In 1996, Yoshiharu Habu won all seven titles; in 2008 he held four. In 2006, the Shogi Association admitted women to the ranks of professionals (????).

Since the 1990s, shogi has grown in popularity outside Japan, particularly in the People's Republic of China, and especially Shanghai. The January 2006 edition of Kindai Shogi (?????) states that there are 120,000 shogi players in Shanghai. The game has been relatively slow to spread to countries where Chinese characters are not in common use.

Professional shogi title tournaments
Ryu-oh (Ry?? ???)| Meijin (???)| Kisei (???)| Oi (?i ???)| Oza (?za ???)| Kioh (Ki? ???)| Osho (?sh? ???)
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