The Annual Shogi Awards (将棋大賞 ''shōgi taishō'') are a number of prizes awarded yearly by the
Japan Shogi Association
The , or JSA, is the primary organizing body for professional shogi in Japan. The JSA sets the professional calendar, negotiates sponsorship and media promotion deals, helps organize tournaments and title matches, publishes shogi-related materia ...
to
professional
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and amateur
shogi
, also known as Japanese chess, is a Strategy game, strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as chess, Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi. ...
players who have achieved particular success. The first Annual Shogi Awards were presented in 1974.
Winners
Below is a table of the awards given and the award winners for each year.
Kōzō Masuda Awards
The Kōzō Masuda Award (升田幸三賞 ''Masuda Kōzō shō'') and the Kōzō Masuda Special Prize (升田幸三賞特別賞 ''Masuda Kōzō shō takubetsu shō'') are two prizes awarded to professional or amateur players who have made an outstanding contribution to the development and evolution of shogi openings by way of innovation or excellence in shogi theory or tactics. The awards are named after the innovative player,
Kōzō Masuda. The Masuda Award is given out yearly since 1995 while the Masuda Special Prize is awarded infrequently.
Winners
Masuda Award
* 1994 (22nd Annual Shogi Awards):
Kunio Naitō
is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9- dan.
Shogi professional Promotion history
The promotion history for Naitō is as follows:
* 6-kyū: 1954
* 1-dan: 1956
* 4-dan: October 1, 1958
* 5-Dan: April 1, 1961
* ...
for the
Side Pawn Capture, Bishop-33 variations.
* 1995 (23rd Annual Shogi Awards):
Makoto Nakahara for the Nakahara variation of Side Pawn Capture and the
Nakahara castle.
* 1996 (24th Annual Shogi Awards):
Takeshi Fujii for the
Fujii System.
* 1997 (25th Annual Shogi Awards):
Teruichi Aono for the
Saginomiya joseki.
* 1998 (26th Annual Shogi Awards):
Makoto Chūza for the
Side Pawn Capture, Chūza's Rook.
* 1999 (27th Annual Shogi Awards):
Kunio Yonenaga for the
Yonenaga King.
* 2000 (28th Annual Shogi Awards):
Hiroyuki Miura for the
Millenium castle.
* 2001 (29th Annual Shogi Awards):
Masakazu Kondō for the
Cheerful Central Rook.
* 2002 (30th Annual Shogi Awards):
Kōichi Kodama
is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-Dan (rank)#Modern usage in shogi, dan.
Early life, amateur shogi and apprentice professional
Kōichi Kodama was born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on February 21, 195 ...
for the
Crab Silvers.
* 2003 (31st Annual Shogi Awards):
Kōji Tanigawa for his ...S-77+ move in his A-class Ranking Match against
Akira Shima.
* 2004 (32nd Annual Shogi Awards):
Daisuke Suzuki for the
New Quick Ishida (4. P-7d).
* 2005 (33rd Annual Shogi Awards):
Hitoshige Awaji for the
Tempo Loss Bishop Exchange.
* 2006 (34th Annual Shogi Awards):
Yasumitsu Satō for the ambition and variety of moves in
Direct Opposing Rook.
* 2007 (35th Annual Shogi Awards):
Kenji Imaizumi for the
1... R-32 opening.
* 2008 (36th Annual Shogi Awards):
Toshiaki Kubo for his 6. R-7e move in the 2nd. match against
Yasumitsu Satō for the 34th
Kiō title.
* 2009 (37th Annual Shogi Awards):
Eiji Iijima for the
Iijima Bishop Pullback.
* 2010 (38th Annual Shogi Awards):
Yoshitaka Hoshino
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5- dan. He also holds an Esports professional shogi player license from the (JeSU).
Early life and apprenticeship
Hoshino was born in Ageo, Saitama on August 10, 1988. He became interested in s ...
for the
Super High Speed Silver-37 strategy.
