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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.
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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 |
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| 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 |
1988 (Ryuo-sen formed) - 2014
1962 (10-dan & Kisei formed) - 1987
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