Kanna Suzuki

Whenever I hear "professional shogi player," my brain conjures someone hunched over a board in total silence, completely unreachable by the outside world — and honestly, Kanna Suzuki fits that image in the best possible way. She grew up in Futtsu, a quiet coastal town in Chiba facing Tokyo Bay, which makes me think there's something fitting about a person raised around that kind of vast, open stillness choosing to pour everything into a game that demands total inner focus. She's a Scorpio born in the year of the Rabbit, which sounds contradictory until you realize that combo basically spells out "calm on the surface, absolutely ruthless underneath" — and in women's shogi, that's a survival trait. She keeps almost everything about her personal life private, and I respect that; some people let the board do all the talking, and she seems to be exactly that kind.

Kanna Suzuki is a Japanese professional shogi player born on November 5, 1987, in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture. She has built her career in the world of women's professional shogi, competing at the highest level of the game. Details about her personal life, agency affiliation, and competition record are not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Kanna Suzuki

Name (Japanese)

鈴木環那

Reading

すずき かんな

Born

November 5, 1987 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rabbit

Origin

Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Professional Shogi Player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8%E7%92%B0%E9%82%A3

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Shogi Player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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