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year's title match. The four lowest finishers in league play each year are demoted from the league and must requalify through single-elimination preliminary tournaments. The remaining five players are re-seeded from two to six based upon their results from the previous year, and the four winners of the preliminary tournaments are seeded as a joint number seven seed. Ties between players to determine the league's winner and which players are demoted are resolved through playoff games.
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The lifetime title of "Queen Meijin" is awarded to those players who have won the title five times or more. The title is officially awarded once the player has retired from active play. As of
November 2020, three players have qualified for the title: Hiroe Nakai (1992), Ichiyo Shimizu (1996) and
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The title match is a best-of-five format between the defending Women's Meijin and the winner of the challengers league with the time control for each game being three hours per player. The winner is awarded the title of "Women's Meijin", while the loser becomes the first seed in the challenger league
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title so as to acknowledge its higher status. In March 2014, however, the Japan Shogi
Association announced that character was being officially dropped from the tournaments name to not only commemorate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the women's professional system and the Women's Meijin
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The challenger for the Meijin title is determined through a 10-player league system in which the winner of the league advances to the title match against the reigning Meijin. Players are seeded based upon their results in the previous year's league, with the top seed being the loser of the previous
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Professional Meijin Tournament, the defending Women's Meijin was automatically seeded into the title match, and the challenger was determined through league play. The title match remained a best-of-three series until 1980 when it changed to a best-of-five series.
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with the remaining five women playing a tournament to determine which one would advance to the final match. Terashita won the tournament, but lost to
Takojima 2 games to none in the best-of-three final match; thus Takojima was the first person to be award the title of
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for first place, a playoff is held with the format depending upon the number of players involved. Players finishing second through fifth place remain in the league and are re-seeded for the following year, while the bottom four finishers are
472:: a preliminary round, a challengers league and a title match. Tournament play begins in April to coincide with the beginning of the new shogi season with the title match taking place in January and February of the following calendar year.
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from the league and need to re-qualify via the preliminary tournaments. In cases where relegation is unclear due to ties, a playoff is held to determine which player remains in the challengers league.
189:. The title is awarded yearly to the winner of the a best-of-five match between the defending Women's Meijin and a challenger determined through league play. The current Women's Meijin titleholder is
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Below is a list of past Women Meijin title holders. From 1974 until 1980, the title match was a best-of-three series. The number in parentheses represents the total times a player has won the title.
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each finished league play with a record of 4 wins and 5 losses. A one-game-playoff was held to determine who would be relegated from league play. Muraya won the playoff to remain in the league.
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1807:[Name change for Women's Meijin Tournament announced; the new name is the Okada Museum of Art Women's Meijin Tournament] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 19, 2015
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each finished league play with a record of 6 wins and 3 losses. A one-game-playoff was held to determine who would advance to the title match, and this playoff was won by
Shimizu.
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All active women's professional shogi players (including LPSA and unaffiliated women's professionals) are eligible to participate in the preliminary round, which consists of four
2479:[Satomi 4-crown, the "Izumo Lightning", defends Women's Meijin title for 11th consecutive time to set a new record for most consecutive wins of a women's major title.].
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Founded in 1974, the Women's Meijin is the oldest of the women's major titles. The title match and league play is currently cosponsored by the
Japanese daily sports newspaper
1832:[Women's major title name change announced; the new name will be the "Universal Cup Women's Meijin Tournament"] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. March 17, 2014
2606:["Kana Fukuma" recaptures Women's Meijin title! Defeats reigning Women's Meijin Tomoka Nishiyama 3 games to 1 to regain the title after losing it three years ago.].
394:) from the 36th Women's Meijin Tournament (2009–10) until the 42nd Meijin Tournament (2014–15) to reflect name change of Aruze to Universal. It adopted its current name
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with a time control of two hours per game with the winner advancing to the title match against the defending Women's Meijin. If two of more players
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in which the winner of each tournament advances to the challengers league. The time control for preliminary round games is two hours per player.
