Fujii Souta appeared like a comet in the world of shogi and continues to break records. His journey has been a continuous series of new records. His feat in the Tsumeshogi Championship, his professional debut at the youngest age in history, his winning streak, and his victory in all eight titles. Fujii has competed on equal terms with famous players and is now the "strongest" in the world of shogi, but his ambition knows no bounds. In this video, we look back on Fujii Souta's journey from joining the Shogi Association to achieving his eight titles, and tell the story of his challenges and growth. ★ If you are interested, why not read this book as well? ↓ "The Path of Fujii Souta: How a Boy from Aichi Became Eight Crowns" https://amzn.to/40iLzgg ★ Start by getting stronger with 3-move checkmates! "Recommended by Fujii Souta! Basic 3-move puzzles to become stronger at shogi" ↓ https://amzn.to/4esxwYX Fujii Souta (born July 19, 2002) is a Japanese shogi player. He is a student of Sugimoto Masataka, 8th dan. His player number is 307. He is from Seto City, Aichi Prefecture. During his time as a member of the Shogi Association, he commuted to the Kansai Shogi Association by Shinkansen and participated in study meetings held at Inaba Satoshi's house. When he was in the sixth grade of elementary school, he became the youngest player in history to become a first-dan player, and the youngest player in history to be promoted to a second-dan player. In March 2015, he became the youngest player in history to win the Tsume Shogi Solving Championship, and won five consecutive championships until 2019. After the regular meetings of the Shogi Association, he worked on 10-second shogi and speed-solving tsume shogi with Takada Akihiro and others, but it is said that most of the tsume shogi problems were created by Fujii. On October 18, 2015, while still in his first year of junior high school, he became the youngest player ever (at 13 years and 2 months) to be promoted to 3rd dan in the Shogi Association. In the final game on September 3, 2016, he defeated Tomoka Nishiyama, finishing first in the 3rd dan league with 13 wins and 5 losses. On October 1 of the same year, he was promoted to 4th dan (turned professional) at 14 years and 2 months, breaking the record for the youngest player in 62 years (the previous record was 14 years and 7 months, set by Hifumi Kato on August 1, 1954). He is the fifth junior high school player to do so, following Hifumi Kato, Koji Tanigawa, Yoshiharu Habu, and Akira Watanabe. He is the sixth player to skip the 3rd dan league in one season, following Hisashi Ogura, Nobuyuki Yashiki, Takeshi Kawakami, Ayumu Matsuo, and Tatsuya Mimaido. 29 consecutive wins since his professional debut Fujii's professional debut was against Kato Hifumi in the 30th Ryuo Tournament 6th group ranking match on December 24, 2016. The age difference between the two players was 62 years and 6 months, making it the largest age difference between professional players in a recorded official match. Fujii beat Kato, who held the record for the youngest player until Fujii broke it, in 110 moves, breaking the record for the youngest player ever to win an official match (14 years and 5 months). On April 4, 2017, he defeated Kobayashi Yuji in the first qualifying round for the Osho tournament, breaking the record for consecutive wins since his professional debut (11 consecutive wins). His winning streak continued after that, and on June 26, he defeated Masuda Yasuhiro, winner of the 5th group, in the first round of the Ryuo tournament, beating the 28-game winning streak that Kamiya Hiroshi had held for nearly 30 years, and breaking the all-time record for the most consecutive wins since his debut (29 wins in a row). Won the Rookie King Tournament and won the Asahi Cup consecutively (2018). In the 31st Ryuo Tournament, he defeated Funae Kohei in the semi-finals of the 5th group ranking match on May 18, and was promoted to the 4th group. In accordance with the promotion regulations for the "Ryuo Ranking Match Consecutive Promotions", he was promoted to 7th dan on the same day, breaking the record for the youngest player to be promoted to 7th dan (15 years and 9 months). In the 49th Rookie King Tournament, he won the second game of the final three-game match on October 17, 2018, against Deguchi Wakatake, 3rd dan, and won the three-game match with a score of 2 wins and 0 losses. In the 12th Asahi Cup Shogi Open, he was seeded in the main tournament due to his victory the previous year, and won the semi-finals on February 16, 2019, defeating Naofumi Yukikata in the morning semi-finals and Akira Watanabe in the finals in the afternoon of the same day, achieving his second consecutive victory. He broke the record for the youngest player to win consecutive general tournaments (16 years and 6 months). Youngest title winner, double crown (2020) He defeated Takuya Nagase in the challenger deciding match on June 4, 2020, and the first game was held on June 8, breaking the record for the youngest player to challenge