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((about|a title in shogi|a title in [[go (game)|go]]|Meijin (go)|a title in [[renju]]|Meijin (renju)|the Yasunari Kawabata novel|The Master of Go))
((short description|One of the eight titles in Japanese professional shogi))
[[File:Oyama vs Tsukada 1948.JPG | thumb |[[Masao Tsukada]] (right) playing against [[Yasuharu Ōyama]] in 1948 for the Meijin title.]]

((Nihongo|'''Meijin'''|名人)) is one of the eight titles in Japanese [[professional shogi player|professional]] [[shogi]], and is the most prestigious title, along with [[Ryūō]]. The word ((transl|ja|meijin)) (((lang|ja|名)) ((transl|ja|mei)) "excellent, artful", ((lang|ja|人)) ((transl|ja|jin)) "person") refers to a highly skilled master of a certain field (the various arts found in traditional Japanese [[Intangible cultural heritage|culture]], such as the [[Japanese tea ceremony]], [[go (game)|go]], [[competitive karuta]], [[rakugo]], [[budō]]).<ref>There is also an unrelated Amateur Meijin title that is awarded each year to the winner of the Amateur Meijin Tournament.</ref>

==History==

[[File:将棋名人退就位式MeijinResignationCeremony1938.jpg | thumb | Sekine's Meijin Resignation Ceremony (将棋名人退就位式) in February 1938. Pictured sitting in the foreground are Sekine (left) and Kimura (right). (The person standing in the foreground is [[Kenosuke Kosuge]].)]]

The Meijin institution started in the 17th century ([[Edo period]]), and for around 300 years (1612–1937) was a [[hereditary title]] that was passed from the reigning Meijin upon his retirement or death to another selected from [[Iemoto|three families]], as deemed to be worthy.<ref name="JSAhistory">((cite web|script-title=ja:組織概要: 創立・沿革 |url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/aboutus/history.html |language=ja |trans-title=Organization outline: Founding and history |publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=29 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006120701/http://www.shogi.or.jp/aboutus/history.html |archive-date=6 October 2014 ))</ref><ref name="KansaiShogihistory">((cite web|script-title=ja:将棋の略史:家元の成立 |language=ja|trans-title=Brief history of Shogi: The Iemoto system|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/kansai/museum/ryakusi.html|publisher=Japan Shogi Association, Kansai Headquarter|access-date=29 September 2014))</ref> This is known as the Lifetime Meijin system (((lang|ja|終生名人制))). In 1935, however, the [[Japan Shogi Association]], or JSA, announced that it was abolishing the existing system of succession in favor of something more short-term and reflective of actual playing strength, known as the Real Strength Meijin system (((lang|ja|実力名人制))). In 1937, the reigning 13th Meijin ((Interlanguage link|Kinjirō Sekine|ja|3=関根金次郎|vertical-align=sup)), who had received his title under the old system and was 70 years old at the time, voluntarily gave up his title so that a new Meijin could be decided through actual tournament play. Later that year [[Yoshio Kimura (shogi)|Yoshio Kimura]], who was a student of Sekine, became the first Meijin to gain the title based upon actual performance by winning a tournament which included eight other top players. From 1937 to 1947, the challenger for the Meijin title was determined through tournaments involving a select number of players. Finally, in 1947, the JSA officially established the preliminary round of ((nihongo|ranking tournaments|順位戦|jun'isen)) that it currently uses.<ref name=JSA:meijinsen>((cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/kisen/junni/index.html|script-title=ja:名人戦・順位戦|language=ja|trans-title=The Meijin Match and Jun'isen|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=26 May 2014))</ref>

==Qualifying==

The Meijin title is only open to professional shogi players that are members of the Meijin tournament system. This means that unlike some other tournaments  amateur players, women's professional players, and regular professionals outside of the Meijin tournament system are not allowed to compete in the tournament.<ref>For instance, the [[Ryūō]] title allows one top amateur player and one top women's professional to compete in the lowest bracket of the Ryūō tournament.</ref>

The Meijin ranking tournaments are divided into five classes (A, B1, B2, C1, C2) and players compete against others within their class in a [[round-robin tournament]] throughout the year. Players who perform well during their class tournament may be promoted to the next highest class while those who perform poorly may be relegated to the next lowest one,<ref name="SLD">((cite AV media|script-title=ja:将棋界の一番長い日: 第73期A級順位戦最終局|title=Shōgikai no Ichiban Nagai Hi: Dai Nanajūsanki A Kyū Jun'isen Saishūkyoku|language=ja|trans-title= Shogi's Longest Day: The Final Round of the 73rd Class A Ranking Class|medium=Television production|date=29 March 2015|time=8:33|publisher=[[NHK Educational TV]]|quote=順位戦は全部で5つのクラスがあります。その中で一番上がA級です。そしてA級優勝者が名人に挑戦します。そして, 順位戦は各クラスとも一年間のリーグ戦です...成績上位者は上のクラスに行くことができるんですが, 成績が悪いと降級してしまういうわけなんです。[There are a total of 5 ranking classes. Class A is the top class and the winner earns the right to challenge the current Meijin. Each of the ranking classes lasts one year. Those who finish at the top of their respective class may be promoted to the next highest class, and those who finish at the bottom may be relegated to the next lowest class.))
</ref> except in the case of Class C2 where players are relegated to "Free class" status.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/junni/rules.html|script-title=ja:順位戦についてC級2組|title=Jun'isen ni Tsuite Shīkyū Nikumi|trans-title=About the Ranking League: Class C2|language=ja|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=6 April 2023))</ref> New professionals are placed at the bottom of Class C2, and the top three players of Class C2 are promoted to Class C1 for the next year. Similarly, the top two players of Classes C1, B2, B1 are promoted to the B2, B1, and A, respectively, for the next year.<ref name="SLD" /> A new professional, therefore, needs at least five years experience (five successive promotions) after their debut before they can qualify to challenge for the title of Meijin.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/kisen/junni/kitei.html|script-title=ja:順位戦について|language=ja|trans-title=About the Jun'isen|publisher=日本将棋連盟|access-date=26 May 2014))</ref>

