Tatsuya Sugai
Promotion history. The promotion history for Sugai is as follows: Titles and other championships. Sugai's has appeared in two major title matches to date. His first appearance came in 2017 when he defeated Yoshiharu Habu to win the 58th Ōi title. The following year, however, he was unable to successfully defend his title against Masayuki Toyoshima, losing the 59th Ōi title match 4 games to 3. In addition to the 58th Ōi title, Sugai has won four other shogi championships during his career: the 5th in 2011, the 46th in 2015, the 29th in 2021, and the  15th in 2021. Awards and honors. Sugai has received the following Japan Shogi Association Annual Shogi Awards: "Best New Player" (2011), "Best Winning Percentage" (2014), "Most Games Won" (2014), “Kōzō Masuda Award” (2014), and "Fighting-spirit" (2021). Year-end prize money and game fee ranking. Sugai has finished in the "Top 10" of the JSA's three times: he finished 7th with JPY 23,630,000 in earnings in 2017, ninth with JPY 21,930,000 in earnings in 2018 and tenth with JPY 16,740,000 in earnings in 2021.