Takeshi Fujii

is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Ryūō title holder, and a former non-executive director of the Japan Shogi Association.

Fujii is known for developing the Fujii System, a class of strategies for Fourth File Rook positions against Static Rook opponents especially Static Rook Anaguma.

Shogi professional Fujii's first tournament championship as a professional came in 1996 when he defeated Tadahisa Maruyama 2 games to 1 to win the 27th Shinjin-Ō tournament. The following year, Fujii defended his championship by defeating Mamoru Hatakeyama 2 games to none to win the 28th Shinjin-Ō tournament. Fujii is one of three professionals to win the Shinjin-Ō tournament three times. In the title match against Tanigawa, Fujii won the first four games to sweep the match 4 game to none and win his first major title. Fujii successfully defended his title the next two years when he defeated Daisuke Suzuki 4 games to 1 (12th Ryūō title match) Fujii's victory of Habu made him the first person to win the Ryuo title three years in a row.

Fujii also challenged Habu for the 48th and 58th Ōza titles in 2000 and 2010 respectively as well as for the 53rd Ōi title in 2012, but lost each time: 48th Ōza (2002) 3 games to 2; 58th Ōza (2010) 3 games to none; and 53rd Ōi (2012) 4 games to 1.

Fujii became the 49th professional to win his 600th official game when he defeated Tetsurō Itodani on January 27, 2016.

Promotion history Fujii's promotion history is as follows: 6-kyū: April 1986 1-dan: October 1988 4-dan: April 1, 1991 5-dan: April 1, 1994 6-dan: April 1, 1995 7-dan: October 1, 1998 8-dan: October 1, 1999 9-dan: October 1, 2000

Titles and other championships Fujii has appeared in major title matches seven times and has won three titles. He won the 11th (1998), 12th (1999) and 13th (2000) Ryūō titles. In addition to major titles, Fujii has won eight non-major-title championships during his career.

Major titles Title Years Number of times overall Ryūō 19982000 3

Other championships Tournament Years Number of timesShinjin-Ō 19961997, 1999 3 2002, 20052Ginga Tournament 20161*19971* 1999 1 Note: Tournaments marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer held.

Awards and honors Fujii has received a number of awards and honors throughout his career for his accomplishments both on an off the shogi board. These include the Annual Shogi Awards given out by the JSA for performance in official games as well as other JSA awards for career accomplishments, and awards received from governmental organizations, etc. for contributions made to Japanese society.

Annual Shogi Awards 24th Annual Awards (April 1996March 1997): Masuda Award 26th Annual Awards (April 1998March 1999): Most Games Won, Most Games Played, Technique Award 27th Annual Awards (April 1999March 2000): Distinguished Service Award 28th Annual Awards (April 2000March 2001): Technique Award 38th Annual Awards (April 2010March 2011): Game of the Year Special Prize 40th Annual Awards (April 2012March 2013): Masuda Award

Other awards 1999, January: Numata City Meritorius Citizen Award 2016, January: Shogi Honor Award (Awarded by the JSA in recognition of winning 600 official games as a professional) 2016: 25 Years Service Award (Awarded by the JSA in recognition of being an active professional for twenty-five years)

Year-end shogi prize money and game fee ranking Fujii has finished in the "Top 10" of the JSA's nine times since 1993, and in the "Top 3" twice. Year Amount Rank 1998 ¥27,050,000 6th 1999 ¥61,460,000 4th 2006 ¥25,060,000 7th 2012 ¥17,050,000 9th Note: All amounts are given in Japanese yen and include prize money and fees earned from official tournaments and games held from January 1 to December 31.

JSA director Fujii was selected to Japan Shogi Association's board of directors as a non-executive director at association's 63rd General Meeting in June 2012. He served in that capacity until June 2014.