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...
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Takahashi Meijin (高橋名人, literally Master Takahashi), real name Toshiyuki Takahashi (高橋 利幸, Takahashi Toshiyuki, born May 23, 1959 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō)...
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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...
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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...
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The Women's Meijin (女流名人戦, Joryū Meijin-sen) is a Go competition. The Women's Meijin is the female version of the Meijin title. This title is sponsored...
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The 32nd Meijin is the 32nd iteration of the Meijin go tournament. The name Meijin refers to the traditional title given to the superior play during the...
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attributed to illustrator Jun Miura [ja], and occasionally to Takahashi-Meijin of Hudson Soft, it is unclear when and by whom it was popularized – or whether...
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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...
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List of Go players (category Use dmy dates from July 2022)
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...
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Eisei Meijin VI (永世名人VI, lit. Immortal Master VI) is a traditional video game released in 2002 by Konami. The game was only released in Japan. The game...
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org. Retrieved 2022-11-24. "The Nihon Ki-in - Kisei match archive". nihonkiin.or.jp. Retrieved 2023-11-06. "The Nihon Ki-in - Meijin match archive"....
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Honorary Go titles (redirect from Honorary Meijin)
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...
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Sōta Fujii (category Meijin (shogi))
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 Eiō title. He...
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games, such as chess or go. The Meijin match is not considered as a world championship. It is listed because Meijin is one of the most prestigious shogi...
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In 1935, meijin Kinjirō Sekine stepped down, and the rank of meijin came to be awarded to the winner of a Meijin title match (名人戦, meijin-sen). Yoshio...
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Tomoka Nishiyama (category Women's Meijin)
Hakurei [ja] titles as well as a former holder of the Women's Ōza [ja] and Women's Meijin titles. Nishiyama was born on June 27, 1995, in Ōsakasayama, Osaka. She...
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Yuta Iyama (category Go players at the 2022 Asian Games)
Yuta Iyama Kisei, Honinbo, Meijin (井山 裕太, Iyama Yūta, born 24 May 1989) is a Japanese professional Go player. In April 2016, he became the first player...
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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...
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Yahho! Deluxe Pack Eisei Meijin Gokujō Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū '95 1996 Bottom of the 9th Eisei Meijin II Gradius Deluxe Pack...
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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...
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Toramaru Shibano (category Use dmy dates from May 2022)
9 November 1999) is a Japanese Go professional who won the prestigious Meijin tournament in 2019 at age 19, becoming the first teenager to achieve one...
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Adventure Island 3 (category Articles needing additional references from July 2022)
Adventure Island 3 (高橋名人の冒険島III, Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima Surī, "Great Takahashi's Adventure Island III") is a side-scrolling platform game published...
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Kana Fukuma (category Women's Meijin)
professional shogi player ranked 6-dan. She is the current holder of the Women's Meijin, Women's Ōi [ja], Women's Ōza [ja], Kurashiki Tōka Cup [ja] and Seirei [ja]...
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Amahiko Satō (category Meijin (shogi))
1988) is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a former Meijin title holder. Satō was born in Fukuoka on January 18, 1988. He attended...
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The First Meijin Tournament was a landmark go competition held in Japan in 1961 and 1962. Taking more than 18 months to complete, it was a round-robin...
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Yoshiharu Habu (category Meijin (shogi))
shogi player and a chess FIDE Master. He is a former holder of the Ryūō, Meijin, Ōi, Ōza, Kiō, Ōshō and Kisei major titles. He was the first person to simultaneously...
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Jūdan (Go) (redirect from Hayago Meijin)
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...
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September 10, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022. "Shōgi Saitō Yūya Shinyondan Jun'isen Shosen wo Sesu Dōmon no Fujii Meijin kara Shukufuku" 将棋 斉藤新四段 順位戦初戦を制す 同門の藤井名人から祝福...
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stunned by the talent of Yaichi after his 4–3 comeback victory against the Meijin from a 0–3 deficit, the players in Kantō, the east side of Japan, start...
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Hsu Chia-yuan (category Go players at the 2022 Asian Games)
Report (2): Kyo Kagen wins two junior titles; Women's Meijin League; Iyama ekes out narrow win in Meijin". American Go E-Journal. 2015-09-22. Archived from...
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