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1907:[Kana Satomi wins Women's Meijin for the fifth consecutive time to become the third player to qualify for the Queen Meijin title].
2155:[34th Women's Meijin...Yauchi Women's Meijin defends title to threepeat] (in Japanese). Igo & Shogi Channel. February 21, 2008
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The challengers league consists of ten players who are seeded based upon their performance in the previous years' tournament. It is a
2544:[Sae Itō captures Women's Meijin for first major title, Kana Satomi unable to win the title for the 13th consecutive time].
2570:"[Shōgi] Nishiyama Tomoka Jo-Ō ga Hatsuchōsen de Joryū Meijin Kakutoku Itō Sae Joryū Meijin Bōei Narazu Joryū Meijinsen"
1857:[41st Universal Women's Meijin Tournament: Challenger Determination Playoff] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2015
2205:[36th Women's Meijin ... Satomi Kurashiki Tōka captures title] (in Japanese). Igo & Shogi Channel. February 11, 2010
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was originally part of the tournament's official
Japanese name when it was established in 1974. This was done primarily out of
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2293:[Satomi wins Women's Meijin wins for the fourth consecutive year to become the third women's professional to do so].
2055:[Shimizu captures Women's Meijin after a five year draught] (in Japanese). Igo & Shogi Channel. February 20, 2004
2130:[33rd Women's Meijin...Yauchi Women's Meijin defends title.] (in Japanese). Igo & Shogi Channel. March 27, 2007
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2180:[35th Women's Meijin...Shimizu Women's Ōshō captures title] (in Japanese). Igo & Shogi Channel. March 6, 2009
1882:[41st Universal Women's Meijin Tournament: Relegation Determination] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association. 2016
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The first tournament consisted of the original six women to be awarded women's professional status by the JSA in 1974:
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2263:[Shogi Women's Meijin best-of-five title match: Satomi Women's Meijin wins for the third consecutive year].
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2514:[Satomi 4-crown defends Women's Meijin title... ties for the most overall women's major titles with 43.].
2575:[ Women's Meijin Tournament: Sae Itō loses Meijin title to first-time challenger Tomoka Nishiyama Jo-Ō].
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2105:[32rd Women's Meijin ...Yauchi captures title] (in Japanese). Igo & Shogi Channel. February 9, 2006
2080:[31st Women's Meijin...Shimizu defends title] (in Japanese). Igo & Shogi Channel. February 15, 2005
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2231:[Women's Meijin best-of-five title match: Satomi Women's Meijin wins for the second year in a row].
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2450:[Satomi ties women's professional shogi record of winning same title ten consecutive times.].
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2388:[Women's Meijin title match Game 5: Kana Satomi wins title for the eighth consecutive time].
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The players of the 51st Women's Meijin League (April – December 2024) are as follows.
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was approached in
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2601:"｢Fukuma Kana｣ de Joryū Meijin ni Fukui! Nihiyama Tomoka Joryū Meijin wo Yabutte Sankiburi Dasshu"
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2322:[Satomi regains form after illness; wins Women's Meijin for sixth consecutive time].
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2474:"｢Izumo Inazuma｣ Satomi Joryū Yonkan Joryū Meijinsen Bōei Saita no Jūichi Renpa"
2353:[Satomi Women's Meijin wins Meijin crown for seventh consecutive time].
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2419:[Women's Meijin Satomi wins three straight games to defend title.].
