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Ex-shogi Meijin holder Kato receives Guinness certificate

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 21 Kyodo - Former shogi Meijin title holder Hifumi Kato, 84, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2024, after receiving a certificate from The Guinness World Records, which recognized him as having the longest career as a board game puzzle writer for the same magazine. Kato began creating shogi puzzles aimed at checkmating the opponent's king for the Ie no Hikari monthly magazine in 1959, and the publication has continued for over 65 years. (Kyodo)

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Ex-shogi Meijin holder Kato receives Guinness certificate

Former shogi Meijin title holder Hifumi Kato, 84, poses in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2024, with a certificate given by The Guinness World Records, which recognized him as having the longest career as a board game puzzle writer for the same magazine. Kato began creating shogi puzzles aimed at checkmating the opponent's king for the Ie no Hikari monthly magazine in 1959, and the publication has continued for over 65 years.

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Ex-shogi Meijin holder Kato receives Guinness certificate

Former shogi Meijin title holder Hifumi Kato, 84, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2024, after receiving a certificate from The Guinness World Records, which recognized him as having the longest career as a board game puzzle writer for the same magazine. Kato began creating shogi puzzles aimed at checkmating the opponent's king for the Ie no Hikari monthly magazine in 1959, and the publication has continued for over 65 years.

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Ex-shogi Meijin holder Kato receives Guinness certificate

Former shogi Meijin title holder Hifumi Kato (R), 84, receives in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2024, a certificate from an official of The Guinness World Records, which recognized him as having the longest career as a board game puzzle writer for the same magazine. Kato began creating shogi puzzles aimed at checkmating the opponent's king for the Ie no Hikari monthly magazine in 1959, and the publication has continued for over 65 years.

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-WEIGHTLIFTING

(240811) -- PARIS, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- China's Li Wenwen (R) celebrates with her coach Wu Meijin after the weightlifting women's +81kg competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 11, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Lei)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-WEIGHTLIFTING

(240811) -- PARIS, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- China's Li Wenwen (R) celebrates with her coach Wu Meijin after the weightlifting women's +81kg competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 11, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Lei)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-WEIGHTLIFTING

(240811) -- PARIS, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- China's Li Wenwen (R) celebrates with her coach Wu Meijin after the weightlifting women's +81kg competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 11, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Lei)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-WEIGHTLIFTING

(240811) -- PARIS, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- China's Li Wenwen (L) celebrates with her coach Wu Meijin after the weightlifting women's +81kg competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 11, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Lei)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-PARIS-OLY-WEIGHTLIFTING

(240811) -- PARIS, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- China's Li Wenwen (L) celebrates with her coach Wu Meijin after the weightlifting women's +81kg competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 11, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Lei)

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[Breaking News]Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii poses at a press conference in Nagoya on July 1, 2024, after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five defending match in the central Japan city. The 21-year old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.(Kyodo)

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Fujii defends Meijin title

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against Masayuki Toyoshima after defending the most prestigious Meijin title by beating him in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series in Monbetsu in Hokkaido, northern Japan. With his first defense of Meijin, Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, has won or defended all 22 title matches he has fought.

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Fujii defends Meijin title

Sota Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, poses with a bouquet of flowers after defending the most prestigious Meijin title 4-1 in a best-of-seven series against Masayuki Toyoshima in Monbetsu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 27, 2024. With his first defense of Meijin, Fujii has won or defended all 22 title matches he has fought.

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Fujii defends Meijin title

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against Masayuki Toyoshima after defending the most prestigious Meijin title by beating him in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series in Monbetsu in Hokkaido, northern Japan. With his first defense of Meijin, Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, has won or defended all 22 title matches he has fought.

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Fujii defends Meijin title

Sota Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, poses with a bouquet of flowers after defending the most prestigious Meijin title 4-1 in a best-of-seven series against Masayuki Toyoshima in Monbetsu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 27, 2024. With his first defense of Meijin, Fujii has won or defended all 22 title matches he has fought.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 2 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. If Fujii, 20, who won Game 1, claims the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 2 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. If Fujii, 20, who won Game 1, claims the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 2 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. If Fujii, 20, who won Game 1, claims the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii attends inauguration ceremony for Meijin title

Sota Fujii, 21, poses at an inauguration ceremony for shogi's most prestigious and oldest title, Meijin, in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2023. Fujii became the youngest Meijin titleholder when he beat Akira Watanabe in a best-of-seven series in in June at age 20.

