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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) to the present.
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===2015（Eio-sen formed） - now ===
===2015 (Eio-sen formed) - present ===
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!Osho
!Osho
!Kio
!Kio
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!2024<br />(Reiwa 6)
| title="Eio" style="background-color:#" |Term 9<br />[[Takumi Ito]]
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#" |Term 82<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 95<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#" |Term 65<br />[[Sota Fujii|S]]<nowiki/>[[Sota Fujii|ota Fujii]]
| title="Oza" style="background-color:#" |Term 72
[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#" |Term 37
S. Fujii or Y. Sasaki
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#" |
| title="Kio" <!--style="background-color:#CFE5AE"--> |
| title="Notes" align="left" |Fujii loses a title for the first time (Eio), ending his 8-crown monopoly.<br />Fujii qualifies for his first lifetime title, a Lifetime Kisei<sup>Y</sup>
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!2023<br />(Reiwa 5)
!2023<br />(Reiwa 5)
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| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 36<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Ryuo" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 36<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 73<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 73<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Kio" <!--style="background-color:#CFE5AE"--> |Term 49<br />{{bgcolor|#CFE5AE|[[Sota Fujii|Fujii S.]]}} or <br/>[[Takumi Ito|Ito T.]]
| title="Kio" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |Term 49<br />[[Sota Fujii]]
| 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
| 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
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!2023<br />(Reiwa 4)
!2022<br />(Reiwa 4)
| title="Eio" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Eio" style="background-color:#CFE5AE" |[[Sota Fujii]]
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#AAE0F9" |[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#AAE0F9" |[[Akira Watanabe|Watanabe Akira]]
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!Ryuo
!Ryuo
!Osho
!Osho
!Kio
!Kisei


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| title="Osho" style="background-color:#AAE0F9"|[[Akira Watanabe]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#AAE0F9"|[[Akira Watanabe]]
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#AAE0F9"|[[Akira Watanabe]]
| title="Kisei" style="background-color:#AAE0F9"|[[Akira Watanabe]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yoshiharu Habu|Habu]] wins his 21st Oza title<br/>[[Toshiyuki Moriuchi|Noriuchi]] becomes Ryuo - Meijin (3rd)
| title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yoshiharu Habu|Habu]] wins his 21st Oza title<br/>[[Toshiyuki Moriuchi|Moriuchi]] becomes Ryuo - Meijin (3rd)


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!Ryuo
!Osho
!Osho
!Kio
!Kisei
!rowspan="2"|Notes
!rowspan="2"|Notes


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|[[Osho-sen]]<br />Jan - Mar
|[[Osho-sen]]<br />Jan - Mar
|[[Kio-sen]]<br />Feb - Mar
|[[Kio-sen]]<br />Feb - Mar
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=== 1962 (10-dan & Kisei formed) - 1987 ===
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!rowspan="2" style="width:3.5em"|Season
|style="width:5em"|[[Meijin-sen]]<br />Apr - Jun
|style="width:5em"|[[Kisei-sen]]<br />Dec - Feb<br/>Jun - Jul
|style="width:5em"|[[Oi-sen]]<br />Jul - Sep
|style="width:5em"|[[Oza-sen]]<br />Sep - Oct
|style="width:5em"|[[10-dan]]<br />Oct - Dec
|style="width:5em"|[[Osho-sen]]<br />Jan - Mar
|style="width:5em"|[[Kio-sen]]<br />Feb - Mar
!rowspan="2"|Notes
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!Meijin
!Kisei
!Oi
!Oza
!10-dan
!Osho
!Kio

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! rowspan="2"|1987<br />(Showa 62)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|Term 45<br />[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#FFFCD6;line-height:110%"|Term 51<br />[[Yoshikazu Minami]]{{sup|F}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#C9E8E6"|Term 28<br />[[Koji Tanigawa]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza" style="background-color:#;"|Term 35<br />[[Yasuaki Tsukada]]{{sup|F}}
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#E1E9F6"|Term 26<br />[[Takahashi Michio]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#FFFCD6"|Term 37<br />[[Yoshikazu Minami]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#C9E8E6"|Term 13<br />[[Koji Tanigawa]]
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|7 titles divided between 7 players (at the end of Oza-sen)
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| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F1E1CA"|[[Kiyozumi Kiriyama]]{{sup|L}}

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! rowspan="2"|1986<br />(Showa 61)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#F1E1CA"|[[Kiyozumi Kiriyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#E1E9F6"|[[Takahashi Michio]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#"|[[Bungo Fukusaki]]{{sup|F}}
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#"|[[Osamu Nakamura]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#E1E9F6"|[[Takahashi Michio]]
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F1E1CA"|[[Kiyozumi Kiriyama]]

