The seventh game of the "Throne Battle", which is the second defense battle for Shogi Souta Fujii, will start on the 29th.
The opponent was Masayuki Toyoshima, the top player, and Fujii said at the press conference, "I want to do my best because it is the same regardless of who the opponent is."
Last year, Souta Fujii (18) won the eight major titles "Hulic Cup Kisei" and "Throne" in quick succession, achieving the youngest "double crown" in history, and will face the defense battle of each title this summer. ..
Of these, Masayuki Toyoshima (31), who has the titles of "Ryuo" and "Eiou", became the challenger in the seventh match of the "Throne Battle", and on the 29th and 30th, the first station in Nagoya City. Will be done.
For Fujii, Toyoshima is a difficult enemy who has lost 1 win and 6 losses so far, and it has been decided that he will also play in the fifth match of the "Eiou match" that will start next month.
After visiting the venue Nagoya Nogakudo on the 28th to check the game environment, the two of them attended a press conference, and Futatsu Fujii said, "I'm always looking forward to the match on the big stage because I'm a senior. I have the impression that he has sharpness, tenacity, and generosity. No matter who he is, he can do the same thing, so I want to do my best in my own way. "
On the other hand, the challenger, Toyoshima Futaku, said, "I'm getting nervous because it's been a while since the title match is about to begin. Mr. Fujii is a person with a special talent, and I'm grateful that he can play. I want to do my best so that I can fight well and have a good match. "
The seventh match of the throne match will be held in various places until September, and the Go player who won the first four wins will win the title.
As for the match result, Toyoshima double crown won 6 wins and 1 loss.
Souta Fujii and Masayuki Toyoshima, who will face each other on the stage of the title battle this time, are both from Aichi prefecture and are currently the top players who hold two of each of the eight major titles.
Five years ago, when he entered the pro at "14 years and 2 months", the youngest in history in 2016, he recorded an unprecedented "29 consecutive victories" without losing 6 months from his debut match.
After that, every year, he set a number of youngest records while recording "over 80%", which is the top in the annual winning percentage, and last year, he won "Kisei" and "Throne" as early as the youngest in history. We are on a record-breaking path, such as achieving the "double crown".
On the other hand, the current 31-year-old Toyoshima Nikan also became a professional shogi player at the young age of 16 when he was in the second year of high school, and his talent has been attracting attention from early on.
Even after becoming a professional player, he continued to perform well and became a challenger of the Osho battle at the age of 20, but he did not win the title, and even after that, he did not reach the challenger of the title battle, but he was "uncrowned" The state continued. After winning the first title of the long-cherished wish in the 2018 Kisei War, which was the fifth title challenge, he won the "throne" and "master" and became the "triple crown", and is still called "Ryuo". He holds "Eiou" and is active as one of the top active players.
The two have been competing in 7 games since the first match in 2017, but the match record is that Toyoshima double crown has won 6 wins and 1 loss, and Fujii double crown has a short time in January. He had lost six consecutive games until he won his first victory in the rule "Asahi Cup Shogi Open Battle".
This summer, in addition to the 7th match of the throne match that starts on the 29th, the 5th match of the Eiou match, in which Fujii double crown won the challenge right and challenged Toyoshima double crown, also proceeded in parallel, and the title Direct games set in the battle will continue.