Souta Fujii (19) won the title in the seventh game of the highest peak of the eight major titles of shogi, "Ryuo Battle", and became the "four crowns" at the youngest age of 19 years and 3 months.
Future attention will shift to achieving the "five crowns" in teens.
Mr. Fujii defeated Masayuki Toyoshima (31) in the 4th station of the 7th game of the "Ryuo Battle" held in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and won the title with 4 consecutive victories, Yoshiharu Habu (51). Set the youngest record of four crowns achieved at "22 years and 9 months" for the first time in 28 years.
At the press conference after the game, Mr. Fujii said, "There were many games that were pushed throughout, so I can get results." I feel that I was lucky. "
"I would like to continue working with the goal of becoming stronger," he said.
The youngest player in history to pay attention to the "five crowns", but according to the Japan Shogi Association, the youngest record for the "five crowns" is Mr. Habu's "22 years and 10 months", which he achieved as a teenager. It means that there is no such thing.
Fujii's four crowns won the league match to decide the challenger of the "Oshogi", and when he took the "Osho" from Akira Watanabe (37) in the title match scheduled from January next year, no one has ever done it. It is noteworthy that there is a possibility that the "five crowns" of teenagers who could not be achieved will be achieved early next year.