![]() He also was the youngest ever when he won his first major title, Kisei, at age 17 in 2020. His goal is to achieve the unprecedented feat of winning all eight major shogi titles.įujii became a professional player at the age of 14 in 2016, the youngest ever to join the professional ranks. The two major titles he has yet to win are Meijin and Oza.įujii is scheduled to face Watanabe, who still holds the Meijin title, again on April 5 in the best-of-seven matches for his title.įujii also has his sights set on competing in the best-of-five Oza championship series this autumn. ![]() ![]() “I think I need to work even harder so that I can play shogi that suits my position,” Fujii said after the match. He is the second player to do so in history after Yoshiharu Habu, 52, who achieved the milestone in December 1994 at the age of 24 years and two months.įujii broke Habu’s record, which had stood for 29 years, by three years and six months. He won the fourth game played in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in 132 moves to take the match by a 3-1 margin.įujii, who had already earned the honorific titles of Ryuo, Oi, Eio, Osho and Kisei, is now the youngest-ever player to hold six of the eight prestigious titles at the age of 20 years and eight months. Shogi wunderkind Sota Fujii entered the record books again on March 19, becoming only the second player in the board game's history to hold six major titles and the youngest to accomplish the feat.įujii, 20, took the Kio title by defeating defending champion Akira Watanabe, 38, in the best-of-five series.
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