1938:[Women's Meijin past results] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association
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2637:[51st Women's Meijin League] (in Japanese). Japan Shogi Association
2258:"Satomi Kana Joryū Meijin ga Sanrenpa Shōgi･Joryū Meijin'isen Goban Shōbu"
1852:"Dai Yonjūikki Yunibāsaruhai Joryū Meijinsen: Chōsensha Ketteisen Purēofu"
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2150:"Dai Sanjūyonki Joryū Meijin'isen...Yauchi Joryū Meijin, Bōei (Sanrenpa)"
2100:"Dai Sanjūniki Joryū Meijin'isen Goban Shōbu ... Yauchi Joryū ga Dasshu"
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An example of this occurred in the 42nd Women's Meijin in 2015–2016 when
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1778:(in Japanese). MyNabi Publishing/Japan Shogi Association. pp. 22–29
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1902:"Joryū Meijin, Satomi Kana ga Gorenpa / Sanninme no Kuīn wo Kakutoku"
2226:"Satomi Joryū Meijin, Nirenpa Tassei, Joryū Meijin'isen Goban Shōbu"
2200:"Dai Sanjūrokki Joryū Meijin'isen ... Satomi Kurashiki Tōka, Dasshu"
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of the Japan Shogi
Association and most other Japanese organizations.
1877:"Dai Yonjūniki Okada Bijutsukanuhai Joryū Meijinsen: Zanryū Kettei"
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Most appearances in Women's Meijin title match: Ichiyo Shimizu (20)
412:, which is affiliated with Universal Entertainment, in March 2015.
2317:"Shōgi, Satomi ga Joryū Meijin Rokurenpa/Taichō Furyō Kara Fukki"
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2125:"Dai Sanjūsanki Joryū Meijin'isen...Yauchi Joryū Meijin no Bōei"
2383:"Shōgi, Satomi Kana ga Hachirenpa Joryū Meijinsen Dai Gokyoku"
2175:"Dai Sanjūgoki Joryū Meijin'isen...Shimizu Joryū Ōshō, Dasshu"
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with additional support being provided by the Japanese company
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Most consecutive Women's Meijin titles: Satomi Kana (12)
2288:"Satomi Joryū Meijin ga Yonrenpa Shōgi Shijō Sanninme"
2075:"Dai Sanjūikki Joryū Meijin'isen...Shimizu Joryū Bōei"
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Ladies Professional Shogi-players' Association of Japan
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Official Japan Shogi Association's Women's Meijin page
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Official Universal Entertainment Women's Meijin page
2572:[将棋] 西山朋佳女王が初挑戦で女流名人獲得 伊藤沙恵女流名人は初防衛ならず 女流名人戦
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2348:"Satomi Joryū Meijin, Nanarenpa wo Tassei, Shōgi"
1772:[40 years of Women's Professional Shogi].
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2485:(in Japanese). February 11, 2020. Archived from
2357:(in Japanese). February 25, 2016. Archived from
2050:"Shimizu Joryū Gokiburi Joryū Meijin'i Dasshu"
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208:Okada Museum of Art Women's Meijin Tournament
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2454:(in Japanese). Kyodo News. February 18, 2019
1480:Most Women's Meijin titles: Satomi Kana (12)
206:. The tournament is officially known as the
2019:"Joryū Meijin Kako no Goban Shōbusenseki"
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272:Women's Professional Meijin Tournament
2537:Niidoi, Hitoaki (February 24, 2022).
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403:Okada Bijutsukanhai Joryū Meijinsen
382:Universal Women's Meijin Tournament
378:Universal Entertainment Corporation
215:Okada Bijutsukanhai Joryū Meijinsen
2632:"Dai Gojūikkai Joryū Meijin Rīgu"
2603:｢福間香奈｣で女流名人に復位! 西山朋佳女流名人を破って3期ぶり奪還
1804:女流名人戦, 冠名変更のお知らせ 新名称「岡田美術館杯女流名人戦」へ
453:regular professional shogi players
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2511:里見女流四冠, 女流タイトル最多タイの43期に...女流名人を防衛
2445:"Satomi, Joryū Saitatai Jūrenpa"
2286:Satō, Keiji (February 27, 2013).
2256:Satō, Keiji (February 15, 2012).