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! rowspan="2"|1985<br />(Showa 60)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#E1E9F6"|[[Takahashi Michio]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#"|[[Osamu Nakamura]]{{sup|F}}
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#C9E8E6"|[[Koji Tanigawa]]
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]

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! rowspan="2"|1984<br />(Showa 59)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C9E8E6"|[[Koji Tanigawa]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]{{sup|T}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#EFE4F0"|[[Hifumi Kato]]{{sup|L}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oza" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#F1E1CA"|[[Kiyozumi Kiriyama]]{{sup|F}}
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]

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! rowspan="2"|1983<br />(Showa 58)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C9E8E6"|[[Koji Tanigawa]]{{sup|F}}
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#E1E9F6"|[[Takahashi Michio]]{{sup|F}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oza" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|Term 31<br />[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|Oza is promoted to title status
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| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="line-height:110%"|[[Hidemitsu Moriyasu]]<br />{{sup|FL}}

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! rowspan="2"|1982<br />(Showa 57)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#EFE4F0"|[[Hifumi Kato]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#E0DFEF"|[[Kunio Naito]]{{sup|L}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|(''Term 30'')<br /><span style="background-color:#E0DFEF">([[Kunio Naito]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]{{sup|T}}
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|6 titles divided between 6 players (at end of 10-dan match)
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| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#"|[[Keiji Mori]]{{sup|F}}

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! rowspan="2"|1981<br />(Showa 56)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#E7E7E9"|[[Tatsuya Futakami]]{{sup|L}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#EFE4F0"|[[Hifumi Kato]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]{{sup|L}}
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yasuharu Oyama|Oyama]] wins his last title{{sup|O}}(aged 59)
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| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#E7E7E9"|[[Tatsuya Futakami]]

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! rowspan="2"|1980<br />(Showa 55)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#E7E7E9"|[[Tatsuya Futakami]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#EFE4F0"|[[Hifumi Kato]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]

|-
! rowspan="2"|1979<br />(Showa 54)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#F0E8DF">([[Makoto Nakahara]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]

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! rowspan="2"|1978<br />(Showa 53)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|Term 36<br />[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#F0E8DF">([[Makoto Nakahara]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#EFE4F0"|[[Hifumi Kato]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]

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! rowspan="2"|1977<br />(Showa 52)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF" align="center"|↑
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]{{sup|T}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#F0E8DF">([[Makoto Nakahara]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#EFE4F0"|[[Hifumi Kato]]
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|Meijin match not held (transfer of sponsorship)
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| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]

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! rowspan="2"|1976<br />(Showa 51)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|Term 35<br />[[Makoto Nakahara]]{{sup|T}}
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#F0E8DF">([[Makoto Nakahara]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="background-color:#EFE4F0"|[[Hifumi Kato]]
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yasuharu Oyama|Oyama]] is crowned 15th Lifetime Meijin
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| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]

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! rowspan="2"|1975<br />(Showa 50)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#F1E1CA">([[Kiyozumi Kiriyama]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio" style="line-height:110%"|Term 1<br />[[Nobuyuki Ouchi]]<br />{{sup|FL}}
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|Kio is promoted to title match status
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| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]

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! rowspan="2"|1974<br />(Showa 49)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#F0E8DF">([[Makoto Nakahara]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Kio"|(''Term 1'')<br /><span style="background-color:#E0DFEF">([[Kunio Naito]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|Kio-sen is established
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]

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! rowspan="2"|1973<br />(Showa 48)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#E0DFEF"|[[Kunio Naito]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#F0E8DF">([[Makoto Nakahara]])</span>{{sup|T}}
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yasuharu Oyama|Oyama]] is crowned Lifetime Osho
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| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F9FBE9"|[[Kunio Yonenaga]]{{sup|F}}

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! rowspan="2"|1972<br />(Showa 47)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="line-height:110%"|[[Michio Ariyoshi]]<br />{{sup|FL}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#E0DFEF"|[[Kunio Naito]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#F0E8DF">([[Makoto Nakahara]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]

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! rowspan="2"|1971<br />(Showa 46)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#F0E8DF">([[Makoto Nakahara]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]{{sup|T}}

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! rowspan="2"|1970<br />(Showa 45)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#F0E8DF">([[Makoto Nakahara]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]

