Yes, I know. Recently I only speak about Fujii Souta but what he is doing is really incredible. He won yesterday to Masuda at the Ryuou preliminaries and broke the record of longest consecutive victory row in shogi.
【速報 JUST IN 】将棋 藤井四段が29連勝 30年ぶりに記録更新 #nhk_news https://t.co/tQYyKLC4hE
— NHKニュース (@nhk_news) June 26, 2017
Here in Japan has started a real shogi fever (Fujii Souta fever) and many people started to assist to shogi lessons and even the production of shogi pieces at Tendo has increased a 20%.
将棋公式戦新記録の29連勝目をかけて、対局に臨む藤井聡太四段と、それを取り囲む報道陣。 pic.twitter.com/bKhYV39MLE
— mtmt (@mtmtlife) June 26, 2017
His next game will be against Sasaki 5-dan for the next preliminary game of the Ryuou tournament.