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The '''Ryuo-sen''' is an annual title tournament hosted by Yomiuri Shimbun in cooperation with the Japan Shogi Association. It is the successor to the Judan title tournament and began in 1988. The current Ryuo title holder is Sota Fujii.


The tournaments consists of six class bracket tournaments and one challenger-deciding bracket tournament. Players promote or demote class depending on how they placed in their respective tournament:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Class
!Capacity
!Number of qualifying finalists
!Promotions
!Demotions
|-
|1
|16
|5 (winner, 2nd-5th placers)
|
|4 (two losses, 5th place bracket first losers)
|-
|2
|16
|2 (winner, runner-up)
|4 (finalists and two promotion bracket winners)
|4 (promotion bracket first losers)
|-
|3
|16
|1 (winner)
|4 (finalists and two promotion bracket winners)
|4 (promotion bracket first losers)
|-
|4
|32
|1 (winner)
|4 (finalists and two promotion bracket winners)
|4 (residual player demotion bracket losers) 
|-
|5
|32
|1 (winner)
|4 (finalists and two promotion bracket winners)
|4 (residual player demotion bracket losers) 
|-
|6
|Everyone not in classes 1-5
|1 (winner)
|4 (finalists and two promotion bracket winners)
|
|}