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! rowspan="2"|1969<br />(Showa 44)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#E0DFEF"|[[Kunio Naito]]{{sup|F}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#F0E8DF">([[Makoto Nakahara]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]

|-
! rowspan="2"|1968<br />(Showa 43)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#EFE4F0"|[[Hifumi Kato]]{{sup|F}}
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#F0E8DF"|[[Makoto Nakahara]]{{sup|F}}

|-
! rowspan="2"|1967<br />(Showa 42)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#"|[[Michiyoshi Yamada]]{{sup|L}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#">([[Michiyoshi Yamada]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#"|[[Michiyoshi Yamada]]{{sup|F}}

|-
! rowspan="2"|1966<br />(Showa 41)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yasuharu Oyama|Oyama]] becomes 5-crown (5th time)
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#E7E7E9"|[[Tatsuya Futakami]]

|-
! rowspan="2"|1965<br />(Showa 40)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|([[Yuzo Maruta]])
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]{{sup|T}}
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yasuharu Oyama|Oyama]] becomes 5-crown (4th time)
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]

|-
! rowspan="2"|1964<br />(Showa 39)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]{{sup|T}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]{{sup|T}}
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]{{sup|T}}
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yasuharu Oyama|Oyama]] becomes 5-crown (3rd time)
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]

|-
! rowspan="2"|1963<br />(Showa 38)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza"|([[Rensho Nada]])
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yasuharu Oyama|Oyama]] becomes 5-crown (2nd time)
|-
| rowspan="1" title="1st Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]

|-
! rowspan="2"|1962<br />(Showa 37)
| rowspan="2" title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|Term 21<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="1" title="2nd Kisei" style="background-color:#C7E0F4;line-height:110%"|Term 1<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|Term 3<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Oza" "|(''Term 10'')<br /><small><span style="background-color:#EFE4F0">([[Hifumi Kato]])</span></small>
| rowspan="2" title="10-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|Term 1<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| rowspan="2" title="Osho" style="background-color:#E7E7E9"|Term 12<br />[[Tatsuya Futakami]]{{sup|F}}
| rowspan="2"|－
| rowspan="2" title="Notes" style="text-align:left;line-height:110%"|[[Kisei-sen]] is established<br />9-dan title renamed to [[10-dan]]<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama|Oyama]] becomes 5-crown{{sup|F}}
|-
|－

|-
!rowspan="2"|Season
!Meijin
!Kisei
!Oi
|(Oza)
!10-dan
!Osho
!Kio
!rowspan="2"|Notes
|-
|[[Meijin-sen]]<br />Apr - Jun
|[[Kisei-sen]]<br />Dec - Feb<br/>Jun - Jul
|[[Oi-sen]]<br />Jul - Sep
|[[Oza-sen]]<br />Sep - Oct
|[[10-dan]]<br />Oct - Dec
|[[Osho-sen]]<br />Jan - Mar
|[[Kio-sen]]<br />Feb - Mar
|}
=== 1937 (Meijin-sen established) - 1961 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size: small"
|-
!rowspan="2" style="width:3.5em"|Season
|style="width:5em"|[[Meijin-sen]]<br />Apr - Jun
|style="width:5em"|[[Oi-sen]]<br />Jul - Sep
|style="width:5em"|[[Oza-sen]]<br />Sep - Oct
|style="width:5em" colspan="2"|[[9-dan]]<br />Oct - Dec
|style="width:5em"|[[Osho-sen]]<br />Jan - Mar
!rowspan="2"|Notes
|-
!Meijin
!Oi
|(Oza)
!colspan="2"|9-dan
!Osho

|-
!1961<br />(Showa 36)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|Term 20<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|Term 2<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Oza"|(''Term 9'')<br />([[Soetsu Honma]])
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4" colspan="2"|Term 12<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|Term 11<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|

|-
!1960<br />(Showa 35)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Oi" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|Term 1<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Oza"|([[Yuzo Maruta]])
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4" colspan="2"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]{{sup|T}}
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|Fast Shogi [[Oi-sen]] is elevated to title status<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama|Oyama]] becomes 4-crown{{sup|F}}

|-
!1959<br />(Showa 34)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Oi"|(''Term 6'')<br /><small><span style="background-color:#EFE4F0">([[Hifumi Kato]])</span></small>
| title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4" colspan="2"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yasuharu Oyama|Oyama]] becomes 3-crown

|-
!1958<br />(Showa 33)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#FDE9F1"|[[Kozo Masuda]]{{sup|L}}
| title="Oi"|([[Rensho Nada]])
| title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#FFF8E7">([[Masao Tsukada]])</span>
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4" colspan="2"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|

|-
!1957<br />(Showa 32)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#FDE9F1"|[[Kozo Masuda]]
| title="Oi"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| title="Oza"|([[Shigeyuki Matsuda]])
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#FDE9F1" colspan="2"|[[Kozo Masuda]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|[[Kozo Masuda|Masuda]] becomes 3-crown{{sup|F}}

|-
!1956<br />(Showa 31)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]{{sup|T}}
| title="Oi"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| title="Oza"|([[Seiichi Kobori]])
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#FDE9F1" colspan="2"|Term 7<br />[[Kozo Masuda]]
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#FDE9F1"|[[Kozo Masuda]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|Meijin participates in the All-Japan Championship which is renamed 9-dan

