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This page lists all players who have held one of eight professional titles, from the formation of the Meijin title in 1937 (Showa 12) until now.
This page lists all players who have held one of eight professional titles, from the formation of the Meijin title in 1937 (Showa 12) until now.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
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{|
| colspan="2" valign="top" |
*Players get a unique color if they have won 3 or more titles
*{{sup|T}} - Qualified for lifetime title
*{{sup|F}} - Player's first title
*{{sup|L}} - Player's last title (for retired players only)
*↑ - Tournament not held (refer to notes)
*(Name) - Winner of non-title championship
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| colspan="2" valign="top" |
:'''Notes'''
*{{sup|Y}} - Youngest record
*{{sup|O}} - Oldest record
*{{sup|F}} - First in history
|}
|}
===2015（Eio-sen formed） - now ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size: small"
|-
!rowspan="2" style="width:3.5em"|Season
|style="width:5em"|[[Eio-sen]]<br />Apr - Jun
|style="width:5em"|[[Meijin-sen]]<br />Apr - Jun
|style="width:5em"|[[Kisei-sen]]<br />Jun - Jul
|style="width:5em"|[[Oi-sen]]<br /> Jul - Sep
|style="width:5em"|[[Oza-sen]]<br />Sep - Oct
|style="width:5em"|[[Ryuo-sen]]<br />Oct - Dec
|style="width:5em"|[[Osho-sen]]<br />Jan - Mar
|style="width:5em"|[[Kio-sen]]<br />Feb - Mar
! rowspan="2"|Notes


=== 2015 (Eio-sen formed) - now ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Season
|Eio
Apr - Jun
|Meijin
Apr - Jun
|Kisei
Jun - Jul
|Oi
Jul - Sep
|Oza
Sep - Oct
|Ryuo
Oct - Dec
|Osho
Jan - Mar
|Kio
Feb - Mar
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
|-
!Eio
!Eio
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!Kio
!Kio
|-
|-
!2023
!2023<br />(Reiwa 5)
| title="Eio" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 8<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
(Reiwa 5)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 81<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
|Term 8
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 94<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 64<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
|Term 81
| title="Oza" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 71<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 36<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
|Term 94
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 73<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Kio" <!--style="background-color:#CFE5AE"--> |Term 49<br />{{bgcolor|#CFE5AE|[[Sota Fujii|Fujii S.]]}} or <br/>[[Takumi Ito|Ito T.]]
|Term 64
| title="Notes" align="left" |[[Sota Fujii|Fujii]] becomes 7-crown{{sup|Y}}/Ryuo - Meijin{{sup|Y}}(5th)/8-crown{{sup|F}}<br/>[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe]] loses all titles after 19 years
[[Sota Fujii]]
|Term 71
[[Sota Fujii]]
|Term 36
[[Sota Fujii]]
|Term 73
[[Sota Fujii]]
|[[Sota Fujii|Fujii S.]] or
[[Takumi Ito|Ito T.]]
|[[Sota Fujii|Fujii]] becomes youngest 7-crown & youngest and 5th Ryuo-Meijin & becomes 8-crown
[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe]] loses all titles after 19 years
|-
|-
!2023<br />(Reiwa 4)
!2022
| title="Eio" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
(Reiwa 4)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#AAE0F9" |[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
|[[Akira Watanabe]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Oza" style="background-color:#DDD6CB" |[[Takuya Nagase]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
|[[Takuya Nagase]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Kio" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Notes" align="left" |[[Koji Tanigawa|Tanigawa]] is crowned 17th Lifetime Meijin
|[[Sota Fujii]]

