Kiroku – Japanese Professional Shogi Records
Kiroku (棋録) is an unofficial database of Japanese professional shogi. It covers official games since 1964, the Junisen (Meijin league) since 1946, and an Elo-style rating for every professional. Most pages are in Japanese; names below are shown in English with the Japanese spelling. Data as of 2026-10-30.
Rating ranking (top 30)
| # | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sota Fujii 藤井 聡太 | 2103 |
| 2 | Takuya Nagase 永瀬 拓矢 | 1959 |
| 3 | Nagisa Fujimoto 藤本 渚 | 1912 |
| 4 | Takumi Ito 伊藤 匠 | 1884 |
| 5 | Akira Watanabe 渡辺 明 | 1884 |
| 6 | Shinichiro Hattori 服部 慎一郎 | 1875 |
| 7 | Masayuki Toyoshima 豊島 将之 | 1871 |
| 8 | Akihito Hirose 広瀬 章人 | 1867 |
| 9 | Yasuhiro Masuda 増田 康宏 | 1849 |
| 10 | Wataru Yashiro 八代 弥 | 1835 |
| 11 | Yoshiharu Habu 羽生 善治 | 1834 |
| 12 | Mirai Aoshima 青嶋 未来 | 1826 |
| 13 | Yuuki Sasaki 佐々木勇気 | 1819 |
| 14 | Amahiko Satoh 佐藤 天彦 | 1812 |
| 15 | Shintaro Saito 斎藤慎太郎 | 1801 |
| 16 | Asuto Saito 斎藤 明日斗 | 1794 |
| 17 | Tetsuro Itodani 糸谷 哲郎 | 1792 |
| 18 | Daichi Sasaki 佐々木 大地 | 1788 |
| 19 | Seiya Kondou 近藤 誠也 | 1784 |
| 20 | Takayuki Yamasaki 山崎 隆之 | 1783 |
| 21 | Takahiro Oohashi 大橋 貴洸 | 1782 |
| 22 | Hirotoshi Ueno 上野 裕寿 | 1779 |
| 23 | Yusei Koga 古賀 悠聖 | 1778 |
| 24 | Masataka Goda 郷田 真隆 | 1777 |
| 25 | Tatsuya Sugai 菅井 竜也 | 1768 |
| 26 | Shingo Sawada 澤田 真吾 | 1767 |
| 27 | Reo Okabe 岡部 怜央 | 1760 |
| 28 | Mikio Kariyama 狩山 幹生 | 1760 |
| 29 | Akihiro Ida 井田 明宏 | 1749 |
| 30 | Kanta Masegi 柵木 幹太 | 1745 |
Ratings are calculated by this site with the Elo method (K=16), using official games since April 1964. Each fiscal year is shifted so that the average professional is 1600. These are not official ratings of the Japan Shogi Association. Players who have not played for a year are excluded.
Current title holders
| Ryuo | Sota Fujii 藤井 聡太 |
| Meijin | Sota Fujii 藤井 聡太 |
| Eio | Takumi Ito 伊藤 匠 |
| Oi | Sota Fujii 藤井 聡太 |
| Oza | Akihito Hirose 広瀬 章人 |
| Kisei | Sota Fujii 藤井 聡太 |
| Kio | Sota Fujii 藤井 聡太 |
| Osho | Sota Fujii 藤井 聡太 |