The results of last year's shogi players have been finalized, and Sota Fujii (21) has the highest winning percentage for the second year in a row.
Last year, Fujii Hakkan, who won the eight major titles for the first time in history, had a record of 46 wins, 8 losses, and a win rate of 80%, 5:2, exceeding 80% for 7 consecutive years, and is the top for the second time since the previous year. have become.
This is Fujii Hakkan's highest winning percentage since he became a professional shogi player, and the second-highest winning percentage in history, behind Makoto Nakahara's 16th master's 80.55 win percentage in 1967.
Hakkan Fujii will be challenged by Takumi Ito 7-dan (21) in the 5th match of the "Eio-sen" which starts on the 7th of this month, and will be challenged by Masayuki Toyoshima 9-dan in the 7th-dan of the "Meijin-sen" starting on the 10th of this month. (33), the title defense will continue this year as well.
The youngest active player, Nagisa Fujimoto, 5-dan, ranks first in terms of wins.
On the other hand, the youngest active Shogi player, Nagisa Fujimoto, 5-dan from Takamatsu City, tied for 1st place in wins with 51 wins and 9 losses, tied with Ito 7-dan.
Fujimoto 5-dan's winning percentage is 85%, which puts him in second place behind Fujii Hakkan.
Fujimoto 5-dan won the "ranking match" held last month and was promoted to "C class 1 group", and expectations are high for her performance this year.