|[[Koji Tanigawa|Tanigawa]] is crowned 17th Lifetime Meijin
[[Sota Fujii|Fujii]] becomes 6-crown
|-
|-
!2021
!2021<br />(Reiwa 3)
| title="Eio" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
(Reiwa 3)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#AAE0F9" |[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
|[[Akira Watanabe]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Oza" style="background-color:#DDD6CB" |[[Takuya Nagase]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
|[[Takuya Nagase]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Kio" style="background-color:#AAE0F9" |[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Notes" align="left" |[[Sota Fujii|Fujii]] defends his first title{{sup|Y}}/becomes 3-crown{{sup|Y}}/4-crown{{sup|Y}}/5-crown{{sup|Y}}
|[[Akira Watanabe]]

|[[Sota Fujii|Fujii]] becomes youngest 3-crown/4-crown/5-crown/player to defend a title
|-
|-
!2020
!2020<br />(Reiwa 2)
| title="Eio" style="background-color:#F8C1D9" |[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
(Reiwa 2)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#AAE0F9" |[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
|[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]{{sup|F}}
|[[Akira Watanabe]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Oza" style="background-color:#DDD6CB" |[[Takuya Nagase]]
|[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#F8C1D9" |[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
|[[Takuya Nagase]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#AAE0F9" |[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
|[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
|[[Akira Watanabe]]
| title="Kio" style="background-color:#AAE0F9" |[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
| title="Notes" align="left" |Delayed start of Meijin-sen and Eio-sen (from June)<br/>[[Sota Fujii|Fujii]] wins his first title{{sup|Y}}(17 years 11 months)/becomes 2-crown{{sup|Y}}
|[[Akira Watanabe]]

|Delayed start of Eio and Meijin-sen (from June)
[[Sota Fujii|Fujii]] becomes youngest titleholder/2-crown
|-
|-
!2019
!2019<br />(Reiwa 1)
| title="Eio" style="background-color:#DDD6CB"|[[Takuya Nagase]]{{sup|F}}
(Reiwa 1)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F8C1D9" |[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
|[[Takuya Nagase]]
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#AAE0F9" |[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
|[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#;" |[[Kazuki Kimura]]{{sup|F}}
|[[Akira Watanabe]]
| title="Oza" style="background-color:#DDD6CB" |[[Takuya Nagase]]
|[[Kazuki Kimura]]
| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#F8C1D9" |[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
|[[Takuya Nagase]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#AAE0F9" |[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
|[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
|[[Akira Watanabe]]
| title="Kio" style="background-color:#AAE0F9" |[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
| title="Notes" align="left" |[[Kazuki Kimura|Kimura]] wins his first title{{sup|O}}(46 years old)<br/>[[Masayuki Toyoshima|Toyoshima]] becomes Ryuo - Meijin (4th)
|[[Akira Watanabe]]

|[[Kazuki Kimura|Kimura]] becomes oldest player to win first title (46 years old)
[[Masayuki Toyoshima|Toyoshima]] becomes 4th Ryuo-Meijin
|-
|-
!2018
!2018<br/>(Heisei 30)
| title="Eio" style="background-color:#;"|Term 3<br/>[[Taichi Takami]]{{sup|F}}
(Heisei 30)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#DEA6CB"|[[Amahiko Sato]]
|Term 3
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#F8C1D9"|[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]{{sup|F}}
[[Taichi Takami]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#F8C1D9"|[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
|[[Amahiko Sato]]
| title="Oza" style="background-color:#;"|{{nowrap|[[Shintaro Saito]]{{sup|F}} }}
|[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#"|[[Akihito Hirose]]
|[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#AAE0F9"|[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
|[[Shintaro Saito]]
| title="Kio" style="background-color:#AAE0F9"|[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
|[[Akihito Hirose]]
| title="Notes" style="text-align:left;line-height:110%"|Eio-sen is promoted to title status<br/>8 different players hold 8 titles (at end of Kisei-sen)<br/>[[Yoshiharu Habu|Habu]] loses all titles after 27 years and 9 months
|[[Akira Watanabe]]