2224:Satō, Keiji (February 15, 2011).
1933:"Joryū Meijinsen: Kako no Kekka"
389:Yunibāsaru Hai Joryū Meijin-i-sen
2612:(in Japanese). February 25, 2024
2581:(in Japanese). February 24, 2023
2518:(in Japanese). November 17, 2021
2425:(in Japanese). February 13, 2018
2394:(in Japanese). February 22, 2017
1829:女流棋戦名称変更のお知らせ 新名称 ｢ユニバーサル杯女流名人戦｣
2541:伊藤沙恵が女流名人奪取, 初タイトル 里見香奈は13連覇ならず
2476:「出雲のイナズマ」里見女流四冠 女流名人戦防衛 最多の11連覇
2328:(in Japanese). February 8, 2015
1913:(in Japanese). February 9, 2014
499:for the next tournament cycle.
376:) after the former name of the
364:Aruze Women's Meijin Tournament
1854:第41期ユニバーサル杯女流名人戦: 挑戦者決定戦 プレーオフ
1767:"Joryū Kikai no Yonjū Shūnen"
1666:fiscal and administrative year
477:single-elimination tournaments
250:) as a shogi player. In 1974,
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2152:第34期女流名人位戦...矢内女流名人, 防衛 (3連覇)
19:For the women's professional
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371:Aruze Hai Joryū Meijin-i-sen
154:Sponsor's tournament website
468:The tournament consists of
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2228:里見女流名人, 2連覇達成 将棋女流名人位戦五番勝負
1739:women's professional ranks
187:women's professional shogi
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2260:里見香奈名人が3連覇 将棋/･女流名人位戦五番勝負
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2202:第36期女流名人位戦...里見倉敷藤花, 奪取
2177:第35期女流名人位戦...清水女流王将, 奪取
1726:Japan Shogi Association
427:Japanese pronunciation:
348:apprentice professional
279:Joryū Puro Meijin-i-sen
234:Japan Shogi Association
204:Universal Entertainment
77:Universal Entertainment
23:Meijin tournament, see
2319:将棋、里見が女流名人6連覇／体調不良から復帰
2127:第33期女流名人位戦...矢内女流名人の防衛
1879:第42期岡田美術館杯女流名人戦: 残留決定戦
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2385:将棋, 里見香奈が8連覇 女流名人戦第5局
2077:第31期女流名人位戦...清水女流名人防衛
694:Kazuko Yamashita (4)
677:Kazuko Yamashita (3)
651:Kazuko Yamashita (2)
455:who competed for the
2489:on February 12, 2020
2363:on February 25, 2016
1186:Ichiyo Shimizu (10)
872:Naoko Hayashiba (4)
764:Naoko Hayashiba (3)
747:Naoko Hayashiba (2)
508:Kana Satomi (2013).
415:The kanji character
105:Number of times held
2391:Nishinippon Shimbun
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1503:51st Meijin League
1114:Ichiyo Shimizu (9)
1097:Ichiyo Shimizu (8)
1010:Ichiyo Shimizu (7)
993:Ichiyo Shimizu (6)
976:Ichiyo Shimizu (5)
959:Ichiyo Shimizu (4)
942:Ichiyo Shimizu (3)
855:Ichiyo Shimizu (2)
711:Akiko Takojima (4)
599:Akiko Takojima (3)
573:Akiko Takojima (2)
445:" in some contexts)
410:Okada Museum of Art
260:women shogi players
222:Okada Museum of Art
2350:里見女流名人, 7連覇を達成, 将棋
2290:里見女流名人が4連覇 将棋史上3人目
1737:All dan ranks are
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2416:将棋の里見女流名人, 3連勝で防衛
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1400:Kana Satomi (12)
1381:Kana Satomi (11)
1364:Kana Satomi (10)
1169:Rieko Yauchi (3)
1152:Rieko Yauchi (2)
717:Kazuko Yamashita
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