| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| FIDE Master, rated 2354 | Aoshima Mirai | 100%
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| Married to a Ladies' 4-dan | Chida Shōta | 100%
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| One of Kansai's 4 Young Kings | Inaba Akira | 100%
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| His last season was the first where he had a <80% win rate | Fujii Sōta | 100%
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| Participated in a manzai competition with another player | Hattori Shin'ichirō | 100%
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| Claimed Habu's last title | Hirose Akihito | 100%
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| His most-defeated opponent is Sanmaidō Tatsuya with 7 wins | Ishii Kentarō | 100%
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| First Hiroshima-born player to win a title in 56 years | Itodani Tetsurō | 100%
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| Promoted to 8-dan on 14 June 2025 | Itō Takumi | 100%
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| Shares his surname with a Masakazu 7-dan | Kondō Seiya | 100%
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| Almost a Lifetime Ōza | Nagase Takuya | 100%
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| Waseda School of Political Science and Economics grad | Nakamura Taichi | 100%
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| Flashy suits are his signature | Ōhashi Takahiro | 100%
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| Scored his 100th win in 2013 against another player on this list | Ōishi Tadashi | 100%
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| Called the "Prince of the West" from his appearance and voice | Saitō Shintarō | 100%
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| Born in Geneva, Switzerland | Sasaki Yūki | 100%
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| His given name means "a mountain god soaring in the sky" | Satō Amahiko | 100%
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| Him vs. Habu is the 2nd most played matchup in shogi history | Satō Yasumitsu | 100%
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| Ranging Rook innovator with one Masuda Prize | Sugai Tatsuya | 100%
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| First official Eiō | Takami Taichi | 100%
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| 4th Ryūō-Meijin in history | Toyoshima Masayuki | 100%
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| Came back from 0-3 against Habu to claim his lifetime title | Watanabe Akira | 100%
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| Announced his marriage this July | Masuda Yasuhiro | 0%
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| Has been in B1 since 2022 - longest of all current B1 players | Sawada Shingo | 0%
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