Yoshiharu Habu

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Yoshiharu Habu
羽生善治
Habu in 2018
Born	(1970-09-27) September 27, 1970 (age 54) Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
Career
Achieved professional status	December 18, 1985(1985-12-18) (aged 15)
Badge Number	175
Rank	9 dan
Teacher	Tatsuya Futakami
Lifetime titles	Lifetime Meijin Lifetime Ryūō Lifetime Kisei Lifetime Ōi Lifetime Ōza Lifetime Kiō Lifetime Ōshō
Major titles won	99
Tournaments won	45
Meijin class	B1
Ryūō class	1
Websites
JSA profile page
Chess career
Country	Japan
Title	FIDE Master (2004)
FIDE rating	2399 (February 2016)
Peak rating	2415 (February 2014)

Yoshiharu Habu (Japanese: 羽生 善治, Hepburn: Habu Yoshiharu, born September 27, 1970) is a professional shogi player and a chess FIDE Master. He is a former holder of the Ryūō, Meijin, Ōi, Ōza, Kiō, Ōshō and Kisei major titles. He was the first person to simultaneously hold seven major professional shogi titles at the same time and is the only person to qualify as a lifetime title holder for seven major titles. In January 2018, Habu became the first professional shogi player to be awarded Japan's People's Honour Award. In June 2023, he was elected to the board of directors of the Japan Shogi Association (JSA), and chosen by the board to be the JSA president.