Kenji Imaizumi

 is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
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:
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 in the opening. He was the first apprentice professional to win the award.