Yoshiharu Habu is a Japanese professional shogi player born September 27, 1970, in Saitama Prefecture, widely regarded as the greatest shogi player in history. In 1996 he became the first and, as of the mid 2020s, only player to hold all seven major shogi titles simultaneously, a feat later termed the Habu Seven Crowns, and over his career he has won more than 100 major titles, a record in the sport. He turned professional at 15 and has remained among the sport's elite players for over three decades, also serving as a prominent public figure for shogi in Japan.
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Career HighlightFirst person to simultaneously hold all seven major professional shogi titles, in 1996, and the only player ever to qualify as a lifetime title holder for seven titles. 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, nationality there.
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1. Wikipedia, Yoshiharu Habu
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born September 27, 1970) is a professional shogi player and a chess FIDE Master.
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Yoshiharu Habu was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama in 1970 and moved to Hachioji, Tokyo before entering kindergarten.
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He was the first person to simultaneously hold seven major professional shogi titles at the same time and is the only person to qualify as a lifetime title holder for seven major titles.
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