Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

People in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, celebrate after the 20-year-old clinched the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe at a traditional Japanese inn in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. Fujii become the second player in the board game's history to hold seven titles simultaneously after Yoshiharu Habu in 1996 and also became the youngest Meijin title holder, breaking the previous record of 21 years and two months, set by Koji Tanigawa in 1983.

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