== Lifetime Meijin ==

[[File:関根金次郎KinjirōSekine.jpg | thumb|Kinjirō Sekine 關根金次郞 (1868–1946), the thirteenth Lifetime Meijin and last hereditary Meijin]]

The first thirteen ((nihongo|Lifetime Meijins|終生名人|shūsei meijin)) were determined through succession.<ref>((cite book | last=Hosking | first=Tony | title=The art of shogi | year=1997 | publisher=The Shogi Foundation |  isbn=978-0-95310-890-9))</ref> The Lifetime Meijin as a competitive title, ((Nihongo|2=永世名人|3=eisei meijin)), was established by the JSA in 1952. Players who capture the Meijin title five times (does not have to be consecutive) qualify to receive this title, but are only officially awarded it upon their retirement or death (with exceptions).<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/faq/index.html#kisen|script-title=ja:永世称号の規定はどうなっているのでしょうか。|language=ja|trans-title=What are the requirements for "lifetime titles"?|publisher=日本将棋連盟|access-date=26 May 2014))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/kisen/junni/index.html#result|script-title=ja:歴代名人一覧|language=ja|trans-title=List of Lifetime Meijin|publisher=日本将棋連盟|access-date=26 May 2014))</ref>

* 1st: ((Interlanguage link multi | Sōkei Ōhashi I|ja| 3=大橋宗桂 (初代) | vertical-align=sup))
* 2nd: ((Interlanguage link multi | Sōko Ōhashi|ja| 3=大橋宗古 (2代) | vertical-align=sup))
* 3rd: ((Interlanguage link multi | Sōkan Itō I|ja| 3=伊藤宗看 (初代) | vertical-align=sup))
* 4th: ((Interlanguage link multi | Sōkei Ōhashi III|ja| 3=大橋宗桂 (5代) | vertical-align=sup))
* 5th: ((Interlanguage link multi | Sōin Itō I|ja| 3=伊藤宗印 (2代) | vertical-align=sup))
* 6th: ((Interlanguage link multi | Sōyo Ōhashi II|ja| 3=大橋宗与 (3代) | vertical-align=sup))
* 7th: ((Interlanguage link multi | Sōkan Itō II|ja| 3=伊藤宗看 (3代) | vertical-align=sup))
* 8th: ((Interlanguage link multi | Sōkei Ōhashi VI|ja| 3=大橋宗桂 (9代) | vertical-align=sup))
* 9th: ((Interlanguage link multi | Soei Ōhashi I|ja| 3=大橋宗英 (6代) | vertical-align=sup))
* 10th: ((Interlanguage link multi | Sōkan Itō III|ja| 3=伊藤宗看 (6代) | vertical-align=sup))
* 11th: ((Interlanguage link multi | Sōin Itō III|ja| 3=伊藤宗印 (8代) | vertical-align=sup))
* 12th: ((Interlanguage link multi | Gohei Ono|ja| 3=小野五平 | vertical-align=sup))
* 13th: ((Interlanguage link multi | Kinjirō Sekine|ja| 3=関根金次郎 | vertical-align=sup)) (last name spelled: 關根 or 関根)
*14th Lifetime Meijin: Yoshio Kimura (Qualified for title in 1946 at age 41. Awarded in 1952 upon retirement)
*15th Lifetime Meijin: [[Yasuharu Ōyama]] (Qualified for title at age 33 in 1956. Awarded in 1976((efn|Although typically awarded upon retirement or death, a special exception was made for Ōyama and he was officially awarded the title while still active in special recognition of his excellent results in professional play, including being the Meijin for 13 years in a row from 1959 to 1971.)))
*16th Lifetime Meijin: [[Makoto Nakahara]] (Qualified for title at age 29 in 1976. Awarded in 2007,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/topics/news/2007/11/post_119.html|script-title=ja:中原 誠永世十段・名誉王座が永世名人（十六世名人）を襲位|language=ja|trans-title=Makoto Nakahara, Lifetime 10 dan and Lifetime Oza, awarded Lifetime Meijin title (16th Lifetime Meijin)|publisher=日本将棋連盟|date=9 November 2007|access-date=30 September 2014))</ref> prior to his retirement in 2009<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/topics/news/2009/03/post_91.html|script-title=ja:中原誠十六世名人が引退へ|language=ja|trans-title=Makoto Nakahara, 16th Lifetime Meijin, announces retirement|publisher=日本将棋連盟|date=12 March 2009|access-date=30 September 2014))</ref> ) 
*17th Lifetime Meijin: [[Koji Tanigawa]] (Qualified for title at age 35 in 1997.<ref>((cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); No by-line-->|url=http://www.asahi.com/shougi/topics/TKY201109060298.html|script-title=ja:谷川九段, 詰将棋ベスト100 永世名人作品集|language=ja|trans-title=Tanigawa 9-dan, Tsume Shogi Best 100: Lifetime Meijin's Collection|website=[[Asahi Shimbun|Asahi Shimbun Digital]]|date=6 September 2011|access-date=1 October 2014))</ref> Still active)
*18th Lifetime Meijin: [[Toshiyuki Moriuchi]] (Qualified for title in 2007<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/topics/news/2007/06/post_136.html|script-title=ja:森内俊之名人、十八世名人の資格を獲得|language=ja|trans-title=Moriuchi Meijin qualifies for 18th Lifetime Meijin title|publisher=日本将棋連盟|date=30 June 2007|access-date=1 October 2014))</ref> at age 36. Still active)
*19th Lifetime Meijin: [[Yoshiharu Habu]] (Qualified for title in 2008<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/topics/news/2008/06/post_60.html|script-title=ja:羽生善治、十九世名人の資格を獲得|language=ja|trans-title=Yoshiharu Habu qualifies for 19th Lifetime Meijin title|publisher=日本将棋連盟|date=17 June 2008|access-date=1 October 2014))</ref> at age 37. Still active)

== Honorary Meijin ==

The ((nihongo | Honorary Meijin | 名誉名人 | meiyo meijin)) is another Mejin-related title. Only two have received this title, [[Kensosuke Kosuke]] in 1936 and [[Ichitarō Doi]] in 1954.<ref name="Japan Shogi Association">((cite web | url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/kisen/junni/index.html#result | script-title=ja:名人戦・順位戦過去の結果 | language=ja | trans-title=Meijin match and Jun'isen past results | publisher=Japan Shogi Association | access-date=15 March 2019 ))</ref>

== Posthumous Meijin ==

[[File:Sakata Sankichi.JPG | thumb| Sankichi Sakata]]

A special ((nihongo | Posthumous Meijin | 追贈名人 | tsuizō meijin)) title was given to [[Sankichi Sakata]] in 1955 by the [[Japan Shogi Association]] after his death in 1945.<ref name="Japan Shogi Association"/> Sakata, a folk hero for the Osaka area, was known during his heyday for his brilliant, inventive playing but was prevented from becoming a normal Meijin by circumstances.<ref>((cite book | last=Fairbairn | first=John | title=Shogi for beginners | year=1986 | edition=2nd | page=147 | publisher=[[Ishi Press]] | isbn=978-4-8718-720-10))</ref> Sakata is the only person to receive this title.

