tournament and the title of its winner. The current Ryūō title holder is Sōta Fujii. The Ryūō Tournament (Ryūō-sen 竜王戦) is sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun as...

September 27, 1970) is a professional shogi player and a chess FIDE Master. He is a former holder of the Ryūō, Meijin, Ōi, Ōza, Kiō, Ōshō and Kisei major...

of the shogi title matches (see titleholder system). After the war other tournaments were promoted to title matches, culminating with the Ryūō title match...

shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former holder of the Meijin, Kisei, Ōshō, Ōza, Kiō and Ryūō titles. He is also a Lifetime Kiō and a Lifetime Ryūō title...

The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! (Japanese: りゅうおうのおしごと!, Hepburn: Ryūō no Oshigoto!, lit. "The Ryuo's Work!") is a Japanese light novel series written by...

a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is the current holder of the Kiō, Kisei, Meijin, Ōi, Ōshō, Ōza and Ryūō titles, and a former holder...

of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryūō. The word meijin (名 mei "excellent, artful", 人...

竜王 or 龍王 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ryūō ('dragon king') is an annual Japanese professional shogi tournament and the title of its winner. It may...

computer when he lost to the GPS Shogi program in April 2013. In October 2016, he was falsely accused of cheating in the 29th Ryūō challenger controversy, which...

April 30, 1990) is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a former holder of the Ryūō, Meijin, Ōi, Kisei and Eiō titles. Toyoshima...

is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a former Ryūō and Ōi title holder, and is also the first shogi professional to win a major...

professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan and former Ryūō title holder. Itodani was born in Hiroshima, Japan on October 5, 1988. He learned how to play shogi when...

Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Ryūō title holder, and a former non-executive director of the Japan Shogi Association. Fujii...

the 6th Ryūō title and won the match 4 games to 2 for his first major title. The same two players met in the title matches for the 7th Ryūō (1994) and...

[Shogi's new 4-dans are 17-year-old Nagisa Fujimoto and 22-year-old Yūya Saitō; Saitō becomes the second student, after Sōta Fujii Ryūō, of shogi professional...

63rd NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament (第63回NHK杯テレビ将棋トーナメント, dairokujūsankai enueichikeihai terebi shōgi tōnamento) was a professional shogi tournament organized...

Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He was the first Ryūō title holder and is also a former managing director of the Japan Shogi Association. Shima...

shogi player (将棋棋士 shōgi kishi or プロ棋士 puro kishi "professional player") is a shogi player who is usually a member of a professional guild of shogi players...

Takumi Itō (伊藤 匠, Itō Takumi, October 10, 2002) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan. He is the current holder of the Eiō title. Itō was...

Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a Lifetime Meijin who won the title eight times, and also a former Ryūō, Kiō and Ōshō title holder...

Watanabe Ryūō After 109 preliminary tournament games and 48 main tournament games involving 160 players, Yoshiharu Habu NHK Cup and Akira Watanabe Ryūō met...

Sōta Ryūō no Imōto Deshi ga Joryu Kishi ni Imai Aya-san ga Kataru ｢Fujii Sensei｣" 藤井聡太竜王の妹弟子が女流棋士に 今井絢さんが語る ｢藤井先生｣ [Aya Imai, who has the same shogi teacher...

61st NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament (第61回NHK杯テレビ将棋トーナメント, dairokujūikkai enueichikeihai terebi shōgi tōnamento) was a professional shogi tournament organized...

professional shogi. The word Kisei means an excellent player of shogi or go and has been translated as "shogi saint"[citation needed] (棋 ki 'shogi player'...

Habu Yoshiharu Ryūō, Tokubetsushō ni Fujii Sōta Rokudan. Dai Yonjūgokai Shōgi Taishō Kimaru" 最優秀棋士賞に羽生善治竜王, 特別賞に藤井聡太六段. 第45回将棋大賞決まる [Shogi News: 45th Annual...

Salvatore, 1996 Dragon king, a playing piece in Shogi Ryūō ('Dragon King'), an annual Japanese professional shogi tournament and the title of its winner Druk...

the match between Bonanza and then Ryūō Champion Akira Watanabe. Habu rated Bonanza's game at the level of 2 dan shogi apprentice (shōreikai).[citation...

Chu shogi (中将棋 chū shōgi or Middle Shogi) is a strategy board game native to Japan. It is similar to modern shogi (sometimes called Japanese chess) in...

Taikyoku shōgi (Japanese: 大局将棋, lit. "ultimate shogi") is the largest known variant of shogi (Japanese chess). The game was created around the mid-16th...

major title match twice: the 12th Ryūō title (1999) and the 77th Kisei title (2006). He has won two non-major shogi championships during his career: the...