|-
! rowspan="2"|1955<br />(Showa 30)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4" rowspan="2"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Oi" rowspan="2"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| title="Oza" rowspan="2"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
! 9-dan
| (Champion)
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#FDE9F1" rowspan="2"|[[Kozo Masuda]]
| title="Notes" align="left" rowspan="2"|
|-
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#FFF8E7"|Term 6<br />[[Masao Tsukada]]{{sup|L}}
| title="All-Japan Champion"|(''Term 8'')<br /><span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>

|-
!1954<br />(Showa 29)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Oi"|(''Term 1'')<br /><span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| title="Oza"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#FFF8E7"|[[Masao Tsukada]]{{sup|T}}
| title="All-Japan Champion"|<span style="background-color:#FFF8E7">([[Masao Tsukada]])</span>
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|The Fast Shogi Oi-sen is established as a non-title championship

|-
!1953<br />(Showa 28)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
|－
| title="Oza"|(''Term 1'')<br /><span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#FFF8E7"|[[Masao Tsukada]]
| title="All-Japan Champion"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|Oza-sen is established as a non-title championship

|-
!1952<br />(Showa 27)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
|－
|－
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#FFF8E7"|[[Masao Tsukada]]
| title="All-Japan Champion"|<span style="background-color: #FFF8E7">([[Masao Tsukada]])</span>
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yoshio Kimura|Kimura]] is crowned 14th Lifetime Meijin

|-
!1951<br />(Showa 26)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#E3F2E8"|[[Kimura Yoshio]]{{sup|L}}
|－
|－
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|[[Yasuharu Oyama]]
| title="All-Japan Champion"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| title="Osho" style="background-color:#FDE9F1"|Term 1<br />[[Kozo Masuda]]{{sup|F}}
| title="Notes" align="left"|Osho-sen is elevated to title status<br />Jinya incident

|-
!1950<br />(Showa 25)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#E3F2E8"|[[Kimura Yoshio]]
|－
|－
| title="9-dan" style="background-color:#C7E0F4"|Term 1<br />[[Yasuharu Oyama]]{{sup|F}}
| title="All-Japan Champion"|<span style="background-color:#C7E0F4">([[Yasuharu Oyama]])</span>
| title="Osho"|(''Term 1'')<br /><span style="background-color:#E3F2E8">([[Kimura Yoshio]])</span>
| title="Notes" align="left"|9-dan is established as a title within All-Japan Championship<br/>Osho-sen is established as a non-title championship

|-
!1949<br />(Showa 24)
|title="Meijin" style="background-color:#E3F2E8"|[[Kimura Yoshio]]
|－
|－
|－
| title="All-Japan Champion"|([[Kiyoshi Hagiwara]])
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|

|-
!1948<br />(Showa 23)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#FFF8E7"|[[Masao Tsukada]]
|－
|－
|－
| title="All-Japan Champion"|(''Term 1'')<br /><span style="background-color:#E3F2E8">([[Kimura Yoshio]])</span>
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|All-Japan Championship established

|-
!1947<br />(Showa 22)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#FFF8E7"|[[Masao Tsukada]]{{sup|F}}
|－
|－
| colspan="2"|－
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|Ranking League begins<br/>Meijin-sen now held yearly

|-
!1946<br />(Showa 21)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#E3F2E8" rowspan="2"|[[Kimura Yoshio]]{{sup|T}}
|－
|－
| colspan="2"|－
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|

|-
!1945<br />(Showa 20)
|－
|－
| colspan="2"|－
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|Meijin-sen not held due to war

|-
!1944<br />(Showa 19)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#E3F2E8" rowspan="2"|[[Kimura Yoshio]]
|－
|－
| colspan="2"|－
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|[[Yoshio Kimura|Kimura]] defends title as there is no challenger

|-
!1943<br />(Showa 18)
|－
|－
| colspan="2"|－
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|

|-
!1942<br />(Showa 17)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#E3F2E8" rowspan="2"|[[Kimura Yoshio]]
|－
|－
| colspan="2"|－
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|

|-
!1941<br />(Showa 16)
|－
|－
| colspan="2"|－
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|

|-
!1940<br />(Showa 15)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#E3F2E8" rowspan="2"|[[Kimura Yoshio]]
|－
|－
| colspan="2"|－
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|

|-
!1939<br />(Showa 14)
|－
|－
| colspan="2"|－
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|

|-
!1938<br />(Showa 13)
| title="Meijin" style="background-color:#E3F2E8" rowspan="2"|Term 1<br />[[Kimura Yoshio]]{{sup|F}}
|－
|－
| colspan="2"|－
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|Meijin-sen now held bienially<br />(challenger selected every 2 years)

