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

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

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference in Takayama in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 2, 2023, a day after clinching the most prestigious and oldest title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe. The 20-year-old became 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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