|[[Akira Watanabe]]
|Eio officially becomes a title
8 players share 8 titles (at the end of Kisei-sen)
[[Yoshiharu Habu|Habu]] loses all titles after 27 years 9 months
|-
|-
!2017
!2017<br/>(Heisei 29)
|－
(Heisei 29)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#DEA6CB"|[[Amahiko Sato]]
| -
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#FCD3C1"|[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
|[[Amahiko Sato]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#;"|[[Tatsuya Sugai]]{{sup|F}}
|[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
| title="Oza" style="background-color:#;"|[[Taichi Nakamura]]{{sup|F}}
|[[Tatsuya Sugai]]
| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#FCD3C1"|[[Yoshiharu Habu]]{{sup|L}}
|[[Taichi Nakamura]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#D8C1AD"|[[Toshiaki Kubo]]
|[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
| title="Kio" style="background-color:#AAE0F9"|[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
|[[Toshiaki Kubo]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yoshiharu Habu|Habu]] wins his 99th title and qualifies for Lifetime 7-crown{{sup|F}}
|[[Akira Watanabe]]

|[[Yoshiharu Habu|Habu]] wins his 99th title and qualifies for Lifetime 7-crown
|-
|-
!2016
!2016<br/>(Heisei 28)
| title="Eio"|(Term 2)<br />(<span style="background-color:#DEA6CB">[[Amahiko Sato]]</span>)
(Heisei 28)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#DEA6CB"|[[Amahiko Sato]]{{sup|F}}
|(Term 2)
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#FCD3C1"|[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
[[Amahiko Sato]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#FCD3C1"|[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
|[[Amahiko Sato]]
|[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
| title="Oza" style="background-color:#FCD3C1"|[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#AAE0F9"|[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
|[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#D8C1AD"|[[Toshiaki Kubo]]
|[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
|[[Akira Watanabe]]
| title="Kio" style="background-color:#AAE0F9"|[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]{{sup|L}}
| title="Notes" align="left"|Ryuo challenger changed
|[[Toshiaki Kubo]]

|[[Akira Watanabe]]
|-
|Ryuo changes its finals format
!2015<br />(Heisei 27)
| title="Eio"|<span style="background-color:#;">(Term 1)<br />([[Takayuki Yamasaki]])</span>
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#FCD3C1"|Term 73<br />[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#FCD3C1"|Term 86<br />[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#FCD3C1"|Term 56<br />[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
| title="Oza" style="background-color:#FCD3C1"|Term 63<br />[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#AAE0F9"|Term 28<br />[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#EDF2C1"|Term 65<br />[[Masataka Goda]]
| title="Kio" style="background-color:#AAE0F9"|Term 41<br />[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|Eio-sen is formed as a non-title championship

|-
!rowspan="2"|Season
!Eio
!Meijin
!Kisei
!Oi
!Oza
!Ryuo
!Osho
!Kio

!rowspan="2"|Notes
|-
|-
|[[Eio-sen]]<br />Apr - Jun
!2015
|[[Meijin-sen]]<br />Apr - Jun
(Heisei 27)
|[[Kisei-sen]]<br />Jun - Jul
|(Term 1)
|[[Oi-sen]]<br /> Jul - Sep
[[Takayuki Yamasaki]]
|[[Oza-sen]]<br />Sep - Oct
|Term 73
|[[Ryuo-sen]]<br />Oct - Dec
[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
|[[Osho-sen]]<br />Jan - Mar
|Term 86
|[[Kio-sen]]<br />Feb - Mar
[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
|Term 56
[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
|Term 63
[[Yoshiharu Habu]]
|Term 28
[[Akira Watanabe]]
|Term 65
[[Masataka Goda]]
|Term 41
[[Akira Watanabe]]
|Eio-sen is formed as a non-title championship
|}
|}

Revision as of 09:20, 25 February 2024

This page lists all players who have held one of eight professional titles, from the formation of the Meijin title in 1937 (Showa 12) until now.