== Winners ==
Below is a list of past Meijin title holders from 1937 when the new tournament method for determining the title holder was established. The number in parentheses represents the cumulative times the player had won the title to date.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/kisen/junni/index.html#result|script-title=ja:名人戦・順位戦過去の結果|language=ja|trans-title=Meijin match and Jun'isen past results|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=26 May 2014))</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="20" | No.
! width="20"| Year
! width="135"| Winner
! width="50" | Score
! width="135"| Opponent
! Note
|-
|align=center|1
|1937–1938
| [[Yoshio Kimura (shogi)|Yoshio Kimura]]
| 
| league
| The first Meijin was decided by tournament of nine players. Kimura placed first in the league. [[Chōtarō Hanada]] was second place.<ref>((cite web | url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/kisen/junni/index.html#result | script-title=ja:名人戦・順位戦過去の結果 | language=ja | trans-title=Meijin match and Jun'isen past results | publisher=Japan Shogi Association | access-date=21 March 2019))</ref> The others in the league were [[Ichitarō Doi]], [[Kumao Ōsaki]], [[Yasujirō Kon]], [[Kinjirō Kimi]], [[Kingorō Kaneko]], [[Tatsunosuke Kanda]], [[Kiyoshi Hagiwara]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/column/2017/06/post_188.html|title = 将棋界最大の危機！それを救ったのはあの名誉名人だった【今日は何の日？】｜将棋コラム｜日本将棋連盟))</ref>
|-
|align=center|2
| 1940
| Yoshio Kimura (2)
| 4-1
| [[Ichitarō Doi]]
|
|-
|align=center|3
| 1942
| Yoshio Kimura (3)
| 4-0
| [[Tatsunosuke Kanda]]
|
|-
|align=center|4
|1943
|Yoshio Kimura (4)
| 
|
|No match held. Kimura retained title by default.((efn|12-player preliminary tournament held and top four finishers awarded "reserve qualifier" status. Each reserve qualifier then played a 3-game half-handicap non-title match against Kimura: Kimura alternated between giving a lance handicap and no handicap. Reserve qualifiers had to win their respective 3-game match to gain the right to challenge Kimura in a 7-game match for the title. (A playoff was to be held if multiple reserve qualifiers won their respective matches.) Since Kimura won all of the half-handicap matches, no reserve qualifier was able qualify as his challenger.))
|-
|align=center|5 
|1944
| Yoshio Kimura (5) 
|
|
|No match held. Kimura retained title by default.((efn|A tournament to determine a challenger for Kimura did start, but was cancelled while in progress due to the [[Second World War]].))
|-
|align=center|6
| 1947
| [[Masao Tsukada]]
| 4-2
| Yoshio Kimura
|
|-
|align=center|7
| 1948
| Masao Tsukada (2)
| 4-2
| [[Yasuharu Ōyama]]
|
|-
|align=center|8
| 1949
| Yoshio Kimura (6)
| 3-2
| Masao Tsukada
|
|-
|align=center|9
| 1950
| Yoshio Kimura (7)
| 4-2
| Yasuharu Ōyama
|
|-
|align=center|10
| 1951
| Yoshio Kimura (8)
| 4-2
| Kōzō Masuda
|
|-
|align=center|11
| 1952
| Yasuharu Ōyama 
| 4-1
| Yoshio Kimura
|
|-
|align=center|12
| 1953
| Yasuharu Ōyama (2)
| 4-1
| Kōzō Masuda
|
|-
|align=center|13
| 1954
| Yasuharu Ōyama (3)
| 4-1
| Kōzō Masuda
|
|-
|align=center|14
| 1955
| Yasuharu Ōyama (4)
| 4-2
| [[Kazukiyo Takashima]]
|
|-
|align=center|15
| 1956
| Yasuharu Ōyama (5)
| 4-0
| [[Motoji Hanamura]]
|
|-
|align=center|16
| 1957
| [[Kōzō Masuda]]
| 4-2
| Yasuharu Ōyama
|
|-
|align=center|17
| 1958
| Kōzō Masuda (2)
| 4-2
| Yasuharu Ōyama
|
|-
|align=center|18
| 1959
| Yasuharu Ōyama (6)
| 4-1
| Kōzō Masuda
|
|-
|align=center|19
| 1960
| Yasuharu Ōyama (7)
| 4-1
| [[Hifumi Katoh]]
|
|-
|align=center|20
| 1961
| Yasuharu Ōyama (8)
| 4-1
| [[Yuzoh Maruta]]
|
|-
|align=center|21
| 1962
| Yasuharu Ōyama (9)
| 4-0
| [[Tatsuya Futakami]]
|
|-
|align=center|22
| 1963
| Yasuharu Ōyama (10)
| 4-1
| Kōzō Masuda
|
|-
|align=center|23
| 1964
| Yasuharu Ōyama (11)
| 4-2
| Tatsuya Futakami
|
|-
|align=center|24
| 1965
| Yasuharu Ōyama (12)
| 4-1
| [[Michiyoshi Yamada]]
|
|-
|align=center|25
| 1966
| Yasuharu Ōyama (13)
| 4-2
| Kōzō Masuda
|
|-
|align=center|26
| 1967
| Yasuharu Ōyama (14)
| 4-1
| Tatsuya Futakami
|
|-
|align=center|27
| 1968
| Yasuharu Ōyama (15)
| 4-0
| Kōzō Masuda
|
|-
|align=center|28
| 1969
| Yasuharu Ōyama (16)
| 4-3
| [[Michio Ariyoshi]]
|
|-
|align=center|29
| 1970
| Yasuharu Ōyama (17)
| 4-1
| [[Rensho Nada]]
|
|-
|align=center|30
| 1971
| Yasuharu Ōyama (18)
| 4-3
| Kōzō Masuda
|
|-
|align=center|31
| 1972
| [[Makoto Nakahara]] 
| 4-3
| Yasuharu Ōyama
|
|-
|align=center|32
| 1973
| Makoto Nakahara (2)
| 4-0
| Hifumi Katoh
|
|-
|align=center|33
| 1974
| Makoto Nakahara (3)
| 4-3
| Yasuharu Ōyama
|
|-
|align=center|34
| 1975
| Makoto Nakahara (4)
| 4-3
| [[Nobuyuki Ōuchi]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|35
| 1976
| Makoto Nakahara (5)
| 4-3
| [[Kunio Yonenaga]]
|
|-
| 1977
| Makoto Nakahara 
|
|
|No match held. Nakahara retained title by default.((efn|The JSA unable to come to terms with [[Asahi Shimbun]], the match's sponsor, over the prize fund. The JSA requested that the total prize fund be increased from 11,000,000 yen to 30,000,000 yen, but Asahi Shimbun refused. Negotiations were held in attempt to find a compromise, but were unsuccessful and the Asahi Shimbun's sponsorship of the match was ended.))  
|-
|align=center|36
| 1978
| Makoto Nakahara (6)
| 4-2
| [[Keiji Mori]]
|
|-
|align=center|37
| 1979
| Makoto Nakahara (7)
| 4-2
| Kunio Yonenaga
|
|-
|align=center|38
| 1980
| Makoto Nakahara (8)
| 4-1
| Kunio Yonenaga
|
|-
|align=center|39
| 1981
| Makoto Nakahara (9)
| 4-1
| [[Kiyozumi Kiriyama]]
|
|-
|align=center|40
| 1982
| Hifumi Katoh
| 4-3
| Makoto Nakahara
|
|-
|align=center|41
| 1983
| [[Koji Tanigawa]] (1)
| 4-2
| Hifumi Katoh
|
|-
|align=center|42
| 1984
| Koji Tanigawa (2)
| 4-1
| [[Hidemitsu Moriyasu]]
|
|-
|align=center|43
| 1985
| Makoto Nakahara (10)
| 4-2
| Koji Tanigawa
|
|-
|align=center|44
| 1986
| Makoto Nakahara (11)
| 4-1
| Yasuharu Ōyama
|
|-
|align=center|45
| 1987
| Makoto Nakahara (12)
| 4-2
| Kunio Yonenaga
|
|-
|align=center|46
| 1988
| Koji Tanigawa (3)
| 4-2
| Makoto Nakahara
|
|-
|align=center|47
| 1989
| Koji Tanigawa (4)
| 4-0
| Kunio Yonenaga
|
|-
|align=center|48
| 1990
| Makoto Nakahara (13)
| 4-2
| Koji Tanigawa
|
|-
|align=center|49
| 1991
| Makoto Nakahara (14)
| 4-1
| Kunio Yonenaga
|
|-
|align=center|50
| 1992
| Makoto Nakahara (15)
| 4-3
| [[Michio Takahashi]]
|
|-
|align=center|51
| 1993
| Kunio Yonenaga
| 4-0
| Makoto Nakahara
|
|-
|align=center|52
| 1994
| [[Yoshiharu Habu]]
| 4-2
| Kunio Yonenaga
|
|-
|align=center|53
| 1995
| Yoshiharu Habu (2)
| 4-1
| [[Taku Morishita]]
|
|-
|align=center|54
| 1996
| Yoshiharu Habu (3)
| 4-1
| Toshiyuki Moriuchi
|
|-
|align=center|55
| 1997
| Koji Tanigawa (5)
| 4-2
| Yoshiharu Habu
|
|-
|align=center|56
| 1998
| [[Yasumitsu Satō]]
| 4-3
| Koji Tanigawa
|
|-
|align=center|57
| 1999
| Yasumitsu Satō (2)
| 4-3
| Koji Tanigawa
|
|-
|align=center|58
| 2000
| [[Tadahisa Maruyama]]
| 4-3
| Yasumitsu Satō
|
|-
|align=center|59
| 2001
| ((nowrap|Tadahisa Maruyama (2)))
| 4-3
| Koji Tanigawa
|
|-
|align=center|60
| 2002
| [[Toshiyuki Moriuchi]]
| 4-0
| Tadahisa Maruyama
|
|-
|align=center|61
| 2003
| Yoshiharu Habu (4)
| 4-0
| Toshiyuki Moriuchi
|
|-
|align=center|62
| 2004
| Toshiyuki Moriuchi (2)
| 4-2
| Yoshiharu Habu
|
|-
|align=center|63
| 2005
| Toshiyuki Moriuchi (3)
| 4-3
| Yoshiharu Habu
|
|-
|align=center|64
| 2006
| Toshiyuki Moriuchi (4)
| 4-2
| Koji Tanigawa
|
|-
|align=center|65
