	6W-2L	Head-to-head
Shuji Satoh	4W-4L	Head-to-head
Atsushi Miyata	6W-2L	Head-to-head
Ryosuke Nakamura	7W-1L	Head-to-head
Shoji Segawa	3W-5L	Head-to-head
Shingo Itoh	3W-5L	Head-to-head
Kentaro Ishii	2W-6L	Head-to-head

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