Rating › Growth speed › Youngest to reach a rating of 1900
Youngest to reach a rating of 1900 ranking
Ordered by age at the first time the rating reached 1900 or more, youngest first.
| Rank | Players | Age at first reaching | Date reached |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sota Fujii Active | 16 y 4 m | Nov 20, 2018 (1901) |
| 2 | Yoshiharu Habu Active | 18 y 0 m | Oct 7, 1988 (1901) |
| 3 | Akira Watanabe Active | 20 y 4 m | Sep 10, 2004 (1904) |
| 4 | Nagisa Fujimoto Active | 20 y 9 m | May 1, 2026 (1903) |
| 5 | Takumi Ito Active | 20 y 9 m | Aug 3, 2023 (1900) |
| 6 | Toshiyuki Moriuchi Active | 21 y 2 m | Dec 13, 1991 (1902) |
| 7 | Makoto Nakahara | 21 y 4 m | Jan 12, 1969 (1902) |
| 8 | Masayuki Toyoshima Active | 21 y 6 m | Nov 10, 2011 (1902) |
| 9 | Koji Tanigawa Active | 22 y 3 m | Jul 6, 1984 (1904) |
| 10 | Yoshikazu Minami Active | 23 y 5 m | Dec 2, 1986 (1903) |
| 11 | Masataka Goda Active | 23 y 6 m | Oct 2, 1994 (1901) |
| 12 | Yasumitsu Satoh Active | 23 y 10 m | Aug 24, 1993 (1901) |
| 13 | Koichi Fukaura Active | 23 y 11 m | Jan 22, 1996 (1903) |
| 14 | Takayuki Yamasaki Active | 24 y 0 m | Mar 6, 2005 (1904) |
| 15 | Tadahisa Maruyama Active | 24 y 0 m | Sep 30, 1994 (1901) |
| 16 | Taku Morishita Active | 24 y 5 m | Dec 11, 1990 (1903) |
| 17 | Akihito Hirose Active | 24 y 10 m | Nov 22, 2011 (1904) |
| 18 | Takuya Nagase Active | 25 y 2 m | Nov 14, 2017 (1901) |
| 19 | Tatsuya Sugai Active | 25 y 3 m | Jul 26, 2017 (1908) |
| 20 | Toshiaki Kubo Active | 25 y 3 m | Dec 22, 2000 (1901) |
| 21 | Shinichiro Hattori Active | 25 y 5 m | Jan 24, 2025 (1908) |
| 22 | Shota Chida Active | 25 y 10 m | Feb 17, 2020 (1901) |
| 23 | Nobuyuki Yashiki Active | 25 y 10 m | Dec 5, 1997 (1902) |
| 24 | Chikara Akutsu Active | 25 y 11 m | Jun 10, 2008 (1904) |
| 25 | Michio Takahashi Active | 26 y 5 m | Oct 13, 1986 (1900) |
| 26 | Amahiko Satoh Active | 27 y 2 m | Mar 20, 2015 (1903) |
| 27 | Torahiko Tanaka | 27 y 8 m | Jan 25, 1985 (1901) |
| 28 | Akira Inaba Active | 27 y 10 m | Jun 23, 2016 (1901) |
| 29 | Takeshi Fujii Active | 27 y 11 m | Sep 14, 1998 (1909) |
| 30 | Kazuki Kimura Active | 28 y 1 m | Aug 21, 2001 (1901) |
| 31 | Shintaro Saito Active | 28 y 2 m | Jul 2, 2021 (1901) |
| 32 | Yuuki Sasaki Active | 29 y 11 m | Aug 2, 2024 (1902) |
| 33 | Kunio Naitou | 30 y 3 m | Mar 6, 1970 (1901) |
| 34 | Kunio Yonenaga | 31 y 8 m | Mar 6, 1975 (1904) |
| 35 | Michiyoshi Yamada | 33 y 7 m | Jul 11, 1967 (1907) |
| 36 | Tatsuya Futakami | 34 y 9 m | Oct 28, 1966 (1901) |
| 37 | Kiyozumi Kiriyama | 36 y 6 m | Apr 17, 1984 (1901) |
| 38 | Hifumi Katoh | 37 y 2 m | Mar 25, 1977 (1903) |
| 39 | Hisashi Namekata Active | 39 y 5 m | Jun 2, 2013 (1902) |
| 40 | Hiroyuki Miura Active | 42 y 1 m | Mar 23, 2016 (1907) |
| 41 | Yasuharu Ooyama | 42 y 4 m | Jul 29, 1965 (1901) |
Ratings are this site's own calculations (official games since FY1964; each fiscal year is scaled so that the average is 1600). Only players with a known date of birth are included. The first day on which the rating crossed the line is counted, using day-by-day values.