for a title (17 years, 10 months and 20 days). In the five-game match against Akira Watanabe, he won the fourth game on July 16, winning the series with 3 wins and 1 loss, breaking the record for the youngest player to win a title (17 years and 11 months). He won against Akira Watanabe and won the throne with four consecutive wins. As a result, he became the youngest player in history (18 years and 1 month old) to win the throne, hold two titles, and be promoted to 8th dan (promotion rules: win a title for two terms). In the 28th Ginga Tournament, he defeated 8th dan Itodani Tetsuro in the final broadcast on December 12th, winning his first championship in his third appearance. He broke the record for the youngest player in the tournament. In the 14th Asahi Cup Shogi Open, he won his first official match against Ryuo Toyoshima Masayuki in the quarterfinals on the afternoon of January 17th, 2021, in his seventh official match. He then defeated Meijin Watanabe Akira in the semifinals on the morning of February 11th, and 9th dan Miura Hiroyuki in the final on the same day in the afternoon, winning the tournament for the third time in two years. In the 92nd Kisei Tournament, which was his first title defense match, a five-game match against Watanabe Akira, he won the third game on July 3rd, 2021, and won the series with a score of 3 wins and 0 losses. As a result, he became the youngest player in history to defend his title and to be promoted to 9th dan (rank promotion rule: winning a title three times) at the age of 18 years and 11 months. In the 62nd Oi tournament, he won the fifth game of the seven-game match against Masayuki Toyoshima on August 24-25, and defended his title with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss at the age of 19 years and 1 month, the youngest player in history to do so. In the 6th Eio tournament, he won the 8th dan preliminaries, and in the final tournament he defeated former Eio, Takuya Nagase, and in the challenger deciding match, Shintaro Saito, becoming the challenger for Masayuki Toyoshima, the Eio. Together with the Kisei and Oi tournaments in which Fujii himself defended his title, it is unusual for the same player to appear in three title matches at the same time, and this is the first time since Nakahara Makoto appeared in the Judan, Kisei, and Osho tournaments in 1977 and 1978. In the 6th Eio Tournament, he won the fifth game against Masayuki Toyoshima on September 13th, winning the title with a score of 3 wins and 2 losses. This made him the youngest player in history to win a triple crown at the age of 19 years and 1 month. In the 34th Ryuo Tournament, he won the fourth game on November 12th and 13th to take the title of Ryuo with a score of 4 wins and 0 losses. This broke the record for the youngest player to win four titles, and made him the number one player in the rankings. He also became the first player in history to win the Ryuo Tournament without losing a single game in the Ryuo Tournament rankings. In the 71st Osho Tournament, he was eliminated from the challenger league in the previous period and had to participate from the second qualifying round, but he won the qualifying round and returned to the challenger league. He won the fifth game against 7-dan Kondo Seiya to win 5 wins and 0 losses, and since there were no other players with less than one loss at this point, he was confirmed to have the right to challenge Osho Watanabe Akira. In the 71st Osho tournament, a seven-game match against Akira Watanabe, the first ever four-crown title holder vs. triple-crown title holder, Fujii won the fourth game on February 11th and 12th, becoming the youngest Osho in history with a record of 4 wins and 0 losses. This also broke the record for the youngest five-crown title holder. In the 13th round of the 80th Ranking Tournament B1 group held on March 9th, he defeated Yuki Sasaki and was promoted to A class with a record of 10 wins and 2 losses. He also secured a win rate of over 80% for the fifth time in his career and five consecutive years, breaking his own record. Six crowns achieved, most official tournaments won in a year (2022) In the 7th Eio tournament, he faced Wakatake Deguchi as the challenger, making it Fujii's first title match against a junior player. In the five-game match, he won the third game on May 24th, defending his title with a record of 3 wins and 0 losses for the first time in the history of the Eio tournament. In the 93rd Kisei title match against Takuya Nagase, he won the fourth game on July 17th, winning the series with a score of 3 wins and 1 loss. In the following seven-game match against 9-dan Toyoshima Masayuki in the 63rd Oi title match, he won the fifth game on September 5th and 6th, defending his title with a score of 4 wins and 1 loss. This marked his third consecutive victory, along with the Kisei title. In the 35th Ryuo title match, which began on October 7th, challenger Akito Hirose was chosen, and although he lost the first and fifth games, Fujii won the sixth game on December 2nd and 3rd after 