Fujii wins 6th shogi title

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii poses at a hotel in the Tochigi Prefecture city of Nikko, eastern Japan, on March 19, 2023, after clinching the Kio title by beating Akira Watanabe 3-1 in a best-of-five series. Fujii became only the second player in the history of the shogi board game to hold six major titles after Yoshiharu Habu.

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