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Ōshō (王将) is one of the seven titles in Japanese professional shogi. The word means the King piece of shogi.
Shogi Ōshō
The challenger for the title is determined by three-step preliminary round that comprises 1st heat, 2nd heat and league competition. Seven members of the league are top four of previous year's league and only top three of 2nd heat. The player who wins the most in the league will becomes the challenger.
Championship match is held from January to March every year.
The player that wins four games out of seven first in the championship series will become the new Ōshō title holder. Until 1964, however, when three-win lead (3-0 or 4-1) occurred, then champion ( = new Ōshō title holder) was determined and games of the rest of series were handicap shogi where one of the champion's two lance was removed in advance.
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Honorary Ōshō
Honorary Ōshō ("Eisei-Ōshō" = Permanent Ōshō) is the title given to a player who won the championship ten times.
- Honorary title holders
- Yasuharu Oyama
- Yoshiharu Habu
Winners
Year Winner Score Opponent 1952 Kozoh Masuda 4-1 Yoshio Kimura 1953 Yasuharu Oyama 4-3 Yuzoh Maruta 1954 Yasuharu Oyama 4-2 Kozoh Masuda 1955 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Shigeyuki Matsuda 1956 Kozoh Masuda 3-0 Yasuharu Oyama 1957 Kozoh Masuda 4-2 Yasuharu Oyama 1958 Yasuharu Oyama 4-3 Kozoh Masuda 1959 Yasuharu Oyama 3-0 Kazukiyo Takashima 1960 Yasuharu Oyama 4-2 Tatsuya Futakami 1961 Yasuharu Oyama 4-2 Tatsuya Futakami 1962 Yasuharu Oyama 3-0 Hifumi Katoh 1963 Tatsuya Futakami 4-2 Yasuharu Oyama 1964 Yasuharu Oyama 3-0 Tatsuya Futakami 1965 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Hiroji Katoh 1966 Yasuharu Oyama 4-3 Michiyoshi Yamada 1967 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Hifumi Katoh 1968 Yasuharu Oyama 4-2 Hifumi Katoh 1969 Yasuharu Oyama 4-0 Kunio Naitoh 1970 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Tatsuya Futakami 1971 Yasuharu Oyama 4-3 Makoto Nakahara 1972 Yasuharu Oyama 4-3 Michio Ariyoshi 1973 Makoto Nakahara 4-0 Yasuharu Oyama 1974 Makoto Nakahara 4-2 Kunio Yonenaga 1975 Makoto Nakahara 4-3 Kunio Yonenaga 1976 Makoto Nakahara 4-1 Michio Ariyoshi 1977 Makoto Nakahara 4-2 Yasuharu Oyama 1978 Makoto Nakahara 4-2 Michio Ariyoshi 1979 Hifumi Katoh 4-1 Makoto Nakahara 1980 Yasuharu Oyama 4-2 Hifumi Katoh 1981 Yasuharu Oyama 4-1 Kunio Yonenaga 1982 Yasuharu Oyama 4-3 Makoto Nakahara 1983 Kunio Yonenaga 4-1 Yasuharu Oyama 1984 Kunio Yonenaga 4-1 Keiji Mori 1985 Makoto Nakahara 4-1 Kunio Yonenaga 1986 Osamu Nakamura 4-2 Makoto Nakahara 1987 Osamu Nakamura 4-2 Makoto Nakahara 1988 Yoshikazu Minami 4-3 Osamu Nakamura 1989 Yoshikazu Minami 4-0 Akira Shima 1990 Kunio Yonenaga 4-3 Yoshikazu Minami 1991 Yoshikazu Minami 4-2 Kunio Yonenaga 1992 Koji Tanigawa 4-1 Yoshikazu Minami 1993 Koji Tanigawa 4-0 Satoshi Murayama 1994 Koji Tanigawa 4-2 Makoto Nakahara 1995 Koji Tanigawa 4-3 Yoshiharu Habu 1996 Yoshiharu Habu 4-0 Koji Tanigawa 1997 Yoshiharu Habu 4-0 Koji Tanigawa 1998 Yoshiharu Habu 4-1 Yasumitsu Satoh 1999 Yoshiharu Habu 4-1 Taku Morishita 2000 Yoshiharu Habu 4-0 Yasumitsu Satoh 2001 Yoshiharu Habu 4-1 Koji Tanigawa 2002 Yasumitsu Satoh 4-2 Yoshiharu Habu 2003 Yoshiharu Habu 4-0 Yasumitsu Satoh 2004 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 4-2 Yoshiharu Habu 2005 Yoshiharu Habu 4-0 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 2006 Yoshiharu Habu 4-3 Yasumitsu Satoh 2007 Yoshiharu Habu 4-3 Yasumitsu Satoh 2008 Yoshiharu Habu 4-1 Toshiaki Kubo 2009 Yoshiharu Habu 4-3 Koichi Fukaura 2010 Toshiaki Kubo 4-2 Yoshiharu Habu 2011 Toshiaki Kubo 4-2 Masayuki Toyoshima See also
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