Fujii becomes youngest shogi player to hold 3 titles

Undated file photo shows Shogi sensation Sota Fujii. He clinched Eio, one of shogi's eight major titles, by beating Masayuki Toyoshima in the final match of the best-of-five series on Sept. 13, 2021, in Tokyo. At 19 years and one month, Fujii, holder of two other major titles -- Oi and Kisei -- became the youngest player to hold three titles at the same time.

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