[shogi]Report of Shogi society in April 2008

I will report the trend of Shogi society in April 2008.

1. Professional shogi society

1-1. Major 7 title matches

Title matches

title	status	match condition
20th Ryuo-sen	SATO yasumitsu 2-4 WATANABE akira Ryuo.	7 set matches (4wins-match)
48th Oi-sen	HABU yoshiharu Oi 3-4 FUKAURA koichi. FUKAURA got Oi title.	7 set matches (4wins-match)
55th Oza-sen	KUBO toshiaki 0-3 HABU yoshiharu. HABU defended.	5 set matches (3wins-match)
66th Meijin-sen	MORIUCHI toshiyuki 1-1 HABU yoshiharu.	7 set matches (4wins-match)
57th Osho-sen	HABU yoshiharu 4-1 KUBO toshiaki. HABU defended.	7 set matches (4wins-match)
78th Kisei-sen	SATO yasumitsu Kisei 3-1 WATANABE akira. SATO defended.	5 set matches (3wins-match)
33rd Kio-sen	SATO yasumitsu 3-2 HABU yoshiharu. SATO defended.	5 set matches (3wins-match)

2. Female professional shogi society

2-1. Major 4 female title matches

title	status	match condition
18th Female Oi-sen	ISHIBASHI sachio 3-2 SIMIZU ichiyo female Oi. ISHIBASHI got Female Oi.	5 set matches (3wins-match)
15th KURASHIKI TOKA	SAIDA haruko 1-2 SIMIZU ichiyo. Simizu got KURASHIKI TOKA.	3 set matches (2wins-match)
30th Female Osho-sen	YAUCHI rieko won over SUZUKI kanna and became the challenger to SIMIZU Female Osho.	5 set matches (3wins-match)
34th Female Meijini-sen	YAUCHI rieko 3-0 SAIDA haruko. YAUCHI defended.	5 set matches (3wins-match)

That’s all.
See you next report!