I will report the trend of Shogi society in June 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. WATANABE defended. | 7 set matches (4wins-match) |
| 49th Oi-sen | HABU yoshiharu won over HASHIMOTO takanori and became the challenger to FUKAURA koichi Oi. | 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 2-4 HABU yoshiharu. HABU got Meijin title. He also got the right of “19th Eisei Meijin” because he got Meijin five times. | 7 set matches (4wins-match) |
| 57th Osho-sen | HABU yoshiharu 4-1 KUBO toshiaki. HABU defended. | 7 set matches (4wins-match) |
| 79th Kisei-sen | SATO yasumitsu 2-0 HABU yoshiharu. | 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 5 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 | SIMIZU ichiyo 3-1 YAUCHI rieko. SIMIZU defended. | 5 set matches (3wins-match) |
| 34th Female Meijini-sen | YAUCHI rieko 3-0 SAIDA haruko. YAUCHI defended. | 5 set matches (3wins-match) |
| 1st MAINABI Female Open | YAUCHI rieko 3-1 KAI tomomi. YAUCHI got the championship. | 5 set matches (3wins-match) |
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