Souta Fujii, who achieved the "five crowns" "I want to improve my ability and get closer to the eight crowns"

Souta Fujii (19), who won the shogi "Oshogi" with four consecutive victories and achieved the "five crowns" as a teenager for the first time in history, attended a press conference after the game and won all eight titles. Regarding "achievement," he said, "I want to get closer by improving my ability."

Mr. Fujii won the 5th title by defeating the 4th station of "Oshosen" held in Tachikawa, Tokyo, and set the youngest record of Mr. Yoshiharu Habu (51) for the first time in 28 years and 5 months. Achieved the "Five Crowns" in the renewal "19 years and 6 months".

At the press conference after the game, Mr. Fujii said, "I think I was lucky to win four games in a row because there were many difficult games in the middle of the game. I think. "

Regarding the achievement of the "five crowns" at the youngest age in history, "I am very honored. I think that I do not have enough ability to match the" five crowns ", so I think it is necessary to further improve my ability." I told you.

When asked about the achievement of the "eight crowns" to win all eight titles, he said, "The defense battle is about to begin. It is important to utilize the game of the title battle to lead to growth, and I want to get closer by improving my ability." He talked about his enthusiasm.

Fukaura Kudan "Mr. Fujii gets as close as possible to the" eight crowns ""

Koichi Fukaura Kudan (49), who won one of the eight major titles "Throne" for three terms, was interviewed before the start of the 4th station of "Osho War" about the achievement of "Five Crowns" by Souta Fujii as a teenager. "It's a surprising development because the speed is too fast. I couldn't imagine the" five crowns "at the age of 19 until Mr. Fujii appeared."

When asked about Mr. Fujii's future title acquisition, he said, "When Mr. Fujii becomes a" five crown ", he will fight against Mr. Watanabe, who has a master and Kiou among the remaining titles. I expected that it would be as close as possible to the eight crowns. "

Regarding the future outlook of the shogi world, Fukaura Kudan referred to Yoshiharu Habu's achievement of the "seven crowns" (51) and said, "At that time, it was noticed who would stop Hanyu who achieved the" seven crowns. " "I think that if we achieve the eight crowns, there will be a lot of competition for the title match, centered on young people."