Titleholder history

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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.

2015 (Eio-sen formed) - now

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

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

Fujii S. or

Ito T.

Fujii becomes youngest 7-crown & youngest and 5th Ryuo-Meijin & becomes 8-crown

Watanabe loses all titles after 19 years

2022

(Reiwa 4)

Sota Fujii Akira Watanabe Sota Fujii Sota Fujii Takuya Nagase Sota Fujii Sota Fujii Sota Fujii Tanigawa is crowned 17th Lifetime Meijin

Fujii becomes 6-crown

2021

(Reiwa 3)

Sota Fujii Akira Watanabe Sota Fujii Sota Fujii Takuya Nagase Sota Fujii Sota Fujii Akira Watanabe Fujii becomes youngest 3-crown/4-crown/5-crown/player to defend a title
2020

(Reiwa 2)

Masayuki Toyoshima Akira Watanabe Sota Fujii Sota Fujii Takuya Nagase Masayuki Toyoshima Akira Watanabe Akira Watanabe Delayed start of Eio and Meijin-sen (from June)

Fujii becomes youngest titleholder/2-crown

2019

(Reiwa 1)

Takuya Nagase Masayuki Toyoshima Akira Watanabe Kazuki Kimura Takuya Nagase Masayuki Toyoshima Akira Watanabe Akira Watanabe Kimura becomes oldest player to win first title (46 years old)

Toyoshima becomes 4th Ryuo-Meijin

2018

(Heisei 30)

Term 3

Taichi Takami

Amahiko Sato Masayuki Toyoshima Masayuki Toyoshima Shintaro Saito Akihito Hirose Akira Watanabe Akira Watanabe Eio officially becomes a title

8 players share 8 titles (at the end of Kisei-sen) Habu loses all titles after 27 years 9 months

2017

(Heisei 29)

- Amahiko Sato Yoshiharu Habu Tatsuya Sugai Taichi Nakamura Yoshiharu Habu Toshiaki Kubo Akira Watanabe Habu wins his 99th title and qualifies for Lifetime 7-crown
2016

(Heisei 28)

(Term 2)

Amahiko Sato

Amahiko Sato Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Yoshiharu Habu Akira Watanabe Toshiaki Kubo Akira Watanabe Ryuo changes its finals format
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

Akira Watanabe

Term 65

Masataka Goda

Term 41

Akira Watanabe

Eio-sen is formed as a non-title championship