The two youngest shogi crowns, Souta Fujii’s throne, Kisei (18), decorated the final game in 2020 with a white star. On the 23rd, he defeated Ayumu Matsuo 8th Dan (40) in the 34th semi-final of Ryuo’s second qualifying group held at “Shogi Kaikan” in Sendagaya, Tokyo. With this victory, he decided to promote a group and advanced to the finals with the aim of acquiring the right to challenge Masayuki Toyoshima (30).

In 2017, the first year of his debut, Fujii won the championship starting from the lowest 6 groups in the 30th period, the 31st period 5 groups in 2018, the 32nd period 4 groups in 2019 and the 33rd period 3 groups in 20 Has raised the class with the first win in four consecutive periods. In addition, the qualifying round of each group was 23 consecutive wins without losing so far.

Examples of direct promotion in the shortest 5 years in the Ryuo party are Yasumitsu Sato 9th dan in period 1-5, Daisuke Suzuki 9th dan in period 8-12, Takanori Hashimoto 8th dan in period 15-19 and Amahiko Sato in the period 21 to 25. There are only four people, Hiko Kudan (all ranks are currently). Fujii is the fifth case. However, there are no examples of promotion winning consecutive championships in each group. In the other semifinal held on the 24th, Akira Watanabe (Kiou / Osho = 36) vs Wataru Yashiro 7th Dan (27) will play against the winner of the match, and will challenge the first feat in history.

In addition, the victory on this day resulted in 44 wins and 8 losses this year, with a win percentage of 80%, 4 minutes and 6 minutes, and the number of wins and the percentage of wins are the highest. He is currently winning 17 consecutive games and has confirmed three crowns in the record category. He won two titles and finished the year 20 with results.

The two Class B qualifying battles that ended on March 10 ended with 10 wins. Next year, I will be promoted to Class B 1 group. In the summer, the defense battle begins in succession with the Kisei party and the throne party. At the end of January this year, he voluntarily dropped out of high school and decided to focus on shogi. In the new year, we will dedicate ourselves to greater heights.