Eiji Iijima

is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan.

Shogi professional Theoretical contributions Iijima invented the Iijima Bishop Pullback strategy which is named after him. He received the 16th Masuda Award (April 2009March 2010) for developing the strategy.

Promotion history Iijima's promotion history is as follows: 6-kyū: 1991 1-dan: 1995 4-dan: April 1, 2000 5-dan: September 7, 2004 6-dan: September 11, 2008 7-dan: October 22, 2010 8-dan: February 2, 2021