Issei Takazaki

is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.

Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional Issei Takazaki was born in Nichinan, Miyazaki, on February 12, 1987. As a sixth-grade student at , he defeated Kōhei Funae to win the 23rd in 1998, and he was accepted into the Japan Shogi Association's apprentice school in September of that same year under the guidance of professional shogi player Kunio Yonenaga. At the beginning of his shogi apprenticeship, Takazaki commuted from his hometown to the Japan Shogi Association's headquarters in Tokyo alone by plane to participate in the regularly scheduled meetings and games, but also stayed at Yonenaga's home as a live-in apprentice for a period of time. thus becoming the first person from Miyazaki Prefecture to become a professional shogi player.

Shogi professional Promotion history Takazaki's promotion history is as follows: 6-kyū: 1998 1-dan: 2000 4-dan: October 1, 2005 5-dan: February 2, 2010 6-dan: May 15, 2012 7-dan: September 18, 2020