| 2007
| Toshiyuki Moriuchi (5)
| 4-3
| [[Masataka Gōda]]
|
|-
|align=center|66
| 2008
| Yoshiharu Habu (5)
| 4-2
| Toshiyuki Moriuchi
|
|-
|align=center|67
| 2009
| Yoshiharu Habu (6)
| 4-3
| Masataka Gōda
|
|-
|align=center|68
| 2010
| Yoshiharu Habu (7)
| 4-0
| [[Hiroyuki Miura (shogi)|Hiroyuki Miura]]
|
|-
|align=center|69
| 2011
| Toshiyuki Moriuchi (6)
| 4-3<ref>((cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); No-byline-->|url=http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG22064_S1A620C1CR8000/|script-title=ja:森内, 4期ぶり名人返り咲き 将棋名人戦で羽生下す|title=Moriuchi, Yonkiburi Mejin Kaerizaki Shōgi Meijinsen de Habu Kudasu|language=ja|trans-title=Moruichi defeats Habu to reclaim Meijin title after losing it 4 years ago|date=22 June 2011|newspaper=[[The Nikkei]]|agency=[[Kyodo News]]|access-date=10 January 2010))</ref>
| Yoshiharu Habu
|
|-
|align=center|70
| 2012
| Toshiyuki Moriuchi (7)
| 4-2<ref>((cite news|last=Murase|first=Shinya|url=http://www.asahi.com/shougi/news/TKY201206130616.html|script-title=ja:将棋名人戦, 森内名人が防衛 第6局制し4勝2敗|title=Shōgi Meijinsen, Moriuchi Meijin ga Bōei Dairokkyoku Seishi Yonshō Nihai|language=ja|trans-title=Shogi Meijin match: Moriuchi wins Game 6 to win match 4-2 and defend title|date=13 June 2012|newspaper=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|access-date=10 January 2016))</ref>
| Yoshiharu Habu
|
|-
|align=center|71
| 2013
| ((nowrap|Toshiyuki Moriuchi (8)))
| 4-1<ref>((cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); No by-line-->|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/match/junni/2012/71a/7game.html|script-title=ja:第71期名人戦・順位戦 七番勝負|title=Dai Nanajūikki Meijinsen / Jun'isen Nanaban Shōbu|language=ja|trans-title=71st Meijin Match / Challenger Tournament|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=10 January 2016))</ref>
| Yoshiharu Habu
|
|-
|align=center|72
| 2014
| Yoshiharu Habu (8)
| 4-0<ref>((cite news|last=Yamamura|first=Hideki|url=http://mainichi.jp/feature/news/20140522k0000m040066000c.html|script-title=ja:名人戦:羽生4連勝で4冠に 新たな「平成伝説」誕生|title=Meijinsen: Habu Yonrenshō de Yonkan ni Aratana "Heisei Densetsu" Tanjō|language=ja|trans-title=Meijin Match: Habu wins four in a row, becomes a 4 crown. A new Heisei legend is born.|date=21 May 2014|newspaper=[[Mainichi Shimbun]] |access-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522050436/http://mainichi.jp/feature/news/20140522k0000m040066000c.html |archive-date=22 May 2014))</ref>
| Toshiyuki Moriuchi
|
|-
|align=center|73
|2015
|Yoshiharu Habu (9)
|4-1<ref>((cite news|last=Fukamatsu|first=Shinji|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASH5Y7VLWH5YUCVL02Z.html|script-title=ja:羽生名人 ｢スローペースの戦いだった」防衛戦から一夜|title=Habu Meijin 'Surōpēsu no Tatakai datta' Bōeisen kara Hitoya|date=30 May 2015|language=ja|trans-title=Habu Meijin One Night After Defending Title: "The games were all slow paced"|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=31 May 2015))</ref>
| [[Hisashi Namekata]]
|
|-
|align=center|74
|2016
| [[Amahiko Satō]]
| ((nowrap|4-1<ref>((cite news|last=Yamamura|first=Hideki|url=http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20160601/p2a/00m/0na/007000c|title=Amahiko Sato beats Yoshiharu Habu to capture Meijin title in his first attempt|date=1 June 2016|newspaper=Mainichi Shimbun|access-date=3 April 2017))</ref><ref>((cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); No by-line-->|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/DA3S12386591.html|script-title=ja:28歳佐藤, 新名人に 羽生破り初タイトル 将棋名人戦|title=Nijū-hassai Satō, Shin Meijin ni Habu Yaburi Hatsu Taitoru Shōgi Meijin-sen|language=ja|trans-title=28-year-old Sato defeats Habu to win first major title and become new Meijin|date=1 June 2016|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=3 June 2016))</ref>))
|Yoshiharu Habu
|
|-
|align=center|75
|2017
| Amahiko Satō (2)
|4-2<ref>((cite news|last=Murase|first=Shinya|url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASK665DH5K66PTFC015.html|script-title=ja:佐藤名人, 20代対決制し初防衛 将棋名人戦七番勝負|title=Satō Meijin, Nijūdai Taiketsu Seishi Hatsubōei Shōgi Meijinsen Nanaban Shōbu|language=ja|trans-title=Shogi Meijin 7-game match: Satō Meijin wins the battle of the 20-somethings to defend title for first time|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|date=6 June 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606160503/https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASK665DH5K66PTFC015.html|archive-date=6 June 2017|access-date=10 July 2018))</ref>
| [[Akira Inaba]]
|
|-
|align=center|76
|2018
| Amahiko Satō (3)
|4-2<ref>((cite news|last=Yamamura|first=Hideki|url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180621/k00/00m/040/130000c|script-title=ja:佐藤が3連覇 4勝2敗で羽生降す|title=Satō ga Sanrenpa Yonshō Nihai de Habu Kudasu|language=ja|trans-title=Satō wins for third consecutive time, defeats Habu 4 games to 2|newspaper=Mainichi Shimbun|date=20 June 2018|access-date=21 June 2018))</ref>
| Yoshiharu Habu
|
|-
|align=center|77
|2019
|[[Masayuki Toyoshima]]
|4-0<ref>((cite news|author=<!--staff writers; no by-line-->|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASM5K5S0LM5KUCVL024.html|script-title=ja:豊島二冠が名人奪取, 三冠に 平成生まれ初の名人誕生|title=Toyoshima Nikan ga Meijin Dasshu, Sanka ni Heiseumare Hatsu no Meijin Tanjō|language=ja|trans-title= Toyoshima 2-crown capture Meijin title to become a 3-crown and also the first player born in the Heisei Era to become Meijin|date=17 May 2019|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=17 May 2019))</ref>
|Amahiko Satō
|
|-
|align=center|78
|2020
|[[Akira Watanabe (shogi)|Akira Watanabe]]
|4-2<ref>((cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2020/08/15/kiji/20200815s000413F2268000c.html|script-title=ja:渡辺明王将が初の名人位奪取 ｢実感はない｣ 自己最多タイ3冠に復帰|title=Watanabe Ōshō ga Hatsu no Meijin-i Dashu ｢Jikkan wa Nai｣ Jiko Saita Tai Sankan ni Fukki|language=ja|trans-title=Watanabe Ōshō captures first Meijin title and says "it doesn't seem real"; returns to 3-crown status to tie his personal best.|date=15 August 2020|newspaper=Sports Nippon|access-date=15 August 2020))</ref>
|Masayuki Toyoshima
|
|-
|align=center|79
|2021
|Akira Watanabe (2)
|4-1<ref>((cite news|last=Yamamura|first=Hideki|url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20210529/k00/00m/040/165000c|script-title=ja:渡辺明名人が初防衛 4勝1敗で斎藤慎太郎八段降す|title=Watanabe Akira Meijin ga Hatsu Bōei Yonshō Ippai de Saitō Shintarō Hachidan Kudasu|language=ja|trans-title=Akira Watanabe Meijin successful in first Meijin title defense; defeats Shintarō Saitō 4 games to 1|date=29 May 2021|newspaper=Mainichi Shimbun|access-date=30 May 2021))</ref>
|[[Shintarō Saitō]]
|
|-
|align=center|80
|2022
|Akira Watanabe (3)
|4-1<ref>((cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20220529/k10013649101000.html|script-title=ja:将棋 渡辺明二冠が ｢名人戦｣ タイトル防衛 3連覇|title=Shōgi Watanabe Akira Nikan ga ｢Meijinsen｣ Taitoru Bōei Sanrenpa|language=ja|trans-title=Akira Watanabe 2-crown defends "Meijin" title for the 3rd year in a row|date=29 May 2022|website=[[NHK]]|access-date=30 May 2022))</ref>
|Shintarō Saitō
|
|-
|align=center|81
|2023
|[[Sōta Fujii]]
|4-1<ref>((cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230601/p2g/00m/0et/053000c|title=Sota Fujii becomes 2nd player in shogi history with 7 major titles|date=1 June 2023|newspaper=Mainichi Shimbun|agency=Kyodo News|access-date=1 June 2023))</ref>
|Akira Watanabe
|}

