Shogi’s Sota Fujii (18) achieved a total of 200 victories on the 20th. He defeated Ichiki Kimura 9th Dan (47) in the 70th King General Challenger Decision League match (Sendagaya “Shogi Kaikan”, Tokyo). With this, it was 200 wins and 40 losses, including the non-broadcast television game. The win rate at the time of achievement was 80%, 3 minutes and 3 minutes, which is the highest record, beating the 70%, 9 minutes and 1 minute (200 wins and 53 losses) of Zenji Hanyu 9th Dan (50 ). Achieved at 18 years, 4 months and 1 day is also the youngest, surpassing Hanyu’s 19 years, 1 month and 28 days. The achievement in 4 years, 1 month, and 19 days after debut is second only to Hanyu’s 3 years, 11 months, and 6 days. He also said that he had not realized the achievement of the feat.

The league record is 3 wins and 3 losses. He stumbled after losing three games in a row and had a long way to go to challenge General Watanabe (master, Kiou = 36). “He was a strong opponent, but I’m sorry I couldn’t challenge. I want to improve my skills next year and do my best,” he said.

Along with Akihito Hirose 8th Dan (33) who defeated the throne of Takuya Nagase (28) in the same place, Fujii in third place was demoted to the league for the first time because Hirose’s ranking (ranking) was first. .. “I thought it was pretty difficult when I lost three games in a row. I think it can’t be helped,” he said.

The other fallen are Kimura with 6 losses and Tenhiko Sato 9th Dan (32) with 1 win and 5 losses.[Tatsuhiro Akatsuka]