- Meijin (shogi)
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Meijin (名人) is one of the seven titles in Japanese professional shogi, and is the most prestigious title, along with Ryu-oh.
The word "meijin" means "an excellent person" in a certain field. ("mei"(名) = excellent, artful) ("jin"(人) = person)
The Meijin institution started in the 17th century (Edo period), but the person who assumed the Meijin position was selected by succession.
In the 1930s, Kinjiro Sekine (13th Meijin) made a courageous decision. He abandoned his Meijin position and proposed the institution of a tournament. Since 1937, the Meijin title has been given to the person who wins the Meijin Championship each year.
The preliminary round of the Meijin tournament is called "Rank Tournament" (Jun-i Sen 順位戦) and involves five league classes (A, B1, B2, C1, C2). The top three players of the C2 league are promoted to next year's C1 league. The top two of the C1, B2, B1 leagues are promoted to next year's B2, B1, and A leagues, respectively. Only the winner of the A-Class league can challenge the Meijin title holder. Therefore, at least five years experience of Rank-Tournament-league is needed for challenging for the title of Meijin after one's professional debut.
The player that wins four games out of seven first in the championship will become the new Meijin title holder.
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Honorary Meijin
Honorary Meijin (Permanent Meijin, Eiseimeijin 永世名人) title is given to a person who won Meijin Championship five times.
- (1st - 13th : in succession)
- 14th Honorary Meijin : Yoshio Kimura
- 15th Honorary Meijin : Yasuharu Oyama
- 16th Honorary Meijin : Makoto Nakahara
- 17th Honorary Meijin : Koji Tanigawa
- 18th Honorary Meijin : Toshiyuki Moriuchi
- 19th Honorary Meijin : Yoshiharu Habu
Winners
Year Winner Score Opponent 1935
-1937Yoshio Kimura 1940 Yoshio Kimura 4-1 Doi Ichitaroh 1942 Yoshio Kimura 4-0 Kanda Tatsunosuke Yoshio Kimura no match Yoshio Kimura no match 1947 Masao Tsukada 4-2 Yoshio Kimura 1948 Masao Tsukada 4-2 Yasuharu Oyama 1949 Yoshio Kimura 3-2 Masao Tsukada 1950 Yoshio Kimura 4-2 Yasuharu Oyama 1951 Yoshio Kimura 4-2 Kozoh Masuda 1952 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Yoshio Kimura 1953 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Kozoh Masuda 1954 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Kozoh Masuda 1955 Yasuharu Oyama 4-2 Takashima Kazukiyo 1956 Yasuharu Oyama 4-0 Hanamura Motoji 1957 Kozoh Masuda 4-2 Yasuharu Oyama 1958 Kozoh Masuda 4-2 Yasuharu Oyama 1959 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Kozoh Masuda 1960 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Hifumi Katoh 1961 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Maruta Yuzoh 1962 Yasuharu Oyama 4-0 Tatsuya Futakami 1963 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Kozoh Masuda 1964 Yasuharu Oyama 4-2 Tatsuya Futakami 1965 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Michiyoshi Yamada 1966 Yasuharu Oyama 4-2 Kozoh Masuda 1967 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Tatsuya Futakami 1968 Yasuharu Oyama 4-0 Kozoh Masuda 1969 Yasuharu Oyama 4-3 Michio Ariyoshi 1970 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Rensho Nada 1971 Yasuharu Oyama 4-3 Kozoh Masuda 1972 Makoto Nakahara 4-3 Yasuharu Oyama 1973 Makoto Nakahara 4-0 Hifumi Katoh 1974 Makoto Nakahara 4-3 Yasuharu Oyama 1975 Makoto Nakahara 4-3 Nobuyuki Ouchi 1976 Makoto Nakahara 4-3 Kunio Yonenaga 1977 blank 1978 Makoto Nakahara 4-2 Keiji Mori 1979 Makoto Nakahara 4-2 Kunio Yonenaga 1980 Makoto Nakahara 4-1 Kunio Yonenaga 1981 Makoto Nakahara 4-1 Kiyozumi Kiriyama 1982 Hifumi Katoh 4-3 Makoto Nakahara 1983 Koji Tanigawa 4-2 Hifumi Katoh 1984 Koji Tanigawa 4-1 Hidemitsu Moriyasu 1985 Makoto Nakahara 4-2 Koji Tanigawa 1986 Makoto Nakahara 4-1 Yasuharu Oyama 1987 Makoto Nakahara 4-2 Kunio Yonenaga 1988 Koji Tanigawa 4-2 Makoto Nakahara 1989 Koji Tanigawa 4-0 Kunio Yonenaga 1990 Makoto Nakahara 4-2 Koji Tanigawa 1991 Makoto Nakahara 4-1 Kunio Yonenaga 1992 Makoto Nakahara 4-3 Michio Takahashi 1993 Kunio Yonenaga 4-0 Makoto Nakahara 1994 Yoshiharu Habu 4-2 Kunio Yonenaga 1995 Yoshiharu Habu 4-1 Taku Morishita 1996 Yoshiharu Habu 4-1 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 1997 Koji Tanigawa 4-2 Yoshiharu Habu 1998 Yasumitsu Satoh 4-3 Koji Tanigawa 1999 Yasumitsu Satoh 4-3 Koji Tanigawa 2000 Tadahisa Maruyama 4-3 Yasumitsu Satoh 2001 Tadahisa Maruyama 4-3 Koji Tanigawa 2002 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 4-0 Tadahisa Maruyama 2003 Yoshiharu Habu 4-0 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 2004 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 4-2 Yoshiharu Habu 2005 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 4-3 Yoshiharu Habu 2006 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 4-2 Koji Tanigawa 2007 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 4-3 Masataka Goda 2008 Yoshiharu Habu 4-2 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 2009 Yoshiharu Habu 4-3 Masataka Goda 2010 Yoshiharu Habu 4-0 Hiroyuki Miura 2011 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 4-3 Yoshiharu Habu See also
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