|-
!1937<br />(Showa 12)
|－
|－
| colspan="2"|－
|－
| title="Notes" align="left"|[[Meijin-sen]] established, no title match held due to wide margin
|-
!rowspan="2"|Season
!Meijin
!Oi
|(Oza)
!9-dan
|(Champion)
!Osho
!rowspan="2"|Notes
|-
|[[Meijin-sen]]<br />Apr - Jun
|[[Oi-sen]]<br />Jul - Sep
|[[Oza-sen]]<br />Sep - Oct
|colspan="2"|[[9-dan]]/All-Japan Championship<br />Oct - Dec
|[[Osho-sen]]<br />Jan - Mar
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 07:22, 5 October 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) to the present.

  • 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) - present

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
2024
(Reiwa 6) 		Term 9
Takumi Ito 		Term 82
Sota Fujii 		Term 95
Sota Fujii 		Term 65
Sota Fujii 		Term 72

Sota Fujii

Term 37

S. Fujii or Y. Sasaki

Fujii loses a title for the first time (Eio), ending his 8-crown monopoly.
Fujii qualifies for his first lifetime title, a Lifetime KiseiY
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
Sota Fujii 		Fujii becomes 7-crownY/Ryuo - MeijinY(5th)/8-crownF
Watanabe loses all titles after 19 years
2022
(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

1988 (Ryuo-sen formed) - 2014

Season Meijin-sen
Apr - Jun 		Kisei-sen
Dec - Feb
Jun - Jul 		Oi-sen
Jul - Sep 		Oza-sen
Sep - Oct 		Ryuo-sen
Oct - Dec 		Osho-sen
Jan - Mar 		Kio-sen
Feb - Mar 		Notes
Meijin Kisei Oi Oza Ryuo Osho Kio
2014
(Heisei 26) 		Term 72
Yoshiharu Habu 		Term 85
Yoshiharu Habu 		Term 55
Yoshiharu Habu 		Term 62
Yoshiharu Habu 		Term 27
Tetsuro ItodaniF 		Term 64
Masataka Goda 		Term 40
Akira Watanabe
2013
(Heisei 25) 		Toshiyuki Moriuchi Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Toshiyuki Moriuchi Akira Watanabe Akira Watanabe Habu wins his 21st Oza title
Moriuchi becomes Ryuo - Meijin (3rd)
2012
(Heisei 24) 		Toshiyuki Moriuchi Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Akira Watanabe Akira Watanabe Akira Watanabe
2011
(Heisei 23) 		Toshiyuki Moriuchi Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Akira Watanabe Akira Watanabe Yasumitsu Sato Masataka Goda
2010
(Heisei 22) 		Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Akihito HiroseF Yoshiharu Habu Akira Watanabe Toshiaki Kubo Toshiaki Kubo Habu wins 19th Oza title in a row
2009
(Heisei 21) 		Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Koichi Fukaura Yoshiharu Habu Akira Watanabe Toshiaki Kubo Toshiaki Kubo
2009
(Heisei 20) 		Yoshiharu HabuT Yoshiharu Habu Koichi Fukaura Yoshiharu Habu Akira WatanabeT Yoshiharu Habu Toshiaki KuboF Nakahara is crowned Lifetime Oi - Lifetime Kisei
2007
(Heisei 19) 		Toshiyuki MoriuchiT Yasumitsu Sato Koichi FukauraF Yoshiharu Habu Akira Watanabe Yoshiharu Habu Yasumitsu Sato Nakahara is crowned Lifetime Oza - 16th Lifetime Meijin
2006
(Heisei 18) 		Toshiyuki Moriuchi Yasumitsu SatoT Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Akira Watanabe Yoshiharu HabuT Yasumitsu Sato
2005
(Heisei 17) 		Toshiyuki Moriuchi Yasumitsu Sato Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Akira Watanabe Yoshiharu Habu Toshiyuki Moriuchi
