Fujii gets all 8 shogi titles

People in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, celebrate at a public viewing site on Oct. 11, 2023, after the 21-year-old clinched his eighth title, Oza, with a victory over Takuya Nagase in the best-of-five series to become the first player in shogi history to hold all eight shogi titles simultaneously.

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