Fujii becomes youngest shogi player with 5 major titles

Fujii becomes youngest shogi player with 5 major titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii meets the press in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Feb. 13, 2022, a day after beating defending champion Akira Watanabe in Game 4 of the best-of-seven Osho championship to claim his fifth major shogi title. At 19 years and six months, Fujii became the youngest player in history to hold five out of shogi's eight major titles.

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