2004
(Heisei 16) 		Toshiyuki Moriuchi Yasumitsu Sato Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Akira WatanabeF Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu
2003
(Heisei 15) 		Yoshiharu Habu Yasumitsu Sato Koji Tanigawa Yoshiharu Habu Toshiyuki Moriuchi Toshiyuki Moriuchi Koji Tanigawa
2002
(Heisei 14) 		Toshiyuki MoriuchiF Yasumitsu Sato Koji Tanigawa Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Tadahisa Maruyama
2001
(Heisei 13) 		Tadahisa Maruyama Masataka Goda Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yasumitsu Sato Yoshiharu Habu
2000
(Heisei 12) 		Tadahisa MaruyamaF Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Takeshi Fujii Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu
1999
(Heisei 11) 		Yasumitsu Sato Koji Tanigawa Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Takeshi Fujii Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu
1998
(Heisei 10) 		Yasumitsu Sato Masataka Goda Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Takeshi FujiiF Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yonenaga is crowned Lifetime Kisei
1997
(Heisei 9) 		Koji TanigawaT Nobuyuki Yashiki Yoshiharu HabuT Yoshiharu Habu Koji Tanigawa Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Tanigawa becomes Ryuo - Meijin (2nd)
1996
(Heisei 8) 		Yoshiharu Habu Hiroyuki MiuraF Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu HabuT Koji Tanigawa Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu
1995
(Heisei 7) 		Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu HabuT Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Habu becomes 7-crownF
Kisei-sen is now held once a year
1994
(Heisei 6) 		Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Koji Tanigawa Yoshiharu HabuT Habu 6-crownF/Ryuo・MeijinF
Nakahara is crowned Lifetime 10-dan
Yoshiharu Habu
1993
(Heisei5) 		Kunio YonenagaL Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yasumitsu SatoF Koji Tanigawa Yoshiharu Habu
Yoshiharu Habu
1992
(Heisei 4) 		Makoto NakaharaL Koji Tanigawa Masataka GodaF Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Koji Tanigawa Yoshiharu Habu Goda becomes lowest-ranked titleholder (4-dan)
Koji Tanigawa
1991
(Heisei 3) 		Makoto Nakahara Koji Tanigawa Koji Tanigawa Bungo Fukusaki Koji Tanigawa Koji Tanigawa Yoshiharu Habu
Yoshikazu Minami
1990
(Heisei 2) 		Makoto Nakahara Nobuyuki Yashiki Koji Tanigawa Koji Tanigawa Koji Tanigawa Yoshikazu Minami Yoshiharu Habu
Nobuyuki YashikiF
1989
(Heisei 1) 		Koji Tanigawa Makoto Nakahara Koji Tanigawa Makoto Nakahara Yoshiharu HabuF Kunio Yonenaga Yoshikazu Minami
Makoto Nakahara
1988
(Showa 63) 		Term 46
Koji Tanigawa 		Makoto Nakahara Term 29
Keiji MoriL 		Term 36
Makoto Nakahara 		Term 1
Akira ShimaF 		Term 38
Yoshikazu Minami 		Term 14
Yoshikazu Minami 		10-dan title is reformed into Ryuo
Term 52
Torahiko Tanaka
FL
Season Meijin Kisei Oi Oza Ryuo Osho Kio Notes
Meijin-sen
Apr - Jun 		Kisei-sen
Dec - Feb
Jun - Jul 		Oi-sen
Jul - Sep 		Oza-sen
Sep - Oct 		Ryuo-sen
Oct - Dec 		Osho-sen
Jan - Mar 		Kio-sen
Feb - Mar