113 moves, becoming the youngest player in history to defend his title as Ryuo with a score of 4 wins and 2 losses. In the 72nd Osho title match, he faced off against 9-dan Yoshiharu Habu, attracting much attention as the showdown between two of the stars of the shogi world in a seven-game match was realized. Although he lost the second and fourth games, Fujii won the sixth game on March 12th and 13th, 2023, after 88 moves, becoming the youngest player in history to defend his title with a 4-2 series record. In the 9th round of the 81st Ranking Tournament A-class held on March 2nd, 2023, he defeated Akira Inaba, and advanced to the Meijin Challenge Playoff with a record of 7 wins and 2 losses. In the Meijin Challenge Playoff on the 8th, he defeated Akito Hirose and decided to challenge for the Meijin title. In the five-game match against Akira Watanabe in the 48th Kioh Tournament, he won the fourth game on March 19th, winning the series with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, and won his first Kioh title. As a result, at 20 years and 8 months old, he became the youngest player in history to win six titles and the second player after Yoshiharu Habu to win 10 official tournaments in the same year, the most in history. This was his last game of 2022, and he has achieved a win rate of over 80% for six consecutive years since his debut. In 2022, he won six titles in the seven title matches that he can participate in, excluding the Meijin tournament, for which he has not yet earned the right to challenge. In the ranking tournament, he won the right to challenge the Meijin in 2023. As described below, he achieved a Grand Slam in the general tournaments that he can participate in, and he was only defeated in the Oza tournament, and shogi writer Hirofumi Matsumoto described it as "an almost perfect season." In the general tournament Grand Slam 43rd Shogi Japan Series, he won his first championship, defeating Yoshiharu Habu 9-dan, Akira Inaba 8-dan, and Shintaro Saito 8-dan. In addition to breaking the record for the youngest ever winner of the tournament, he became the first player to win both the children's tournament and the official professional tournament. In the 30th Ginga Tournament, he defeated Yasuji Takami 7-dan in the main tournament, Osamu Nakamura 9-dan, Takuya Nagase 9-dan, Masayuki Toyoshima 9-dan in the final tournament, and again defeated Takami 7-dan in the final broadcast on December 27th, winning his second championship in two years. In the 16th Asahi Cup Shogi Open, he defeated Akutsu Kazunori 8-dan in the first round and Masuda Yasuhiro 6-dan in the second round, and advanced to the semi-finals. On February 23, 2023, he defeated Toyoshima Masayuki 9-dan in the morning semi-finals and Watanabe Akira in the afternoon finals, winning the tournament for the fourth time in two years. In the 72nd NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament, he defeated Sasaki Yuki 7-dan in the finals broadcast on March 19th, winning his first championship. This made him the first player in history to achieve the annual Grand Slam in a general tournament. He also recorded a new record of 29 consecutive wins as the first player. The youngest Meijin and the first player in history to win all eight titles (2023) The 2023 season began with a double title match to defend the 81st Meijin title, which he had decided to challenge the previous year, and the 8th Eio title. In the Eio match against Tatsuya Sugai, he won the fourth game on May 28th after two thousand-day replays, defending his title with a 3-1 record. He then defeated Akira Watanabe in the fifth game of the Meijin match, held from May 31st to June 1st, to win his first Meijin title with a 4-1 record. This made him the fifth Ryuo and Meijin in history, the youngest Meijin at 20 years and 10 months, beating Koji Tanigawa's 21 years and 2 months, and the second player to hold seven titles after Yoshiharu Habu in 1995. He faced Daichi Sasaki in both the 94th Kisei match and the 64th Oi match. He won the fourth game on July 18th in the Kisei match with a 3-1 record, and the fifth game on August 23rd in the Oi match with a 4-1 record, defending his titles and bringing him one more term to qualify for the Eisei Kisei and Eisei Oi titles. He also extended his consecutive title winning streak to 17, surpassing Yoshiharu Habu's 15, placing him second in history. In the Oza match, the only match he had not made it to, let alone the finals, he defeated Masayuki Toyoshima in the 71st challenger match to advance to his first Oza match, a best-of-five match, and challenged Takuya Nagase, who was seeking to become the first player in history to win all eight titles, and who was also seeking to become an honorary champion by winning five consecutive titles. Despite being pushed back by Nagase, he continued to win comebacks, and with his victory in the fourth game on October 11th, he made the series 3-1, becoming the first player in history to win all eight titles. 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