* 2011 (39th Annual Shogi Awards):
Yasumitsu Satō for the move 13. K-57 in his first game against
Toshiaki Kubo for the
Ōshō title.
* 2012 (40th Annual Shogi Awards):
Takeshi Fujii for the
Bishop Exchange Fourth File Rook.
* 2013 (41st Annual Shogi Awards):
Ayumu Matsuo for the ...K-52 variation of Side Pawn Capture.
* 2014 (42nd Annual Shogi Awards):
Tatsuya Sugai for his many tactical variations against
Central Rook Anaguma,
Cheerful Central Rook,
Quick Ishida and others.
* 2015 (43rd Annual Shogi Awards):
Eisaku Tomioka for the
Tomioka variation of
Bishop Exchange, Reclining Silver.
* 2016 (44th Annual Shogi Awards):
Shōta Chida for the
Bishop Exchange, Reclining Silver variations K-42/G-62/R-81.
* 2017 (45th Annual Shogi Awards):
Teruichi Aono for the
Aono Side Pawn Capture, and
Yūki Sasaki for the
Yūki Side Pawn Capture .
* 2018 (46th Annual Shogi Awards):
Sōta Fujii for the move 38. ... Rx7g+ in the final match of the 5th class of the 31st
Ryūō
Ryūō (also Ryu-O, Ryu-oh, Ryuuou; in Japanese: 龍王, 竜王, lit. " Dragon King") is an annual Japanese professional shogi tournament and the title of its winner. The current Ryūō title holder is Sōta Fujii.
The Ryūō Tournament (''Ryū ...
Ranking tournament against
Naohiro Ishida on June 5, 2018.
* 2019 (47th Annual Shogi Awards): The
shogi engine elmo
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for developing the "
elmo castle".
* 2020 (48th Annual Shogi Awards):
Takahiro Ōhashi for the
Yōryū Fourth File Rook
* 2021 (49th Annual Shogi Awards):
Shōta Chida for the
Bishop Exchange Gold-33
Rushing Silver Attack
* 2022 (50th Annual Shogi Awards): Hiroaki Ureshino (amateur) for
Ureshino opening
* 2023 (51st Annual Shogi Awards):
Takumi Itō for the (
Impasse strategy used in Game 1 of the 49th Kiō Title Match)
* 2024 (52nd Annual Shogi Awards):
Amahiko Satō for the
Opposing Rook Bishop-66 strategy.
Masuda Special Prize
* 2002 Katsumi Tateishi for the
Tateishi Fourth File Rook.
* 2004
Taku Morishita
is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9- dan. He is a former director of the Japanese Shogi Association, and is currently serving as an executive director.
Early life
Taku Morishita was born in Kokura, Kitakyushu on July 10, 1966. In ...
for the
Morishita System.
* 2008
Kazuo Manabe for his
splendid, phantom ...*B-42 move in his (last) match against
Masayuki Toyoshima.
* 2010
Takayuki Yamasaki for the New Yamasaki variation of Side Pawn Capture.
* 2014
Yasuaki Tsukada for the
Tsukada Special developed in the mid-1980s.
* 2015
Hifumi Katō for his developments and many novel contributions for
Climbing Silver over his 62-year career.
* 2016
Nobuyuki Ōuchi for his many developments in the strategy for
Bear-in-the-hole Ranging Rook.
* 2017
Tadahisa Maruyama for his research on
Bishop Exchange opening including
Tempo Loss Bishop Exchange.
* 2018
Kenji Waki for the
Waki System.
* 2019
Sōta Fujii for the move 58...S*31 in Game 2 of the 91st
Kisei title match.
* 2021
Torahiko Tanaka for his developments in opening strategy for
Static Rook Anaguma and Yagura Without Pushing the Rook Pawn among others.
* 2023
Akihiro Murata (Murata System)
References
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