==Records==
* Most titles overall: Yasuharu Ōyama, 18((efn|Nakahara is next with 15, followed by Kimura, Moriuchi, and Habu with eight apiece, and Tanigawa with five. Only Tanigawa, Habu and Moriuchi are still active.))
* Most consecutive titles: Yasuharu Ōyama, 13 in a row (1959-1971).((efn|Nakahara is next with nine in a row (1972-1981)))
* Oldest player to win title: Kunio Yonenaga, 49 years 11 months (1993)<ref>((cite news|author=<!--staff writer, no by-line-->|date=18 December 2012|script-title=ja:米長邦雄さん死去 将棋永世棋聖・元名人|trans-title=Lifetime Kisei and former Meijin Kunio Yonenaga dies.|url=http://www.asahi.com/shougi/news/TKY201212180077.html|language=ja|newspaper=朝日新聞 Digital|location=Tokyo, Japan|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|access-date=26 May 2014))</ref>
* Youngest player to win title: Sōta Fujii, 20 years old (2023)
* Oldest player to challenge for title: Yasuharu Ōyama, 63 years old (1986)
* Youngest player to challenge for title: Hifumi Katoh, 20 years old (1960), Sōta Fujii (2023)  
* Most times recapturing title: Yoshiharu Habu, 3((efn|Habu lost the title for first time in 1997, but won it back in 2003. He lost the title again in 2004, only to recapture it for the second time in 2008. He lost title for the third time in 2011, but recaptured it again three years later in 2014.<ref>((cite news|last=山村|first=英樹|date=22 May 2014|script-title=ja:名人戦:羽生、４戦全勝で奪取 史上初３回目返り咲き|trans-title=Meijin Match: Habu wins four of four to take title, first player in history to recapture title three times.|url=http://mainichi.jp/feature/news/20140522k0000m040055000c.html|language=ja|newspaper=毎日新聞|location=Tokyo, Japan|publisher=Mainichi Newspapers|access-date=26 May 2014))</ref>))
* Longest period between titles: Yoshiharu Habu, 6 years (1997-2002)

