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

Meijin (名人) means "Expert or Master". It is the name of the second most prestigious Japanese Go Tournament. It also refers to a traditional Japanese title...

Title Years Held Current 1 NHK Cup 1979 Defunct 2 Kansai Ki-in Championship 1987, 1989 Hayago Meijin 1975...

Meijin (名人) is a Renju title in Japan. The Meijin title tournament, formally called the All Japan Renju Meijin-sen (全日本連珠名人戦), is played every year in...

row 2013 to 2021. Cho Chikun won the Meijin 5 times in a row from 1980 to 1984. Kobayashi Koichi won the Meijin 7 times in a row from 1988 to 1994. Takagawa...

tournaments include the Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, Judan, Tengen, Gosei, and the Oza. There are also separate Honinbo, Meijin, and Kisei titles for women....

ten players received the title of Meijin. Several other players (16 total) received the title of Jun-Meijin (half-Meijin), which is considered to equal an...

The Women's Meijin (女流名人 (Joryū Meijin)) is one of the eight major titles of women's professional shogi. The title is awarded yearly to the winner of the...

Wu Meijin (simplified Chinese: 吴美锦; traditional Chinese: 吳美錦; pinyin: Wú Měijǐn; born April 25, 1980, in Ruian, Zhejiang) is a Chinese weightlifter who...

creator of the Bomberman series, followed suit in 2006. Veteran Takahashi Meijin resigned in May 2011; he had joined Hudson Soft in 1982. Around 2010–2011...

will be promoted to 9 dan. The competition had a predecessor, named Hayago Meijin, that ran from 1956 to 1961. "Title Information". nihonkiin.or.jp/english...

age of thirty should be Meijin. However, Rin put up a great fight and won the Meijin title. Rin would continue winning the Meijin on different occasions...

professional in Japan. In 1980, Cho Chikun visited South Korea after winning the Meijin title and the two began a friendship match consisting of two games. The...

and Kobayashi Koichi. At one point, Kato held four of the top 7 titles: Meijin, Oza, Judan and Gosei. Kato was elected president of the Nihon Ki-in and...

Cho Chikun 25th Honinbo Honorary Meijin (Korean: 조치훈; born June 20, 1956) is a professional Go player and a nephew of Cho Namchul. Born in Busan, South...

(TUR) 1999: Halil Mutlu (TUR) 2001: Halil Mutlu (TUR) 2002: Wu Meijin (CHN) 2003: Wu Meijin (CHN) 2005: Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 2006: Li Zheng (CHN) 2007: Cha...

Shōwa period (1926–1989) and holds the titles of Lifetime Kisei, Lifetime Meijin, Lifetime 10-dan [ja], Lifetime Ōi, and Lifetime Ōza. Nakahara retired from...

Caravan Kidd Crying Freeman Doki Doki Heartbeat Famicom Runner: Takahashi Meijin Monogatari Happi Chokuzen Kaze wo Nuke! Maboroshi Umaboroshi O~i! Ryōma...

professional shogi players. The winner was Yoshio Kimura, who held the Meijin title at the time. Prior to 1962, the tournament was broadcast only on the...

CSK. China-Japan Agon Cup is a title sponsored by Agon Shu. China-Japan Meijin China-Japan NEC Super Go China-Japan Supermatches (1984–2001) China–Japan...

titles: Meijin, Honinbo, Nihon Ki-in Championship, Asahi Pro Best Ten, Oza, Nihon Kiin#1, and NHK Cup. Sakata's challenger for the 1965 Meijin was Rin...

players to come out of the academy include Kikuyo Aoki (current Women's Meijin), Atsushi Kato, Jiro Akiyama, Tomochika Mizokami (winner of many youth titles)...

one of the greatest judo technicians ever. Mifune also held the title of Meijin and the rank of 10th dan awarded by the Kokusai Budō Renmei/IMAF. Kunisaburō...

team of HIRO Dai Circus Yasuda, Mitsukuni Daiso, Waka Shoyo, and Yamaishi Meijin in an 8-person tag team match. All Japan Pro Wrestling All Asia Tag Team...

Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is the 17th Lifetime Meijin and also a former president of the Japan Shogi Association (JSA). Kōji Tanigawa...

2004 Famicom Mini: Dig-Dug Namco May 21, 2004 Famicom Mini: Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Shima Hudson Soft May 21, 2004 Famicom Mini: Makaimura Capcom May...

player and the first to do so in 47 years since Kenji Kobayashi did so in 1975. Fujimoto attended elementary and junior high school in Takamatsu. After...

In 1986, he advanced to the semi-finals of the 11th Elementary Student Meijin Tournament [ja] as fifth-grade elementary school student, but lost to the...

born February 28, 1975) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. Horiguchi was born in Tokyo Metropolis on February 28, 1975. He learned shogi...

Year Notes 1973 and 1975 Obtained the Women's Meijin (女流名人) 1967, 1968, 1970, 1980 and 1982 Received the female MVP (棋道賞女流賞)...