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Fujii attends inauguration ceremony for Meijin title

Sota Fujii, 21, poses at an inauguration ceremony for shogi's most prestigious and oldest title, Meijin, in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2023. Fujii became the youngest Meijin titleholder when he beat Akira Watanabe in a best-of-seven series in in June at age 20.

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

Photo taken on June 2, 2023, in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, shows a soda float with the kanji character for "seven" on it served to celebrate his securing of the Meijin title, shogi's most prestigious and oldest, the previous day in a best-of-seven series in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture. 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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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii poses in front of a paper lantern with the kanji characters for "Fujii" inn, the venue of the best-of-seven shogi Meijin series, written on it in Takayama in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 2, 2023, a day after clinching the most prestigious and oldest title. 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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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Photo taken on June 2, 2023, in the Aichi Prefecture city of Seto, the hometown of shogi player Sota Fujii, shows a key holder made to celebrate his securing of the Meijin title, shogi's most prestigious and oldest, the previous day in a best-of-seven series in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture. 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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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii smiles during 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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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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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

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

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

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. 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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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii poses after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. 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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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. 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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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii attends a press conference after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. 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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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii poses after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. 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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Fujii joins Habu as only player in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi player Sota Fujii poses after clinching the prestigious Meijin title in a best-of-seven series against Akira Watanabe in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. 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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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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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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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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Fujii joins Habu as only players in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews Game 5 of the best-of-seven Meijin series against Akira Watanabe after clinching the prestigious title at a traditional Japanese inn in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old Fujii 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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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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Fujii joins Habu as only players in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii reviews Game 5 of the best-of-seven Meijin series against Akira Watanabe after clinching the prestigious title at a traditional Japanese inn in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old Fujii 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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Fujii joins Habu as only players in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews Game 5 of the best-of-seven Meijin series against Akira Watanabe after clinching the prestigious title at a traditional Japanese inn in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old Fujii 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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Fujii joins Habu as only players in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (R) reviews Game 5 of the best-of-seven Meijin series against Akira Watanabe after clinching the prestigious title at a traditional Japanese inn in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old Fujii 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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Fujii joins Habu as only players in shogi history with 7 titles

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (R) reviews Game 5 of the best-of-seven Meijin series against Akira Watanabe after clinching the prestigious title at a traditional Japanese inn in Takayama, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 1, 2023. The 20-year-old Fujii 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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Fujii wins Game 4 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 4 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese house in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 22, 2023. Fujii, 20, holder of six shogi titles, is one win short of claiming the series, which would make him the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title dating back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 4 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 4 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese house in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 22, 2023. Fujii, 20, holder of six shogi titles, is one win short of claiming the series, which would make him the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title dating back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 4 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 4 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese house in Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 22, 2023. Fujii, 20, holder of six shogi titles, is one win short of claiming the series, which would make him the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title dating back to the early 1600s.

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Watanabe wins Game 3 of shogi Meijin series

Defending champion Akira Watanabe (facing camera) reviews his match against Sota Fujii after winning Game 3 of a best-of-seven series for shogi's Meijin title at an art theater in Takatsuki in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on May 14, 2023, following losses in the first two games. If Fujii, 20, wins the series, he will hold seven out of shogi's eight titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Watanabe wins Game 3 of shogi Meijin series

Sota Fujii (facing camera) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after losing Game 3 of a best-of-seven series for shogi's Meijin title at an art theater in Takatsuki in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on May 14, 2023, following victories in the first two games. If Fujii, 20, wins the series, he will hold seven out of shogi's eight titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi Meijin series

Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (L) reviews his match against defending champion Akira Watanabe after winning Game 2 of a best-of-seven series for the Meijin title at a traditional Japanese restaurant in Shizuoka, central Japan, on April 28, 2023. If Fujii, 20, who won Game 1, claims the series, he will have seven major shogi titles and become the youngest holder of the prestigious Meijin title, which dates back to the early 1600s.