1962 (10-dan & Kisei formed) - 1987

Season Meijin-sen
Apr - Jun 		Kisei-sen
Dec - Feb
Jun - Jul 		Oi-sen
Jul - Sep 		Oza-sen
Sep - Oct 		10-dan
Oct - Dec 		Osho-sen
Jan - Mar 		Kio-sen
Feb - Mar 		Notes
Meijin Kisei Oi Oza 10-dan Osho Kio
1987
(Showa 62) 		Term 45
Makoto Nakahara 		Term 51
Yoshikazu MinamiF 		Term 28
Koji Tanigawa 		Term 35
Yasuaki TsukadaF 		Term 26
Takahashi Michio 		Term 37
Yoshikazu Minami 		Term 13
Koji Tanigawa 		7 titles divided between 7 players (at the end of Oza-sen)
Kiyozumi KiriyamaL
1986
(Showa 61) 		Makoto Nakahara Kiyozumi Kiriyama Takahashi Michio Makoto Nakahara Bungo FukusakiF Osamu Nakamura Takahashi Michio
Kiyozumi Kiriyama
1985
(Showa 60) 		Makoto Nakahara Kunio Yonenaga Takahashi Michio Makoto Nakahara Kunio Yonenaga Osamu NakamuraF Koji Tanigawa
Kunio Yonenaga
1984
(Showa 59) 		Koji Tanigawa Kunio YonenagaT Hifumi KatoL Makoto Nakahara Kunio Yonenaga Makoto Nakahara Kiyozumi KiriyamaF
Kunio Yonenaga
1983
(Showa 58) 		Koji TanigawaF Kunio Yonenaga Takahashi MichioF Term 31
Makoto Nakahara 		Makoto Nakahara Kunio Yonenaga Kunio Yonenaga Oza is promoted to title status
Hidemitsu Moriyasu
FL
1982
(Showa 57) 		Hifumi Kato Makoto Nakahara Kunio NaitoL (Term 30)
(Kunio Naito) 		Makoto NakaharaT Kunio Yonenaga Kunio Yonenaga 6 titles divided between 6 players (at end of 10-dan match)
Keiji MoriF
1981
(Showa 56) 		Makoto Nakahara Tatsuya FutakamiL Makoto Nakahara (Yasuharu Oyama) Hifumi Kato Yasuharu OyamaL Kunio Yonenaga Oyama wins his last titleO(aged 59)
Tatsuya Futakami
1980
(Showa 55) 		Makoto Nakahara Tatsuya Futakami Makoto Nakahara (Yasuharu Oyama) Hifumi Kato Yasuharu Oyama Kunio Yonenaga
Kunio Yonenaga
1979
(Showa 54) 		Makoto Nakahara Makoto Nakahara Kunio Yonenaga (Makoto Nakahara) Makoto Nakahara Yasuharu Oyama Makoto Nakahara
Makoto Nakahara
1978
(Showa 53) 		Term 36
Makoto Nakahara 		Makoto Nakahara Makoto Nakahara (Makoto Nakahara) Makoto Nakahara Hifumi Kato Kunio Yonenaga
Makoto Nakahara
1977
(Showa 52) 		↑ Makoto Nakahara Makoto NakaharaT (Makoto Nakahara) Makoto Nakahara Makoto Nakahara Hifumi Kato Meijin match not held (transfer of sponsorship)
Yasuharu Oyama
1976
(Showa 51) 		Term 35
Makoto NakaharaT 		Yasuharu Oyama Makoto Nakahara (Makoto Nakahara) Makoto Nakahara Makoto Nakahara Hifumi Kato Oyama is crowned 15th Lifetime Meijin
Yasuharu Oyama
1975
(Showa 50) 		Makoto Nakahara Yasuharu Oyama Makoto Nakahara (Kiyozumi Kiriyama) Makoto Nakahara Makoto Nakahara Term 1
Nobuyuki Ouchi
FL 		Kio is promoted to title match status
Yasuharu Oyama
1974
(Showa 49) 		Makoto Nakahara Yasuharu Oyama Makoto Nakahara (Makoto Nakahara) Makoto Nakahara Makoto Nakahara (Term 1)
(Kunio Naito) 		Kio-sen is established
Yasuharu Oyama
1973
(Showa 48) 		Makoto Nakahara Kunio Naito Makoto Nakahara (Makoto Nakahara)T Yasuharu Oyama Makoto Nakahara － Oyama is crowned Lifetime Osho
Kunio YonenagaF
1972
(Showa 47) 		Makoto Nakahara Michio Ariyoshi
FL 		Kunio Naito (Makoto Nakahara) Makoto Nakahara Makoto Nakahara －
Makoto Nakahara
1971
(Showa 46) 		Yasuharu Oyama Makoto Nakahara Yasuharu Oyama (Makoto Nakahara) Makoto Nakahara Yasuharu Oyama －
Makoto NakaharaT
1970
(Showa 45) 		Yasuharu Oyama Makoto Nakahara Yasuharu Oyama (Makoto Nakahara) Makoto Nakahara Yasuharu Oyama －
Yasuharu Oyama
1969
(Showa 44) 		Yasuharu Oyama Kunio NaitoF Yasuharu Oyama (Makoto Nakahara) Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama －
Makoto Nakahara
1968
(Showa 43) 		Yasuharu Oyama Makoto Nakahara Yasuharu Oyama (Yasuharu Oyama) Hifumi KatoF Yasuharu Oyama －
Makoto NakaharaF
1967
(Showa 42) 		Yasuharu Oyama Michiyoshi YamadaL Yasuharu Oyama (Michiyoshi Yamada) Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama －
Michiyoshi YamadaF
1966
(Showa 41) 		Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama (Yasuharu Oyama) Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama － Oyama becomes 5-crown (5th time)
Tatsuya Futakami
1965
(Showa 40) 		Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama (Yuzo Maruta) Yasuharu OyamaT Yasuharu Oyama － Oyama becomes 5-crown (4th time)
Yasuharu Oyama
1964
(Showa 39) 		Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu OyamaT Yasuharu OyamaT (Yasuharu Oyama) Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu OyamaT － Oyama becomes 5-crown (3rd time)
Yasuharu Oyama
1963
(Showa 38) 		Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama (Rensho Nada) Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama － Oyama becomes 5-crown (2nd time)
Yasuharu Oyama
1962
(Showa 37) 		Term 21
Yasuharu Oyama 		Term 1
Yasuharu Oyama 		Term 3
Yasuharu Oyama 		(Term 10)
(Hifumi Kato) 		Term 1
Yasuharu Oyama 		Term 12
Tatsuya FutakamiF 		－ Kisei-sen is established
9-dan title renamed to 10-dan
Oyama becomes 5-crownF
－
Season Meijin Kisei Oi (Oza) 10-dan Osho Kio Notes
Meijin-sen
Apr - Jun 		Kisei-sen
Dec - Feb
Jun - Jul 		Oi-sen
Jul - Sep 		Oza-sen
Sep - Oct 		10-dan
Oct - Dec 		Osho-sen
Jan - Mar 		Kio-sen
Feb - Mar

