Kiō Kiō is one of the eight major title tournaments in professional shogi . The word means the 'king of shogi'.Overview The tournament started in 1974 as a continuation of the Saikyōshakettei tournament, which was held from 1961 to 1973. The Kiō tournament was promoted to a title tournament in 1975. The championship match is held from February to March . The challenger for the Kiō title is determined by the first and second preliminary rounds. In the second round, the losers in the semi-finals and final play consolation games , then the winners of the final and consolation-final advance to a two-game playoff . The winner of the consolation games has to win both games to become the challenger while the winner of the final has to win only one of the two games. The first player to win three games in the championship becomes the new Kiō titleholder.Lifetime Kiō Lifetime Kiō is the title given to a player who won the championship five times in a row . Active players may qualify for this title, but it is only officially awarded upon their retirement or death. In 1995, Yoshiharu Habu won his fifth Kiō title in a row, thus becoming the first professional to qualify for the title. In 2017, Akira Watanabe won his fifth title in a row to join Habu as the only professionals to have accomplished this feat.Winners The following table shows a list of past winners.No. Year Winner Score Opponent 1 1975 Nobuyuki Ōuchi 2 1976 Hifumi Katō 3-0 Nobuyuki Ōuchi 3 1977 Hifumi Katō 3-0 Makoto Nakahara 4 1978 Kunio Yonenaga 3-2 Hifumi Katō 5 1979 Makoto Nakahara 3-1 Kunio Yonenaga 6 1980 Kunio Yonenaga 3-1 Makoto Nakahara 7 1981 Kunio Yonenaga 3-2 Hidemitsu Moriyasu 8 1982 Kunio Yonenaga 3-0 Yasuharu Oyama 9 1983 Kunio Yonenaga 3-1 Hidemitsu Moriyasu 10 1984 Kiyozumi Kiriyama 3-1 Kunio Yonenaga 11 1985 Koji Tanigawa 3-0 Kiyozumi Kiriyama 12 1986 Michio Takahashi 3-1 Koji Tanigawa 13 1987 Koji Tanigawa 3-2 Michio Takahashi 14 1988 Yoshikazu Minami 3-2 Koji Tanigawa 15 1989 Yoshikazu Minami 3-0 Yasuharu Oyama 16 1990 Yoshiharu Habu 3-1 Yoshikazu Minami 17 1991 Yoshiharu Habu 3-1 Yoshikazu Minami 18 1992 Yoshiharu Habu 3-2 Koji Tanigawa 19 1993 Yoshiharu Habu 3-0 Yoshikazu Minami 20 1994 Yoshiharu Habu 3-0 Taku Morishita 21 1995 Yoshiharu Habu 3-0 Michio Takahashi 22 1996 Yoshiharu Habu 3-0 Taku Morishita 23 1997 Yoshiharu Habu 3-1 Masataka Gōda24 1998 Yoshiharu Habu 3-0 Yasumitsu Sato 25 1999 Yoshiharu Habu 3-1 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 26 2000 Yoshiharu Habu 3-1 Toshiaki Kubo 27 2001 Yoshiharu Habu 3-1 Yasumitsu Sato 28 2002 Tadahisa Maruyama3-2 Yoshiharu Habu 29 2003 Koji Tanigawa 3-1 Tadahisa Maruyama 30 2004 Yoshiharu Habu 3-0 Koji Tanigawa 31 2005 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 3-1 Yoshiharu Habu 32 2006 Yasumitsu Sato 3-2 Toshiyuki Moriuchi 33 2007 Yasumitsu Sato 3-2 Yoshiharu Habu 34 2008 Toshiaki Kubo 3-2 Yasumitsu Sato 35 2009 Toshiaki Kubo 3-2 Yasumitsu Sato 36 2010 Toshiaki Kubo 3-1 Akira Watanabe 37 2011 Masataka Gōda 3-1 Toshiaki Kubo 38 2012 Akira Watanabe 3-1 Masataka Gōda 39 2013 Akira Watanabe 3-0 Hiroyuki Miura 40 2014 Akira Watanabe 3-0 Yoshiharu Habu 41 2015 Akira Watanabe 3-1 Amahiko Satō 42 2016 Akira Watanabe 3-2 Shōta Chida 43 2017 Akira Watanabe 3-2 Takuya Nagase 44 2018 Akira Watanabe 3-1 Akihito Hirose 45 2019 Akira Watanabe 3-1 Kei Honda
Records Most titles overall: Yoshiharu Habu, 13 Most consecutive titles: Yoshiharu Habu, 12 in a row
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