  • Players get a unique color if they have won 3 or more titles
  • T - Qualified for lifetime title
  • F - Player's first title
  • L - Player's last title (for retired players only)
  • ↑ - Tournament not held (refer to notes)
  • (Name) - Winner of non-title championship
Notes
  • Y - Youngest record
  • O - Oldest record
  • F - First in history

2015（Eio-sen formed） - now

Season Eio-sen
Apr - Jun 		Meijin-sen
Apr - Jun 		Kisei-sen
Jun - Jul 		Oi-sen
Jul - Sep 		Oza-sen
Sep - Oct 		Ryuo-sen
Oct - Dec 		Osho-sen
Jan - Mar 		Kio-sen
Feb - Mar 		Notes
Eio Meijin Kisei Oi Oza Ryuo Osho Kio
2023
(Reiwa 5) 		Term 8
Sota Fujii 		Term 81
Sota Fujii 		Term 94
Sota Fujii 		Term 64
Sota Fujii 		Term 71
Sota Fujii 		Term 36
Sota Fujii 		Term 73
Sota Fujii 		Term 49
Fujii S. or
Ito T. 		Fujii becomes 7-crownY/Ryuo - MeijinY(5th)/8-crownF
Watanabe loses all titles after 19 years
2023
(Reiwa 4) 		Sota Fujii Watanabe Akira Sota Fujii Sota Fujii Takuya Nagase Sota Fujii Sota Fujii Sota Fujii Tanigawa is crowned 17th Lifetime Meijin
2021
(Reiwa 3) 		Sota Fujii Watanabe Akira Sota Fujii Sota Fujii Takuya Nagase Sota Fujii Sota Fujii Watanabe Akira Fujii defends his first titleY/becomes 3-crownY/4-crownY/5-crownY
2020
(Reiwa 2) 		Masayuki Toyoshima Watanabe Akira Sota FujiiF Sota Fujii Takuya Nagase Masayuki Toyoshima Watanabe Akira Watanabe Akira Delayed start of Meijin-sen and Eio-sen (from June)
Fujii wins his first titleY(17 years 11 months)/becomes 2-crownY
2019
(Reiwa 1) 		Takuya NagaseF Masayuki Toyoshima Watanabe Akira Kazuki KimuraF Takuya Nagase Masayuki Toyoshima Watanabe Akira Watanabe Akira Kimura wins his first titleO(46 years old)
Toyoshima becomes Ryuo - Meijin (4th)
2018
(Heisei 30) 		Term 3
Taichi TakamiF 		Amahiko Sato Masayuki ToyoshimaF Masayuki Toyoshima Shintaro SaitoF Akihito Hirose Watanabe Akira Watanabe Akira Eio-sen is promoted to title status
8 different players hold 8 titles (at end of Kisei-sen)
Habu loses all titles after 27 years and 9 months
2017
(Heisei 29) 		－ Amahiko Sato Yoshiharu Habu Tatsuya SugaiF Taichi NakamuraF Yoshiharu HabuL Toshiaki Kubo Watanabe Akira Habu wins his 99th title and qualifies for Lifetime 7-crownF
2016
(Heisei 28) 		(Term 2)
(Amahiko Sato) 		Amahiko SatoF Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Watanabe Akira Toshiaki Kubo Watanabe AkiraL Ryuo challenger changed
2015
(Heisei 27) 		(Term 1)
(Takayuki Yamasaki) 		Term 73
Yoshiharu Habu 		Term 86
Yoshiharu Habu 		Term 56
Yoshiharu Habu 		Term 63
Yoshiharu Habu 		Term 28
Watanabe Akira 		Term 65
Masataka Goda 		Term 41
Watanabe Akira 		Eio-sen is formed as a non-title championship
Season Eio Meijin Kisei Oi Oza Ryuo Osho Kio Notes
Eio-sen
Apr - Jun 		Meijin-sen
Apr - Jun 		Kisei-sen
Jun - Jul 		Oi-sen
Jul - Sep 		Oza-sen
Sep - Oct 		Ryuo-sen
Oct - Dec 		Osho-sen
Jan - Mar 		Kio-sen
Feb - Mar
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