Hiromitsu Kanki

Hiromitsu Kanki (神吉宏充) is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 7-dan.

He is known for wearing colorful suits on television programs as a shogi expert.

Promotion history
The promotion history for Kanki was as follows:
 * 1-kyū: 1978
 * 1-dan: 1979
 * 4-dan: July 26, 1983
 * 5-Dan: January 17, 1988
 * 6-dan: April 11, 1996
 * 7-dan: April 1, 2010
 * Retired: June 1, 2011

Awards and honors
Kanki received the Japan Shogi Association’s received the "25 Years Service Award" in 2008 for being an active professional for 25 years.