== Players by Meijin class ==

Below is a list of professional players grouped by their class for the 81st Meijin league including their rank in [[Dan (rank)|dan]] ((as of|2023|06|27|lc=y)).<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.shogi.or.jp/player/|script-title=ja:棋士データベース|title=Kishi Dētābēsu|trans-title=Player database|language=ja|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=1 June 2023))</ref> The current Meijin title holder is [[Sōta Fujii]]. The rank of players promoted after league play has begun is indicated by parentheses. 

Other professional players not listed here do not participate in the Meijin league and are known as ''Free Class'' (フリークラス ''furii kurasu'') players. There were 31 such players ((as of|2023|04|01|lc=y)).<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/junni/rules.html#free|script-title=ja:フリークラス棋士一覧（2023年4月1日現在）|title=Furīkurasu Kishi (Nisennijūsannen Shigatsu Tsuitachi Genzai)|trans-title=List Free Class Players (1 April 2023)|language=ja|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=6 June 2023))</ref>

{| class='wikitable'
|+ Meijin
! Name  !! Dan !! Other current titles
|- 
| [[Sōta Fujii]]  || 9 ||[[Eiō]], [[Kiō]], [[Kisei (shogi)|Kisei]], [[Ōi (shogi)|Ōi]], [[Ōshō (shogi)|Ōshō]], [[Ōza (shogi)|Ōza]], [[Ryūō]]
|}