1937 (Meijin-sen established) - 1961

Season Meijin-sen
Apr - Jun 		Oi-sen
Jul - Sep 		Oza-sen
Sep - Oct 		9-dan
Oct - Dec 		Osho-sen
Jan - Mar 		Notes
Meijin Oi (Oza) 9-dan Osho
1961
(Showa 36) 		Term 20
Yasuharu Oyama 		Term 2
Yasuharu Oyama 		(Term 9)
(Soetsu Honma) 		Term 12
Yasuharu Oyama 		Term 11
Yasuharu Oyama
1960
(Showa 35) 		Yasuharu Oyama Term 1
Yasuharu Oyama 		(Yuzo Maruta) Yasuharu OyamaT Yasuharu Oyama Fast Shogi Oi-sen is elevated to title status
Oyama becomes 4-crownF
1959
(Showa 34) 		Yasuharu Oyama (Term 6)
(Hifumi Kato) 		(Yasuharu Oyama) Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama Oyama becomes 3-crown
1958
(Showa 33) 		Kozo MasudaL (Rensho Nada) (Masao Tsukada) Yasuharu Oyama Yasuharu Oyama
1957
(Showa 32) 		Kozo Masuda (Yasuharu Oyama) (Shigeyuki Matsuda) Kozo Masuda Yasuharu Oyama Masuda becomes 3-crownF
1956
(Showa 31) 		Yasuharu OyamaT (Yasuharu Oyama) (Seiichi Kobori) Term 7
Kozo Masuda 		Kozo Masuda Meijin participates in the All-Japan Championship which is renamed 9-dan
1955
(Showa 30) 		Yasuharu Oyama (Yasuharu Oyama) (Yasuharu Oyama) 9-dan (Champion) Kozo Masuda
Term 6
Masao TsukadaL 		(Term 8)
(Yasuharu Oyama)
1954
(Showa 29) 		Yasuharu Oyama (Term 1)
(Yasuharu Oyama) 		(Yasuharu Oyama) Masao TsukadaT (Masao Tsukada) Yasuharu Oyama The Fast Shogi Oi-sen is established as a non-title championship
1953
(Showa 28) 		Yasuharu Oyama － (Term 1)
(Yasuharu Oyama) 		Masao Tsukada (Yasuharu Oyama) Yasuharu Oyama Oza-sen is established as a non-title championship
1952
(Showa 27) 		Yasuharu Oyama － － Masao Tsukada (Masao Tsukada) Yasuharu Oyama Kimura is crowned 14th Lifetime Meijin
1951
(Showa 26) 		Kimura YoshioL － － Yasuharu Oyama (Yasuharu Oyama) Term 1
Kozo MasudaF 		Osho-sen is elevated to title status
Jinya incident
1950
(Showa 25) 		Kimura Yoshio － － Term 1
Yasuharu OyamaF 		(Yasuharu Oyama) (Term 1)
(Kimura Yoshio) 		9-dan is established as a title within All-Japan Championship
Osho-sen is established as a non-title championship
1949
(Showa 24) 		Kimura Yoshio － － － (Kiyoshi Hagiwara) －
1948
(Showa 23) 		Masao Tsukada － － － (Term 1)
(Kimura Yoshio) 		－ All-Japan Championship established
1947
(Showa 22) 		Masao TsukadaF － － － － Ranking League begins
Meijin-sen now held yearly
1946
(Showa 21) 		Kimura YoshioT － － － －
1945
(Showa 20) 		－ － － － Meijin-sen not held due to war
1944
(Showa 19) 		Kimura Yoshio － － － － Kimura defends title as there is no challenger
1943
(Showa 18) 		－ － － －
1942
(Showa 17) 		Kimura Yoshio － － － －
1941
(Showa 16) 		－ － － －
1940
(Showa 15) 		Kimura Yoshio － － － －
1939
(Showa 14) 		－ － － －
1938
(Showa 13) 		Term 1
Kimura YoshioF 		－ － － － Meijin-sen now held bienially
(challenger selected every 2 years)
1937
(Showa 12) 		－ － － － Meijin-sen established, no title match held due to wide margin
Season Meijin Oi (Oza) 9-dan (Champion) Osho Notes
Meijin-sen
Apr - Jun 		Oi-sen
Jul - Sep 		Oza-sen
Sep - Oct 		9-dan/All-Japan Championship
Oct - Dec 		Osho-sen
Jan - Mar
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