Meijin Match and Jun'i-sen
Meijin Match History
59th Jun'i-sen (2000-2001)
| Crosstables | Selected Games | Status | |
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| Class A | 5 Games | Round 3 in progress. Leaders:
3-0 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 8-dan 2-0 Yoshiharu Habu Kisei | |
| Class B | Group 1 | 6 Games | Round 5 in progress. Leaders:
5-0 Hiroyuki Miura 7-dan 3-1 Yoshikazu Minami 9-dan 3-1 Bungo Fukusaki 8-dan 3-1 Takeshi Fujii Ryuo |
| Group 2 | 4 Games | Round 3 complete. | |
| Class C | Group 1 | 4 Games | Round 3 complete. |
| Group 2 | 6 Games | Round 3 complete. | |
58th Meijin Match (2000) : Maruyama 4 - Sato 3
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| Meijin Yasumitsu Sato | Challenger Tadahisa Maruyama | Notes by Reijer Grimbergen |
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| Game 1 | 2000 April 11th & 12th, Gumma |  |  | Yokofudori | Notes |
| Game 2 | 2000 April 22nd & 23rd, Hyogo | | | Kakugawari Koshikakegin | Notes |
| Game 3 | 2000 May 8th & 9th, Saga | | | Yokofudori | Notes |
| Game 4 | 2000 May 18th & 19th, Hokkaido | | | Kakugawari Koshikakegin | Notes |
| Game 5 | 2000 May 31st & June 1st, Aichi | | | Yokofudori | Notes |
| Game 6 | 2000 June 14th & 15th, Nagasaki | | | Kakugawari Koshikakegin | Notes |
| Game 7 | 2000 June 26th & 27th, Gumma | | | Kakugawari Koshikakegin | Notes |
58th Jun'i-sen (1999-2000)
| Crosstables | Selected Games | Winners | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class A | 27 Games | Tadahisa Maruyama 8-dan | |
| Class B | Group 1 | 23 Games | Teruichi Aono 9-dan
Manabu Senzaki 7-dan |
| Group 2 | 27 Games | Takeshi Fujii Ryuo
Hiroyuki Miura 6-dan | |
| Class C | Group 1 | 26 Games | Daisuke Suzuki 6-dan
Toshiaki Kubo 6-dan |
| Group 2 | 31 Games | Kazushiza Horiguchi 5-dan
Masataka Sugimoto 5-dan Tadao Kitajima 5-dan | |
57th Meijin Match (1999) : Sato 4 - Tanigawa 3
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| Meijin Yasumitsu Sato | Challenger Koji Tanigawa | Notes by Reijer Grimbergen |
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| Game 1 | 1999 April 8th & 9th, Tokyo | | | Yokofudori | Notes |
| Game 2 | 1999 April 21st & 22nd, Kumamoto | | | Yokofudori | Notes |
| Game 3 | 1999 May 6th & 7th, Aichi | | | Kakugawari Koshikakegin | Notes |
| Game 4 | 1999 May 19th & 20th, Shiga | | | Shikenbisha | Notes |
| Game 5 | 1999 May 27th & 28th, Kanagawa | | | Kakugawari Koshikakegin | Notes |
| Game 6 | 1999 June 7th & 8th, Gumma | | | Anaguma vs Shikenbisha | Notes |
| Game 7 | 1999 June 16th & 17th, Yamagata | | | Yokofudori | Notes |
57th Jun'i-sen (1998-1999)
| Crosstables | Selected Games | Winners | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class A | All 38 Games | Koji Tanigawa 9-dan | |
| Class B | Group 1 | 33 Games | Masataka Goda Kisei
Torahiko Tanaka 9-dan |
| Group 2 | 30 Games | Kunio Naito 9-dan
Manabu Senzaki 6-dan | |
| Class C | Group 1 | 27 Games | Hiroyuki Miura 6-dan
Koichi Fukaura 6-dan |
| Group 2 | 37 Games | Hisashi Namekata 5-dan
Kiyokazu Katsumata 4-dan Kazuki Kimura 4-dan | |
56th Meijin Match (1998) : Sato 4 - Tanigawa 3
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| Meijin Koji Tanigawa | Challenger Yasumitsu Sato | Notes by Reijer Grimbergen |
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| Game 1 | 1998 April 9th & 10th, Saitama | | |
Kakugawari Bogin | Notes |
| Game 2 | 1998 April 24th & 25th, Ehime | | |
Yodo Furibisha | Notes |
| Game 3 | 1998 May 7th & 8th, Aichi | | |
Kakugawari Koshikakegin | Notes |
| Game 4 | 1998 May 19th & 20th, Fukuoka | | |
Anaguma vs Shikenbisha | Notes |
| Game 5 | 1998 May 28th & 29th, Tochigi | | |
Kakugawari Koshikakegin | Notes |
| Game 6 | 1998 June 8th & 9th, Mie | | |
Yagura | Notes |
| Game 7 | 1998 June 17th & 18th, Shizuoka | | |
Yagura | Notes |
56th Jun'i-sen (1997-1998)
| Crosstables | Selected Games | Winners | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class A | All 47 Games |
Yasumitsu Sato 8-dan | |
| Class B | Group 1 | 32 Games | Tadahisa Maruyama 7-dan
Satoshi Murayama 8-dan |
| Group 2 | 27 Games | Masataka Goda 6-dan
Hiroshi Kamiya 7-dan | |
| Class C | Group 1 | 37 Games | Manabu Senzaki 6-dan
Kensuke Kitahama 5-dan |
| Group 2 | 42 Games | Shuji Sato 5-dan
Hiroshi Okazaki 4-dan Koichi Fukaura 6-dan | |
55th Meijin Match (1997) : Tanigawa 4 - Habu 2
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97-June-11: Challenger Koji Tanigawa defeated Meijin Yoshiharu Habu by a final score of 4-2. This is Tanigawa's 5th Meijin Match victory and thus earns him the 17th Lifetime Meijin title (post-retirement). Tanigawa now holds the two most prestigious titles in shogi: Meijin and Ryuo. Habu has been reduced to "only" 4 titles: Oi, Kio, Oza, and Osho. |
| Meijin Yoshiharu Habu | Challenger Koji Tanigawa | Notes by Shogi Nexus |
Notes by Reijer Grimbergen |
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| Game 1 | 1997 April 10th & 11th, Osaka | | |
Yagura | Notes | Notes |
| Game 2 | 1997 April 26th & 27th, Tokyo | | |
Kakugawari Koshikakegin | Notes | Notes |
| Game 3 | 1997 May 7th & 8th, Aichi | | |
Kakugawari Bogin | Notes | Notes |
| Game 4 | 1997 May 19th & 20th, Nagasaki | | |
Yagura | Notes | Notes |
| Game 5 | 1997 May 29th & 30th, Hokkaido | | |
Kakugawari Koshikakegin | Notes | Notes |
| Game 6 | 1997 June 10th & 11th, Gumma | | |
Bogin | Notes | Notes |
55th Jun'isen (1996-1997)
| Crosstables | Selected Games | Winners | |
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| Class A | 31 Games | Koji Tanigawa Ryuo | |
| Class B | Group 1 | 15 Games | Michio Takahashi 9-dan
Keita Inoue 7-dan |
| Group 2 | 25 Games | Tadahisa Maruyama 6-dan
Osamu Nakamura 8-dan | |
| Class C | Group 1 | 30 Games | Daisuke Nakagawa 6-dan
Takashi Abe 6-dan |
| Group 2 | 34 Games | Hisashi Ogura 5-dan
Mamoru Hatakeyama 5-dan Daisuke Suzuki 4-dan | |