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Age on reaching 8-dan (youngest): ranking
Youngest age at promotion to 8-dan.
| Rank | Players | Age | 8-dan promotion date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sota Fujii Active | 18 y 1 m | 8-dan on 2020-8-20 (born 2002-7-19) |
| 2 | Hifumi Katoh | 18 y 3 m | 8-dan on 1958-4-1 (born 1940-1-1) |
| 3 | Koji Tanigawa Active | 19 y 11 m | 8-dan on 1982-4-1 (born 1962-4-6) |
| 4 | Akira Watanabe Active | 21 y 6 m | 8-dan on 2005-11-17 (born 1984-4-23) |
| 5 | Yoshiharu Habu Active | 22 y 6 m | 8-dan on 1993-4-1 (born 1970-9-27) |
| 6 | Makoto Nakahara | 22 y 6 m | 8-dan on 1970-4-1 (born 1947-9-2) |
| 7 | Takumi Ito Active | 22 y 8 m | 8-dan on 2025-6-14 (born 2002-10-10) |
| 8 | Yoshikazu Minami Active | 22 y 9 m | 8-dan on 1986-4-1 (born 1963-6-8) |
| 9 | Yasuaki Tsukada Active | 23 y 4 m | 8-dan on 1988-4-1 (born 1964-11-16) |
| 10 | Toshiyuki Moriuchi Active | 24 y 5 m | 8-dan on 1995-4-1 (born 1970-10-10) |
| 11 | Satoshi Murayama | 25 y 9 m | 8-dan on 1995-4-1 (born 1969-6-15) |
| 12 | Tetsuro Itodani Active | 26 y 1 m | 8-dan on 2014-12-4 (born 1988-10-5) |
| 13 | Yasuhiro Masuda Active | 26 y 4 m | 8-dan on 2024-3-7 (born 1997-11-4) |
| 14 | Yasumitsu Satoh Active | 26 y 6 m | 8-dan on 1996-4-1 (born 1969-10-1) |
| 15 | Shintaro Saito Active | 26 y 9 m | 8-dan on 2020-2-13 (born 1993-4-21) |
| 16 | Masayuki Toyoshima Active | 26 y 10 m | 8-dan on 2017-3-9 (born 1990-4-30) |
| 17 | Torahiko Tanaka | 26 y 11 m | 8-dan on 1984-4-1 (born 1957-4-29) |
| 18 | Amahiko Satoh Active | 26 y 11 m | 8-dan on 2015-1-8 (born 1988-1-16) |
| 19 | Takuya Nagase Active | 27 y 0 m | 8-dan on 2019-10-1 (born 1992-9-5) |
| 20 | Akihito Hirose Active | 27 y 0 m | 8-dan on 2014-2-13 (born 1987-1-18) |
| 21 | Hiroyuki Miura Active | 27 y 1 m | 8-dan on 2001-4-1 (born 1974-2-13) |
| 22 | Kunio Naitou | 27 y 4 m | 8-dan on 1967-4-1 (born 1939-11-15) |
| 23 | Kiyozumi Kiriyama | 27 y 5 m | 8-dan on 1975-4-1 (born 1947-10-7) |
| 24 | Akira Inaba Active | 27 y 6 m | 8-dan on 2016-2-18 (born 1988-8-8) |
| 25 | Tadahisa Maruyama Active | 27 y 6 m | 8-dan on 1998-4-1 (born 1970-9-5) |
| 26 | Toshiaki Kubo Active | 27 y 7 m | 8-dan on 2003-4-1 (born 1975-8-27) |
| 27 | Taku Morishita Active | 27 y 8 m | 8-dan on 1994-4-1 (born 1966-7-10) |
| 28 | Tatsuya Sugai Active | 27 y 9 m | 8-dan on 2020-1-23 (born 1992-4-17) |
| 29 | Kunio Yonenaga | 27 y 9 m | 8-dan on 1971-4-1 (born 1943-6-10) |
| 30 | Masataka Goda Active | 28 y 0 m | 8-dan on 1999-4-1 (born 1971-3-17) |
| 31 | Seiya Kondou Active | 28 y 5 m | 8-dan on 2025-1-16 (born 1996-7-25) |
| 32 | Yuuki Sasaki Active | 28 y 7 m | 8-dan on 2023-3-9 (born 1994-8-5) |
| 33 | Daisuke Suzuki Active | 28 y 8 m | 8-dan on 2003-4-1 (born 1974-7-11) |
| 34 | Michio Takahashi Active | 28 y 11 m | 8-dan on 1989-4-1 (born 1960-4-23) |
| 35 | Kenji Kobayashi | 29 y 0 m | 8-dan on 1986-4-1 (born 1957-3-31) |
| 36 | Takeshi Fujii Active | 29 y 0 m | 8-dan on 1999-10-1 (born 1970-9-29) |
| 37 | Michio Ariyoshi | 29 y 8 m | 8-dan on 1965-4-1 (born 1935-7-27) |
| 38 | Manabu Senzaki Active | 29 y 9 m | 8-dan on 2000-4-1 (born 1970-6-22) |
| 39 | Shota Chida Active | 29 y 9 m | 8-dan on 2024-2-8 (born 1994-4-10) |
| 40 | Osamu Katsuura | 29 y 10 m | 8-dan on 1976-4-1 (born 1946-5-8) |
| 41 | Keiji Mori | 29 y 11 m | 8-dan on 1976-4-1 (born 1946-4-6) |
| 42 | Teruichi Aono | 30 y 2 m | 8-dan on 1983-4-1 (born 1953-1-31) |
| 43 | Bungo Fukusaki | 30 y 3 m | 8-dan on 1990-3-26 (born 1959-12-6) |
| 44 | Nobuyuki Yashiki Active | 30 y 3 m | 8-dan on 2002-5-13 (born 1972-1-18) |
| 45 | Nobuyuki Oouchi | 30 y 5 m | 8-dan on 1972-4-1 (born 1941-10-2) |
| 46 | Hidemitsu Moriyasu | 30 y 7 m | 8-dan on 1980-4-1 (born 1949-8-18) |
| 47 | Osamu Nakamura Active | 30 y 11 m | 8-dan on 1993-10-15 (born 1962-11-7) |
| 48 | Akira Shima Active | 31 y 1 m | 8-dan on 1994-4-1 (born 1963-2-19) |
| 49 | Wataru Yashiro Active | 31 y 4 m | 8-dan on 2025-7-10 (born 1994-3-3) |
| 50 | Chikara Akutsu Active | 31 y 7 m | 8-dan on 2014-2-13 (born 1982-6-24) |
Covers players whose birth date and 8-dan promotion date are known to the day.
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