((Col-begin | width=auto ))
((Col-2))
{| class='wikitable' style="margin-right: 1.1em"
|+ Class A<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/junni/2023/82a/index.html| script-title=ja:第82期名人戦・順位戦 A級|title=Dai Hachijūniki Meijinsen Jun'isen A Kyū| trans-title=82nd Meijin League Class A |language=ja|publisher=Japan Shogi Association | access-date=1 June 2023))</ref>
! Seed !! Name  !! Dan <!--!! Current titles-->
|- 
| 1 || [[Akira Watanabe (shogi)|Akira Watanabe]] ((efn|The loser of the previous season's Meijin title match is seeded first in the following season's Class A League play)) || 9 <!-- ||-->  
|-
| 2 || [[Akihito Hirose]] || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 3 || [[Masayuki Toyoshima]] || 9 <!--||-->
|-
| 4 || [[Takuya Nagase]] || 9 <!--|| -->
|-
| 5 || [[Shintarō Saitō]] || 8 <!--||-->
|-
| 6 || [[Tatsuya Sugai]] || 9 <!--||-->  
|-
| 7 || [[Akira Inaba]] || 8 <!--||-->
|- 
| 8 || [[Amahiko Satō]] || 8 <!--||-->
|- 
| 9 || [[Yūki Sasaki (shogi)|Yūki Sasaki]] || 8 <!--||--> 
|- 
| 10 || [[Taichi Nakamura (shogi)|Taichi Nakamura]]  || 8 <!--||-->  
|-
<!--! || mean dan rank || 8.7 ||-->
|}
((Col-2))
{| class='wikitable'
|+ Class B1<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/junni/2023/82b1/index.html| script-title=ja:第82期名人戦・順位戦 B級1組 | title=Dai Hachijūniki Meijinsen Jun'isen B Kyū Ichi kumi | trans-title=82nd Meijin League Class B1|language=ja|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=1 June 2023))</ref>
! Seed !! Name !! Dan <!--!! Current titles-->
|- 
| 1 || [[Tetsurō Itodani]] || 8 <!--||-->
|-
| 2 || [[Yasumitsu Satō]] || 9 <!--||--> 
|-
| 3 || [[Seiya Kondō]] || 7 <!--||-->
|- 
| 4 || [[Shingo Sawada]] || 7 <!--||-->
|- 
| 5 || [[Hiroyuki Miura (shogi)|Hiroyuki Miura]] || 9 <!--||--> 
|- 
| 6 || [[Yoshiharu Habu]] || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 7 || [[Takayuki Yamasaki]] || 8 <!--||-->
|- 
| 8 || [[Shōta Chida]] || 7 <!--||-->
|- 
| 9 || [[Hiroaki Yokoyama]] || 7 <!--||--> 
|- 
| 10 || [[Nobuyuki Yashiki]] || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 11 || [[Takahiro Ōhashi]] || 7 <!--||--> 
|- 
| 12 || [[Kazuki Kimura]] || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 13 || [[Yasuhiro Masuda]] || 7 <!--||-->
|-
<!--! || mean dan rank || 7.9 ||-->
|}
((Col-end))

