Habu Yoshiharu

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Habu Yoshiharu (羽生善治, born September 27, 1970) is a professional shogi player.

[edit] Biography

Habu became a professional in 1985. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1994. He is widely known as the best shogi player currently and of all time due to his numerous title wins.He has won all 7 major titles in 1995 (the titles include Ryu-Oh, Meijin, Kisei, Ohi, Kioh, Ohza and Osho ) His teacher is Futakami Tatsuya. Habu is also one of the best chess players in Japan with ELO rating of 2404 (January 2007).

[edit] Titles

Title	Years Held
Ryu-Oh	1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002
Meijin	1994 - 1996, 2003
Kisei	1993 - 1995, 2000
Ohi	1993 - 2001, 2004, 2005
Kioh	1991 - 2002, 2005
Ohza	1992 - 2005
Osho	1995 - 2000, 2002, 2005
Asahi Open	1989, 1991, 1998, 2004, 2005
NHK Cup	1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
Nihon Series	1991, 1998, 2003
Ginga-sen	1997, 2000, 2001, 2004
Hayasashi Senshuken	1992, 1995
Shinjin-Oh (Shogi)	1988