<!-- 3 tables in 3 columns below -->
((Col-begin | width=auto ))
((Col-3))
{| class='wikitable' style="margin-right: 1.6em"
|+ Class B2<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/junni/2023/82b2/index.html| script-title=ja:第82期名人戦・順位戦 B級2組 | title=Dai Hachijūniki Meijinsen Jun'isen B Kyū Ni Kumi | trans-title=82nd Meijin League Class B2 |language=ja|publisher=Japan Shogi Association | access-date=1 June 2023))</ref>
! Seed !! Name !! Dan <!--!! Current titles-->
|- 
| 1 || [[Toshiaki Kubo]]  || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 2 || [[Tadahisa Maruyama]] || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 3 || [[Masataka Gōda]] || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 4 || [[Yasuaki Murayama]] || 7 <!--||-->
|- 
| 5 || [[Makoto Sasaki (shogi)|Makoto Sasaki]] || 7 <!--||-->
|- 
| 6 || [[Hisashi Namekata]] || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 7 || [[Taichi Takami]] || 7<!--||-->
|- 
| 8 || [[Chikara Akutsu]] || 8 <!--||-->
|- 
| 9 || [[Makoto Tobe]] || 7 <!--||-->
|- 
| 10 || [[Ayumu Matsuo]] || 8 <!--||-->
|- 
| 11 || [[Issei Takazaki]] || 7 <!--||-->
|- 
| 12 || [[Kōji Tanigawa]] || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 13 || [[Takuma Oikawa]] || 7 <!--||--> 
|- 
| 14 || [[Osamu Nakamura]]  || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 15 || [[Takeshi Fujii]] || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 16 || [[Tadashi Ōishi]] || 7 <!--|| -->
|- 
| 17 || [[Masataka Sugimoto]] || 8 <!--||-->
|- 
| 18 || [[Kensuke Kitahama]] || 8 <!--||-->
|- 
| 19 || [[Kōichi Fukaura]] || 9 <!--||-->
|- 
| 20 || [[Daisuke Nakagawa]] || 8 <!--||-->
|- 
| 21 || [[Kentarō Ishii]] || 6 <!--||--> 
|-
| 22 || [[Mirai Aoshima]] || 7 <!--||-->
|- 
| 23 || [[Kazushi Watanabe]] || 6 <!--||-->
|- 
| 24 || [[Daisuke Suzuki (shogi)|Daisuke Suzuki]] || 9 <!--||-->
|-
| 25 || [[Keita Inoue]]  || 9 <!--||-->
|-
| 26 || [[Takashi Abe]] || 8 <!--||-->
|-
| 27 || [[Mamoru Hatakeyama]] || 8 <!--||-->
|-
| 28 || [[Eiji Iijima]] || 8 <!--||-->
|-
<!--! || mean dan rank || 7.5--> 
|}
((Col-3))
{| class='wikitable' 
|+ Class C1<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/junni/2023/82c1/index.html| script-title=ja:第82期名人戦・順位戦 C級1組 | title=Dai Hachijūniki Meijinsen Jun'isen C Kyū Ichi Kumi | trans-title=82nd Meijin League Class C1 |language=ja|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=1 June 2023))</ref>
! Seed !! Name	!! Dan
|- 
| 1 || [[Takumi Itō]] || 6
|- 
| 2 || [[Takayuki Kuroda]] ||5 
|- 
| 3 || [[Wakamu Deguchi]] || 6 
|- 
| 4 || [[Ryūma Tonari]]|| 7
|- 
| 5 || [[Atsushi Miyata]] || 7 
|- 
| 6 || [[Hirotaka Nozuki]] || 8
|- 
| 7 || [[Akira Nishio]] || 7
|- 
| 8 || [[Kenjirō Abe]] || 7
|- 
| 9 || [[Tatsuya Sanmaidō]] || 7
|- 
| 10 || [[Daisuke Katagami]] || 6 
|- 
| 11 || [[Keita Kadokura]] || 5
|- 
| 12 || [[Kazutoshi Satō]] || 7
|-
| 13 || [[Yūta Komori]] || 5 
|- 
| 14 || [[Manabu Senzaki]] || 9
|- 
| 15 || [[Kōta Kanai]] || 6 
|- 
| 16 || [[Hiroki Iizuka (shogi)|Hiroki Iizuka]] || 7
|- 
| 17 || [[Yoshiyuki Kubota]] || 7
|- 
| 18 || [[Kōhei Funae]] || 6
|- 
| 19 || [[Hiroshi Miyamoto]] || 5
|- 
| 20 || [[Keiichi Sanada]] || 8 
|- 
| 21 || [[Tadao Kitajima]] || 7 
|- 
| 22 || [[Takuya Nishida]] || 5
|- 
| 23 || [[Satoru Sakaguchi]] || 6
|- 
| 24 || [[Asuto Saitō]] || 5 
|- 
| 25 || [[Shin'ichirō Hattori]]  || 6 
|- 
| 26 || [[Yūsei Koga]] || 5
|- 
| 27 || [[Akihiro Murata]]  || 6 
|- 
| 28 || [[Michio Takahashi]] || 9
|- 
| 29 ||[[Naruyuki Hatakeyama]] || 8
|- 
| 30 ||  [[Sakio Chiba]]  || 7
|- 
| 31 ||  [[Ichiro Hiura]]  || 8
|- 
<!--! || mean dan rank || 6.8-->
|}
((Col-3))
{| class='wikitable'
|+ Class C2<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/junni/2023/82c2/index.html|script-title=ja:第82期名人戦・順位戦 C級2組|title=Dai Hachijūniki Meijinsen Jun'isen C Kyū Ni Kumi|trans-title=82nd Meijin League Class C2|language=ja|publisher=Japan Shogi Association|access-date=1 June 2023))</ref>
! Seed !! Name !! Dan 
|- 
| 1 || [[Hideyuki Takano]] || 6
|- 
| 2 || [[Shingo Hirafuji]] || 7
|- 
| 3 || [[Daichi Sasaki]] || 7  
|- 
| 4 || [[Kenshi Tokuda]] || 4 
|- 
| 5 || [[Kazuo Sugimoto]] || 5
|- 
| 6 || [[Kei Honda]] ||6
|- 
| 7 || [[Hirotaka Kajiura]]  || 7
|- 
| 8 || [[Yūsuke Tōyama]]  || 8
|- 
| 9 || [[Hiroshi Yamamoto (shogi)|Hiroshi Yamamoto]] || 5 
|- 
| 10 || [[Takashi Ikenaga]] || 5
|- 
| 11 || [[Wataru Yashiro]] || 7 
|- 
| 12 || [[Seiya Tomita]]  || 4
|- 
| 13 || [[Yūta Ishikawa]] || 5 
|-
| 14 || [[Kenji Imaizumi]] || 5
|- 
| 15 || [[Kōhei Hasebe (shogi)|Kōhei Hasebe]] || 5
|- 
| 16 || [[Mikio Kariyama]] || 4  
|- 
| 17 || [[Taku Morishita]]  || 9
|- 
| 18 || [[Akihiro Takada]] || 4  
|- 
| 19 || [[Shingo Itō (shogi)|Shingo Itō]] || 6  
|- 
| 20 || [[Yoshitaka Hoshino]] || 5
|- 
| 21 || [[Wataru Kamimura]] || 5
|- 
| 22 || [[Reo Okabe]] || 7 
|- 
| 23 || [[Shūji Satō (shogi)|Shūji Satō]] || 8 
|- 
| 24 || [[Kōsuke Tamura]]  || 7 
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| 25 || [[Reo Kurosawa]] || 6  
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| 26 || [[Ryōsuke Nakamura]] || 6
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| 27 || [[Kazuhiro Nishikawa]] || 6 
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| 28 || [[Hiromu Watanabe]] || 6
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| 29 || [[Akihiro Ida]] || 4
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| 30 || [[Tetsuya Fujimori]] || 5 
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| 31 || [[Junpei Ide]] || 5
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| 32 || [[Hiroki Taniai]] || 4  
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| 33 || [[Kōru Abe]]  || 6
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| 34 || [[Satoshi Takano]]  || 6 
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| 35 || [[Mitsunori Makino]] || 6 
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| 36 || [[Naohiro Ishida]] || 5  
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| 37 || [[Shūji Muranaka]] || 7
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| 38 || [[Shōji Segawa]] || 6
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| 39 || [[Shin'ichi Satō (shogi)|Shin'ichi Satō]] || 5  
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| 40 || [[Masakazu Kondō]] || 7 
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| 41 || [[Akira Shima]] || 9 
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| 42 || [[Shin'ya Satō (shogi)|Shin'ya Satō]] || 7 
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| 43 || [[Hiroshi Kobayashi (shogi, born 1976)|Hiroshi Kobayashi]]  || 7
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| 44 ||[[Yūichi Tanaka]] || 6　
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| 45 || [[Takanori An'yōji]]  || 7
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| 46 || [[Takahiro Toyokawa]] || 7
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| 47 || [[Yūya Nagaoka]] || 6
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| 48 || [[Yūgo Takeuchi]] || 5
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| 49 || [[Hiroshi Naganuma]] || 8
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| 50 || [[Tomoki Yokoyama]] || 4
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| 51 || [[Teruichi Aono]] || 9 
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| 52 || [[Nagisa Fujimoto]] || 4
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| 53 || [[Yūya Saitō]] || 4
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| 54 || [[Naoki Koyama]] || 4
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| 55 || [[Saito Morimoto]] || 4
|-
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|}
((Col-end))

== See also ==

*[[Meijin (go)|Meijin (Go)]]

==Notes==
((notelist|2))

==References==
((Reflist|30em))

==External links==
*JSA page: [https://www.shogi.or.jp/match/junni/index.html 名人戦・順位戦]
* I-tsu-tsu Blog: 
** [https://www.i-tsu-tsu.co.jp/en/blog/1053/ Let’s Learn More About The Meijin Title Match!]
** [https://www.i-tsu-tsu.co.jp/en/blog/1005/ Behind the Scenes on the Previous Day of the Meijin Title Match]

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